Unit 1 Quiz study
Tell-tale heart:
Plot
The narrator said that he’s not mad but he murdered the old man because he can’t stand his ‘vulture eyes’.
Perspective: 1st person
Atmosphere: intense, dark
Characters
Narrator- protagonist
Old man- antagonist
Police & neighbor- stock
Conflict
Person vs self- struggles with own obsession and paranoia.
Theme
Guilt- no matter how clever one is, guilt can overwhelm and destroy them
Setting- old man’s house, mostly at night
Makes the story dark, scary, and tense.
Symbol
The old man’s eyes- narrator’s obsessed and fears it, driving him crazy./ guilt, the eye’s still haunts him even after the old man died.
Fear of flying:
Plot
Small, anxious bird overcoming his fear of flying.
Prospective: 3rd limited
Atmosphere: anxious
Character
Dougal- protagonist
Other- stock
Conflict
person vs self- stuggles with his fear of flying
Person bs nature- bird walking through the storm
Theme
Overcoming fear leads to growth.
Courage can help achieve what “used” to be impossible.
Setting- forest, fall-winter & beach, south
The setting is a great place to help the bird overcome his fear. The beach shows the freedom he can gain when he overcomes his fear.
Symbol
Flying- courage and personal growth, as he overcomes his fear, he gain a bit of courage and he grew, learning smth new.
Legend of pipi:
Plot
Pipi overcoming judgments.
Prospective: 3rd omniscient
Atmosphere: hopeful
Character
Pipi- protagonist
Dragon- antagonist
Others- stock
Conflict
Person vs society- If you look at the expressions of the princesses face, they don’t think that pipi can actually defeat the enemies and save them.
Person vs person- Pipi tried to defeat the dragon to save the princess, but he thought the dragon was the princess.
Theme
Acceptance is more important than judgement or appearance
Setting- kingdom, castle, caves, etc
Shows the atmosphere.
Symbol
Bravery- pipi never gave up on saving the princess no matter what challenges he face.
Fly paper:
Plot
A lonely girl named ‘Sylvia’ trusted a kind looking stranger on her bus ride home, discovering that they planned to kidnap her.
Prospective: 3rd limited
atmosphere: unsettling
Character
Sylvia- protagonist
Herbert/vera- antagonist
Other- stock
Conflict
Person vs person- Sylvia was getting kidnapped
Theme
Don’t trust strangers
Setting- bus
Creates danger because she’s trapped with strangers.
Symbol
Herbert- danger & deceit
Cinderella:
Plot
Cinderella’s mom died when she was very young, later her father remarried to an evil woman who has 2 daughters, they mistreated her. The king hosted a ball, which Cinderella magically attended with the help of the animals & wins the princes heart.
Prospective: 3rd omniscient
Atmosphere: magical
Character
Cinderella- protagonist
Stepmom/stepsister- antagonist
Others- stock
Conflict
Person vs person- struggle against her step family’s cruelty
Theme
Kindness is rewarded
Setting- Cinderella’s house, royal palace, mother’s grave
Showing how by working hard(Cinderella’s home) and being kind can lead to a happy ending(palace).
Symbol
Glass slippers- represents Cinderella’s true self. It’s the one thing that her step family’s couldn’t fake. It was only meant for her.
2 days into college
Prospective: 1st( she’s talking about herself)
Setting- in college, mostly dorm & piano. Time: 2 days
Showing us the setting To describe what her college life is like.
Atmosphere: stressed, shows how difficult and nervous it is to start college, the whole song shows her stress.
Conflict
Person vs self- she’s to stressed and puts to much pressure on herself, already thinking ahead and it’s only been 2 days. She also tries not to put to much effort on herself.
Symbol
🥶- the artist wakes up cold
Theme
Putin to much pressure on your mind and overthinking.
Character trait
Stress