well-known Canadian writer
New Vocab:
occasion - event, something that happens
- remembering an event from his childhood
* NARRATOR "I"? brother "Peter" "Pete"
now he is adult, remembering his childhood
* FIRST-PERSON NARRATION - telling the story from the perspective of "I", the narrator is in the story
* THIRD-PERSON NARRATION - "he" "she" "they" "it", the narrator is telling the story but is not part of the story
eagerness (n) eager (adjective) - want to do something, show your enthusiasm
indulgently- showing closeness
swamp - wet ground with water and grass
son likes to daydream, imaginative
father is practical, not a dreamer
hard for them to connect, communicate,
love each other, very different personalities
not a bad father, serious, strict, uncommunicative,
does not express their emotions, inarticulate, taciturn
humourless - no sense of humour, never makes
jokes, doesn't like jokes
at sea - confused, don't know what's going on
sure-footed - confident
the father and the son's relationship is the focus of the story
* SETTING - time , place of a story
Place - a farm, "fields" "oxen" "planting" "wagon", Canada, The Prairies
Time - springtime - planting crops, 70-80 years ago "automobile" "oxen", 1920s or 1930s
* CHARACTER - person, animal, thing
opposites
a. major character
b. minor character
c. protagonist "pro" positive
d. antagonist "anti" against
e. round character
f. flat character
g. dynamic
h. static
* PLOT -PLOTLINE
1.EXPOSITION- reveal SETTING & MAJOR CHARACTERS2. RISING ACTION - story gets exciting, conflicts play out
3. CLIMAX - the most exciting part
4. FALLING ACTION - story relaxes, the main events are finished
5. RESOLUTION or DENOUEMENT - the final end of story
* CONFLICT - opposite, fight, against, struggle
vs - versus against (preposition)
Vancouver Canucks VS Calgary Flames
-person vs person - parent/child, manager/worker, spouse/spouse, brother/sister, neighbours, teacher/student
- person vs society/culture -
- person vs nature - tsunami, earthquake, climate change, rain, volcano, bear, snakes, spiders, scorpions
- person vs technology - cell phone, GMO genetically-modified organism DNA (food, animals, people), GM food - tomatoes, soy, corn, beans, tomato - spliced in a gene from a fish
- person vs supernatural - ghosts, spirits, evil, witches, Black magic, voodoo, Japanese ghost stories PODCAST - Kowabana : Japanese ghost stories
person vs herself/himself - something you don't like about yourself
EXTERNAL CONFLICTS - from outside yourself
person vs person, society/culture, technology, nature, supernatural
INTERNAL CONFLICT - from inside ourselves
person vs himself/herself
* SYMBOL - The penny is a symbol of the relationship that Pete and his dad don't have but would like to have.
Tomorrow - narrative writing
narrative - telling a personal story
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