Make sure you get to the end of paragraph two in your essay for Thursday. Any of the resources you need which you may have lost can be accessed by clicking on other posts in the ‘3CD2 Uneasy Homecoming’ category.
Paragraph One
In this paragraph you should write about the NARRATIVE POINT OF VIEW of the story. This means that you have to write about the point of view from which the story is told and the effect which this has. Use your answers to the questions you did before to help you.
You should start your paragraph by writing a topic sentence. You should then go on to:
1) mention that the story is narrated by an omniscient 3rd person narrator (all seeing and all knowing – ‘he / she’ with access to characters’ thoughts and feelings, plus other information) – quote and comment on effect.
2) write about the opening of the story (what do we know about Connie’s feelings from the start of the story? Why does she feel this way and is there any definite evdence for her feelings?) How does she try to make herself feel better? How does the opening of the story make us feel, and how does it make us feel towards Connie?
3) explain what kind of things the narrator tells the reader which Connie is not aware of – quote two examples. What is the effect on the reader of finding out what has happened before Connie does? What does the reader realise which Connie does not?
Paragraph Two
This paragraph is going to be about the use of CHARACTER. Write a topic sentence.
1) Introduce your point – the author has deliberately chosen to make the main character a woman in order to build suspense and tension.
2) What difference does having a woman as the central character make – what is suggested about the vulnerability of women as opposed to men, and what does this add to the story?
3) What does Connie say about her attitude to women’s typical fears on the third page of the story? Why does she talk about ‘Things’ and ‘Them’?
4) How does Connie try to reassure herself – quote? Are Connie’s fears, and her attempts to reassure herself, realistic? How does this help us to relate to her character?
Ms Ruxton - English teacher 