Friday, October 5, 2007

Questions for the Story "The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse"

Read the guide.
On one side are the definitions and details about each term. Make sure that you know the terms and note the ones that are not so familiar.

Each term has its own page of questions. Look at the questions for each of the terms and choose 4 (each student chooses 4) from different terms (one from setting; one from theme etc.) that could be answered by anyone who reads the story, “The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse.”

Put your list of four questions as a comment to this post. Enjoy your long weekend!

Vika should buy a copy of "The Glass Menagerie" from a teacher in the lab to read on the plane! If you see her on Tuesday, please remind her . . .

9 comments:

Brad said...

Here's a question that would be interesting to answer:

What do we learn about the nature of human perception from the author's handling of First Person and especially Limited Omniscient narration? (page 12; Question 2) Answer follows:

Aram’s Story: Limited Omniscient Point of View

In "The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse," a limited omniscient narrator, Aram, tells the story as an adult looking back on childhood. Considering how adults might be a bit sentimental in their memories, readers may take his words a bit less seriously. Remember, too, that "life was still a delightful and mysterious dream" to Aram then and, clearly, that has changed as that was "back there in the good old days." Aram's perceptions, while amusing and childlike, are also filtered through the lens of mature adult experience. The story is richer because of its well-chosen point of view.—99 words; first draft.

Margaret said...

Q about Plot&Conflict
1-List the key conflicts(important to the story). For each of these major conflicts, list the ways in which the conflict has been resolved, if it has.
Q about Irony
2-Mark examples of verbal irony either by the narrator or other characters. Explain how a character's verbal irony helps characterize him or her.
Q about Theme
3-What image of mankind emerges from the work?(from presentation of character)
Q about Setting
4-What sensuous qualities does the author give to the setting?(What does it sound like, look like, feel like?) Is one dominant impression created? What is that impression and why has it been created ?

Claudia said...

Question about Plot and Conflict
3. Describe the turning point or climax. Explain what conflicts are resolved. List the conflicts that are left unresolved.
Question about Character
7. Does the author want us to compare one character with another?
Question about Setting
Social Environments
1. What is the social environment portrayed?(the manners, rituals, mores, codes of conduct etc...)
Question about Irony
1. Mark examples of verbal irony either by the narrator or other characters. Explain how a character’s verbal irony helps characterize him or her.

Jane said...

1.Questions about plot and conflict:

List the personal qualities of the protagonist and antagonists.

2.Questions about character:

What problems do they have? How do they attempt to solve them?

3.Questions about setting:

Where does the action take place?

4.Questions about theme:

What are the moral conflicts present in the work?

Lola said...

Q Plot:No 5
Q Chracter:No 4
Q Setting: Social Environment No 3
Q Theme:No 1

KERI said...

1.Question about plot and conflict:
List the key conflicts(important to the story).For each of these major conflicts ,list the conflicts that are left unresolved.
2.Question about character:
How do the character relate to one another ?What pleasures and conflicts do their relationships with one another cause?
3.Question about setting:
Where does the action take place?
4.Question about theme
What are the moral conflicts present in the work?

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Victoria said...

Q#5 p.3
List the personal qualities (character or personality) of the protagonist and antagonist.
Q#6 p.5
How do the characters relate to one another? What pleasures and conflicts do their relationship with one another cause?
Q#2 p.6
What sensuous qualities does the author give to setting? (What does it sound like, look like, fill like?) Is one dominant impression created? What is that impression and why has it been created?
Q#4 p.10
What are the moral conflicts present in the work?