Final review

Be able to define: blues, irony, foreshadow, dialect, conflict, character, plot, tone, theme, symbol, protagonist, antagonist, static character, dynamic character, round character, flat character, allusion

Irony (3 types - situational, dramatic, verbal):
Verbal irony: When you say something that is not meant.

Situational irony: When the outcome is the opposite of what happens

Dramatic irony: When the reader knows something that the characters do not. What the speaker of a thing say is the opposite is what the author means.


Foreshadow: A hint at what will happen later in a story

Dialect: A kind of accent for book characters. Tells you a lot about the character

Conflict: the main problem in a story

Character: Anything that acts in a story

Plot: Six parts of the story:
Exposition: The setup of the story
Inciting event: The beginning of the conflict
Rising action: Escalation of the conflict
Climax: the height of the problem
Falling action: de-escalation of the problem
Resolution: the problem resolved

Theme: The main idea of a story

Symbol: Anything in the story that holds great meaning

Protagonist: The main character. Not necessarily good or bad

Antagonist: The opposing force of the protagonist

Static Character: A person who stay the same over a story

Dynamic Character: a person who’s views change over the course of a story

Round Character: A character you know a lot about

Flat Character: a character that you know very little about

Allusion: A reference to art, history, music, and other literatures

2) For each story be able to list the protagonist and the antagonist and the type of conflict
a) “The Most Dangerous Game”
P: Rainsford
A: Zaroff
C: Person v. Person
b) “The Cask of Amontillado”
P: Montressor
C: Person v. Self

A: Montressor

 “The Lady or the Tiger”
P: Princess
A: Princess
C: Person v. Self

 “The Split Cherry Tree”
P: Pa
A: Pa
C: Person v. self, Person v. Society

 “Blues Ain’t No Mockin’ Bird”
P: Granny
A: Camera & Smilin’
C: Person v. Society

 “Where Have You Gone Charming Billy”
P: Paul Berlin
A: Paul Berlin
C: Person v. self

3) For each story pick out which characters are round, which characters are flat, which characters are static and which characters are dynamic and briefly discuss why they fit the category you chose.

“The Most Dangerous Game”
R: Rainsford, Zaroff
F: Whitney, Ivan
S: Zaroff, Ivan, Whitney
D: Rainsford



b) “The Cask of Amontillado”
R: Montressor, Fortunato
F: None
S: Fortunato
D: None


c) “The Lady or the Tiger”
R: Princess
F: King, guy
S: King, Guy
D: None



d) “The Split Cherry Tree”
R: Dave, Pa
F: Prof Herbert
S: Prof. Herbert
D: Pa, Dave



e) “Blues Ain’t No Mockin’ Bird”
R: Granny, Cain,
F: Camera, Smilin’
S: Every one
D: None




g) “Where Have You Gone Charming Billy”
R: Paul Berlin
F: Billy, Buff
S: Billy, Buff
D: Paul Berlin

4) for each story list the point of view it is told from

a) “The Most Dangerous Game”
3rd omniscient

b) “The Cask of Amontillado”
3rd limited

c) “The Lady or the Tiger”
3rd omniscient

d) “The Split Cherry Tree”
1st

e) “Blues Ain’t No Mockin’ Bird”
1st

g) “Where Have You Gone Charming Billy”
3rd limited


5) For each story write out a theme using “writing a theme” guide and the six elements of theme

a) “The Most Dangerous Game”
Views change when you are put in a sticky situation


b) “The Lady or the Tiger”
Sometimes decisions have no good side


c) “The Split Cherry Tree”
society can pass you by if you let it


d) “Blues Ain’t No Mockin’ Bird
You can’t let people push you around to get what they want.


e) “Where Have You Gone Charming Billy”
The fear of war never goes away


6) For each story list one event for each of the six elements of plot (exposition, inciting event, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution)

a) “The Most Dangerous Game”
Exposition: Whitney and Rainsford talk about the ethics of hunting

inciting event: Rainsford falls off the boat, and swims toward the island

rising action: Rainsford gets to the island, The finds the mansion, is confronted by Zaroff, gets into Zaroff’s crazy killing game.

Climax: Rainsford jumps off a cliff, and Zaroff feels cheated

falling action: Zaroff has dinner, goes into his room, and Rainsford is there

resolution: Rainsford kills Zaroff, and feeds him to his dogs




c) “The Lady or the Tiger”

exposition: Tells about the king’s grand coliseums

inciting event: Tells about how the princess had an affair with a normal guy

rising action: The guy goes into the arena, he bows to the king, and looks the princess in the eye

climax: The princess tells him to go to the right door with her eyes

falling action: The goes to it, and grabs the handle

resolution: none


d) “The Split Cherry Tree”

exposition: Dave helps clean up the school as part of punishment for breaking a tree

inciting event: He rushes home two hours late, and his father is not happy with him.

Rising action: Dave tells Pa about the tree, and how if he could pay the school $.50, he would owe anything, Pa takes this as an outrage, thinking that they are discriminating against the poor. The next day Pa goes to school with Dave, and brings his gun.

Climax: Pa sets his gun on Prof. Herbert’s desk and threatens him with it.

Falling action: Prof. takes Pa around the school and shows him all the changes since Pa was in school.

Resolution: Pa realizes his mistake and doesn’t hate the school anymore


e) “Blues Ain’t No Mockin’ Bird”

exposition: Cathy, Tyrone, Terry, narrator, and granny are in the yard

inciting event: Two camera men show up and start filming them

rising action: Granny tells them to piss off, Terry and Tyrone get in a tussle, and Granddaddy Cain comes back w/ a chicken hawk over his shoulder

climax: The other chicken hawk comes to try and save the other. Cain kills it with a hammer

falling action: Cain tells the camera men to give him the camera, he crushes it, and they go away

resolution: The Cain family goes about its business


f) “Where Have You Gone Charming Billy”


exposition: Paul Berlin goes through the jungle of ‘Nam

inciting event: Paul thinks back to Billy Boy, who died of a heart attack

rising action: Paul pretends to be back with his dad. He gets threatened to be shot at for sleeping, and meets a man called Buff.

Climax: Paul goes into a giggling fit

falling action: Buff knocks him out

resolution: Paul realizes that even when he gets to the sea, he will still be afraid


g) “The Cask of Amontillado”

exposition: Montressor tells us about all the times Fortunato wronged him.

Inciting event: Montressor invites a drunk Fortunato over for a bottle of Amontillado

rising action: They begin to go deeper into Montressor’s catacombs, Them drinking to Fortunato’s long life, and making terrible masonry pun

climax: Montressor chains Fortunato to the very back wall

falling action: Montressor begins walling Fortunato in

resolution: Montressor leaves Fortunato down there, no feeling any guilt that he killed him.


7) For the following stories pick out two or more examples of allusion and discuss what it alludes to:

“Blues Ain’t No Mockin’ Bird”
Aunty: Derogatory term for female black folk
Dog named Bingo: Reference to the song

a) “Where Have You Gone Charming Billy”
The title: an old folk song.
Where he is: historical


“The Most Dangerous Game”
Zaroff invested in American Securities: historical
They have motorized boats: historical


8) For the following stories list at least one example of foreshadow and briefly discuss what it hints will happen:

“The Most Dangerous Game”
The talk about the ethics of hunting: Early in a story, if the main character shares his beliefs on something, they will usually be tested


a) “Where Have You Gone Charming Billy”
Mentioning of Billy early on: means he will play a key part in the story later on

“The Lady or the Tiger”
The whole coliseums set-up tells you that a big choice is about to be made.

9) For the following stories pick out an example of irony and discuss why its ironic:

“The Most Dangerous Game”
The whole animal ethics talk: Rainsford believes that the hunted have no feelings, and then he becomes the hunted

“The Cask of Amontillado”
Montressor toasting to Fortunato’s long life: He doesn’t mean it, as he kills him.

10) For the following stories discuss what the following symbols and or images represent and mean:


“The Split Cherry Tree”: The cherry tree
The cherry tree is a symbol of spring

The tree imagery: Dead-leaf, hands like gnarled roots, face like a ripe fodder blade:
Pa is comparing himself to an old, tree

“Blues Ain’t No Mockin’ Bird”: The title
Mocking birds repeat, and the blues don’t repeat

The two chicken hawks:
When the female hawk was stuck (Granny stuck by the Camera men), the other hawk came to the rescue (Cain coming and sending the camera men away)

“The Cask of Amontillado” – all the symbols
Cask: casket
Fortunato’s clothes: He is dressed like a fool, which he is one
The trowel: A symbol of masonry, and of Fortunato’s demise

11) Briefly discuss how dialect is used in “The Split Cherry Tree”? What does it tell us about Pa, Dave and Professor Luster? Why is dialect important in this story? Why is dialect important in “Blues Ain’t No Mockin Bird”?

Dialect is important in “Split Cherry Tree” because it tells in a way, there education. Prof. has good, proper English because he was taught it, and Dave has a slightly country accent because he is still in school and is raised in the country. Pa has bad English because he is 65, and didn’t really go to school.

Dialect is also important in Blues Ain’t No Mockin Bird because, in a way, it helps to distinguish between different ethnic groups.

12) Both Toni Cade Bambara and Jesse Stuart use imagery to build the characters of Granddaddy Cain and Luster (Pa) Sexton. Both of these characters have some similarities and some differences. In an essay with a definite thesis statement compare and contrast the two characters—what they look like, the metaphors involved in their description, how they act and how they think. Please do not say they author never says. Think about what might be implied.

13) List the setting for every story.

Ship-Trap Island

The King’s Arena

Catacombs

School, Dave’s house

Vietnam

Cain house

14) Identify the following characters with a detailed description of their physical, intellectual and emotional qualities (everything you know about them):


Granddaddy Cain: Old, black, strong, large, tall, silent, family-oriented

Granny: Old, Black, Cranky, short-tempered, small

Cathy: small, black, young, tries to be older than she is

Smilin: white, pushy, invasive, and persistent

Camera: White, pushy, invasive, persistent

General Zaroff: Middle-aged, white, deranged, murderous,

Rainsford: Youngish, hunter, nice,

Paul Berlin: Frightened, delirious, young, weak,

The Princess: Crazy, young, pretty, naïve, foolish

The King: Older, murderous, rich

The Princess’ Lover: youngish, naïve, handsome

Pa Sexton: Old, black-haired, sheep-skin coat, strong, tall, buck-skin boots, blue shirt, black hat

Dave Sexton: youngest of siblings, works hard to please, submissive, hard-worker

Professor Herbert: fat, city-slicker, grey-hair, grey coat