Approaching Literature Groups 3 and 4

Overview Experience Your first impression Analysis Interpreting the text Extension Applying the piece to the outside world

Experience How we respond subjectively, personally, emotionally How we relate to the characters What goes on in the piece Connect material to life and outside life

Experience Connected to “Out, Out-” As a reader, how can we relate to the struggles of the characters? You may find it sad, heartless, cold If you live in the city, you may feel removed from the rural Vermont setting If you live on a farm, you may feel more connected to the setting You may think people aren’t as apathetic

Analysis Ask questions and make inferences/observations Notice the details Language and structure of the story Figurative language Literary devices Point of view Connections Text to text, text to world

Analysis Connected to “Out, Out-” Personification of the saw “leaped out at the boy’s hand, or seemed to leap” (1.16). The title makes a reference to a scene in Macbeth after Lady Macbeth is killed Brevity of life, futility of worldly ambitions Contrasts between the beauty and cruelty of nature Point of view Changes from third person to first person

Extension Connect text to the real world Research historical context and apply ideas to life Infer how it relates to the outside world and current events How we respond to emotions shown in the text

Extension to “Out, Out-” After research, it reveals that he based the poem on an actual incident May have been a way to immortalize the boy and give his young life meaning May have been a way to recognize Frost’s own mortality Poem was written in the early 1900s when child labor was at its worst Children had to work difficult jobs in order to support their families