Short Story Organizer

Short Story Organizer- Review- Grade 9 Point of View (objective, omniscient, limited omniscient, first person, second person) Objective- only see actions- no thoughts Omniscient- god-like(more than 2 characters heads) Limited Om- inside 1 person’s head Setting (Physical setting such as time, place, and emotional setting such as mood. Can include antecedent action such as flashbacks or conversation) Characters (protagonist and antagonist) (stock or foil?) Describe the characters using both of the options below: a. Round many traits/Flat 1-3 traits b. Static/Dynamic (give evidence to back it up) The Sea Devil Barney Limited omniscientinside the head of “the man” Omniscient- we go into the heads of the scientist and the rat Objective- we only see their actions, not their thoughts -Florida -late September -late at night -mood is tranquil, relaxing, quiet, still, lonely, silence, -on an island -over a period of 12 days -inquisitive yet tense due to the firing of Tayloe Protagonist- the man -Scientist is the protagonist -he is flat because we don’t know much about him -he is static- he never changes in the story -in a technologically advanced home “The Happy Life” home -set in the future -probably America -distrustful, tense, worried, dreadful Protagonists: George and Lydia Round- (could argue flat though) as they are spoiled and submissive but also aware of the effects technology is having on their family Dynamic-they realize their mistakes and they a. Flat because we see few traits b. Dynamic because he changes from someone who abuses the env to one who respects it Antagonist- the Sea Barney- antagonist Devil -flat and static as we know nothing about him. Could The Friday That Everything Changed The Veldt Test story Conflict (character vs character, character vs self, character vs environment, character vs society, character vs fate) Theme Statement (universal statement about the idea. Must be in a sentence or two. Can’t be a cliché. ) 1. What is the author’s purpose in writing this story? Character vs environment -Progress may be evident in humans but nature can still be dominant -Humans are not always dominant over nature -Humans have to use reason in order to dominate nature. argue he is dynamic because he changes in intellect but ultimately he is still a ignorant scientist decide to turn the house off and become “real” again Character vs character Scientist vs Barney Character vs Character -Little things can be more superior -Science can go wrong -Humans are egotistical -Technology cannot replace parental guidance -Kids are amoral -Technology should not take the place of human relationships -Humans need to feel useful and should not allow technology to rule their lives (note that it is a statement that can apply to the worldnot just the story) Antagonists- Wendy and Peter. Flat- spoiled and angry Static- they do not change in the story. Character vs society (characters vs technology) Are the lions real? -Kids need boundaries and structure Endings (happy, sad, surprise or twist, unresolved/indeterminate /cliffhanger) Other Terms (irony, symbols, internal conflict/external conflict) -happy -indeterminate (most realistic ending) -surprise We did not expect the rat to kill the scientist! -sad He scientist probably dies Surprise/twist (best answer) We are not really supposed to be “sad” as Bradbury means for us to be shocked. -irony- situational irony because we expect the fisher to be dominate but the Sea Ray is dominate. The fisher becomes the fished -irony- all kinds! Situational- the inferior being that we experiment on kills the human -we are the superior species yet the inferior species won -scientist making rat smarter- this intelligence allowed the rat to outwit the scientist! -Dramatic and verbal “I will make myself a sandwich… “ -foreshadowing- the screams, the bloody wallet and scarf, the parents escaping the room the first time, the vultures -Imagery- the heat, the circling vultures, the tension in the “nursery” Irony- a house meant to make people happy made them unhappy. Technology killed them in the end Nursery was supposed to get rid of their “neurosis” but made it worse