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Short Story Review. Binder Core “A Boy & His Puppy” Stories. Theme. It is not the "moral" of the story. A moral is a piece of practical advice that can be gained from the novel to apply to our own lives. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Short Story ReviewBinder Core
“A Boy & His Puppy” Stories
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THEME• It is not the "moral" of the story.
• A moral is a piece of practical advice that can be gained from the novel to apply to our own lives.
• A theme is more complex than a moral and may have no direct advice or philosophical value that the reader can apply
• It is not the subject of the story.
• It is not a "hidden meaning" that needs to be pulled out of the story.
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THEME• What theme is:
• Theme is the meaning released by the work when we take all aspects of the work in its entirety into account.
• It is an aspect of human experience that the author wishes to express.
• The importance of theme in literature can be overestimated; the work of fiction is more than just the theme. However, the theme allows the author to control or give order to his perceptions about life.
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THEME• Discovering theme: Theme can be discovered only by becoming aware of the relations among the
parts of a story and of the relations of the parts to a whole:
– Characters: What kind of people does the story deal with?
– Plot: What do the characters do? Are they in control of their lives, or are they controlled by fate?
– Motivation: Why do the characters behave as they do, and what motives dominate them?
– Style: How does the author perceive reality?
– Tone: What is the author's attitude towards his subject?
– Values: What are the values of the characters in the story? What values does the author seem to promote?
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MOTIF• recurring structures, contrasts,
or literary devices that can help to develop and inform the text’s major themes.
• a recurring subject, theme, idea, etc., especially in a literary, artistic, or musical work.
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“The Monkey’s Paw”
• setting:• characters:• climax:• themes & motifs:– danger of wishing– home vs. outside– groups of three
• literary devices:– foreshadowing– symbols:• paw• chess
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“There Will ComeSoft Rains”
• setting:• characters:• climax:• themes & motifs:– war– technology– nature’s triumph
• literary devices:– personification– foreshadowing– suspense
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“A Sound ofThunder”
• setting:• characters:• climax:• themes & motifs:– interconnectedness– purpose of all actions
• literary devices:– allusion:
• Bible• Nazi Germany
– irony– foreshadowing– simile & metaphor
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“An Occurrence atOwl Creek Bridge”
• setting:• characters:• climax:• themes & motifs:– fluid nature of time– blurred line between reality &
illusion– distorted sensory experience– color gray
• literary devices:– realism– foreshadowing (widens
towards end)– tone (seem)– symbols:
• driftwood• bridge
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“Charles”
• setting:• characters:• climax:• themes & motifs:– identity– home vs. outside– appearance vs. reality– lies & getting caught
• literary devices:– point-of-view– character:
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“The Lottery”• setting:• characters:• climax:• themes & motifs:– blindly following tradition– random persecution– rules
• literary devices:– specific details (sets up
shocking end)
– foreshadowing– suspense (lack of detail)– symbols:• lottery• black box
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“Lamb to the Slaughter”
• setting:• characters:• climax:• themes & motifs:– betrayal– identity– devotion
• literary devices:– internal conflict– suspense– dark humor– irony
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“The Man Fromthe South”
• setting:• characters:• climax:• themes & motifs:– trust– too good to be true
• literary devices:– dark humor– point-of-view
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“The Tell-Tale Heart”• setting:• characters:• climax:• themes & motifs:– love & hate– self vs. alter ego (in/sanity?)– eyes– guilt– time
• literary devices:– flashback– irony– mood (sound)– imagery