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