Identities

Short Stories - Literary Devises Name: __Identities__

Point of View: Third person

Protagonist: Driver of car

What type of character is the Protagonist? He is a person looking for a thrill and apparently can’t take instructions from police officers, he can think critically but his mind didn’t function when the police officer gave him an order. Antagonist: Within Himself Describe the setting It’s in a city that’s divided into multiple sections, including a gang section unlike Victoria. Type of Conflict: Man vs. self Describe the main conflict: The police officer approached him with his gun and he didn’t respond properly to the police officers orders so he was shot because he moved his hand into his pocket to show his identity. Describe the Climax of the Story: The police officer approached him and shot him in the end. How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story? He became worried while he was driving into the different part of the city so he was thinking more and his senses were stimulated. Describe the relationship between the title and the theme. <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">The title describes what made him lose his life, the one reaction you should never have. <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Because staying calm and not freaking out will help you build your identity, it will be a part of who you are. <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">How does the climax help to illustrate the theme? <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">The driver of the car made his fatal mistake of not staying calm and relaxed. <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Give examples of each of the following literary terms in the story (use quotes):

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Simile: “ <span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT','serif';">The store window illuminates the sidewalk like a stage ”

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Metaphor: “ <span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT','serif';">The girl is better looking than she should be for such companions. ”

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Personification: “Eagles, tigers, wolves and serpents ride their backs.”

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Symbol: the Mercedes Benz represents wealth and power, it symbolizes someone that has earned their place in society and has worked hard to earn the car.

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Foreshadowing (give both elements): “<span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT','serif';">who is inexperienced, who is nervous because of the neighbourhood, who is suspicious because of the car and, because he has been trained to see an unshaven man in blue jeans as a potential thief and not as a probable owner ”<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">These statements describe why he killed him before he killed him, very obvious form of foreshadowing.

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Irony: “ <span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT','serif';">So intent is he upon the future that he dangerously ignores the present and does not notice the police car, concealed in the shadows of a side street, nose out and follow him. ”

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Imagery: “<span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT','serif';">She is long legged and wears a white turtle-necked sweater. ”

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story.

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">The theme is why the driver did what he did and ended up dead, its why there was a story! It’s also why he was thinking so critically and quickly. It’s our humanity, what makes us unique.

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">COmpletion 5/5 <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Effort 3/5 <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Content 4/5 <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">PAragraph 2/5

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">total 14/20