Kelso High School English Department. Chapter Two.

Slides:



Advertisements
Similar presentations
‘Price we pay for Sun’ Grace Nichols
Advertisements

The people Look for some people. Write it down. By the water
A.
Kelso High School English Department. Chapter Thirteen.
Kelso High School English Department. Chapter Nine.
BRAVE NEW WORLD WRITTEN BY ALDOUS HUXLEY Chapter 7.
The Lovely Bones By: Sammie Beech.
Kelso High School English Department. Chapter Eleven.
Kelso High School English Department. Chapter Fifteen.
“Something to Declare” An autobiography by Julia Alvarez C. Perez, Griffith MS.
Kelso High School English Department. Chapter Fourteen.
10 Key Episodes Within The Lovely Bones
Coping With Loss/Grieving. Bummer Day I wanted to bring some comic relief into today’s Lesson before we begin! With Halloween tomorrow, and us talking.
Thinking and Writing in a Deeper Way. Using textual support to explain your arguments “Sometimes [my father comes and sees me.] Generally when I am asleep.
How to Use Dialogue in Fiction Four Purposes. Use dialogue carefully and it will serve different purposes: Develop character Create story background Add.
The Adventure’s of Robin Hood By Paul Creswick. Introduction  The tale of Robin Hood is one of the oldest legends. Robin Hood is over 600 years old so.
Symbolism Below are the Monopoly pieces used by the Salmon family. What could they symbolise/tell us about the character who uses them? Lindsey – the iron.
Before Reading: Know: Want to Know: Learned:
Spelling Lists.
Act III Scene i Romeo and Juliet. 1. Why does Benvolio want to go inside? It is hot outside and he fears a brawl (fight) will happen if the Montagues.
The Five Stages of Grief Kübler-Ross Model By: Joshua Packer.
Journal What is grief? How do you handle grief when it occurs in your life?
Spelling Lists. Unit 1 Spelling List write family there yet would draw become grow try really ago almost always course less than words study then learned.
This is beautiful! Try not to cry.
Elisha and the Widow 2 Kings 4:1-7.
Suspense.  On her way home from school on a snowy December day in 1973, 14-year-old Susie Salmon ("like the fish") is lured into a makeshift underground.
Dealing with Grief and Loss
 What is it? How do we deal with it?.  Denial — One of the first reactions is Denial, wherein the survivor imagines a false, preferable reality.  Anger.
Managing Stress and Coping with Loss
Youth Culture Lesson Finding Teachable Moments in Culture From YouthWorker Journal and youthworker.com Of Grief and God The Lovely Bones Explores Death.
I am ready to test!________ I am ready to test!________
Sight Words.
“I always did well on essay tests
Lovely Bones Alma Lucas, Wendy Correa,
Chapter 4: Section 3-pg. 89. Examples of loss can include death of a family member, the divorce of one’s parents, the death of a pet, a breakup with a.
Kelso High School English Department. Bones In today’s lesson we will: Analyse Bones in relation to: Plot Key Incident One: Harvey’s Death Key Incident.
Scott Foresman Reading Street Word Wall Word List First Grade Kindergarten & Supplement Words Included.
The Theme of Loneliness By Daniel and Jeffrey. Introduction The theme of loneliness is prominent in the book "Of Mice and Men" There are many characters.
Kelso High School English Department. Chapter Twenty Three.
Incorporating Quotes and Using Transitions. * How would it be if a fourteen-year-old girl was living as a fugitive, running away from the law? Lily Owens,
Kelso High School English Department. Chapter Six.
Do Now: What do different ages think when someone dies?
Chapter 3 Mental and Emotional Health Lesson 4 Coping with Loss Next >> Click for: >> Main Menu >> Chapter 3 Assessment Teacher’s notes are available in.
High Frequency Words August 31 - September 4 around be five help next
Kelso High School English Department. Chapter Five.
How do the characters in different love stories differ from one another? “There are certain characters every romance novel has to have: the two love birds.
Theme How to find the Grail. What are theme and motif? The theme of a fable is its moral. The theme of a parable is its teaching. Theme: a universal idea.
NOTICE AND NOTE STRATEGY: TOUGH QUESTIONS. WHAT ARE TOUGH QUESTIONS? We ask questions all the time such as “What’s for dinner?”, “Where are my shoes?”,
Sight Words.
Grief. Journal How might you comfort a child who had a pet that died? (3-4 sentences)
High Frequency Words.
Kelso High School English Department. ‘An Inspector Calls’
Grammar and usage Negative words and negative statements.
Grade 4 Short-response (2-point) Sample Guide Set.
Kelso High School English Department. Chapter Twenty Two.
Kelso High School English Department. “Chapter Seventeen”
Grief and The Great Gatsby. Grief links to Gatsby in the idea of the loss of love – Daisy is all that Gatsby dreams of but yet he doesn’t get to have.
Kelso High School English Department. Chapter Twenty One.
The Great Gatsby: Chapter 7 Analysis
Stages of Life Growing and Changing. After birth, humans go through several stages of development. These stages are infancy, childhood, adolescence, and.
NOTICE AND NOTE SIGNPOSTS. Authors put some signposts in their stories that help us know what to watch for. These signposts tell us about the characters,
3. TURNING STEPS Now we are not christians by being born into a christian family, confirmed, baptised, taking communion, reading your Bible, going to church,
Who gets the money ? Unit 21 Lesson81-82 授课人 : 许运来.
The Nature of Revenge By: Maddy Baye Jocelyn Croxall Jordan St. Pierre.
Created By Sherri Desseau Click to begin TACOMA SCREENING INSTRUMENT FIRST GRADE.
The 5 Stages of Grief Denial Anger Bargaining Depression Acceptance.
TV/Film Writing Week 15.
TV/Film Writing Week 5.
Presentation transcript:

Kelso High School English Department

Chapter Two

In today’s lesson we will analyse: Plot Characterisation Setting Theme - Grief Theme - Isolation

Homework What is Susie’s heaven comprised of? What does this tell us about her? What is the Inbetween? What clues show it is important?

Plot Briefly discuss the events of Chapter Two with your partner. Check that your summary notes include all relevant information.

Characterisation - Susie Sebold initially portrays Susie as a typical American teenager. Read page “When I got to Fairfax High…. These were my dreams on Earth.” Briefly write a few sentences explaining why this particular passage makes us feel sympathetic towards Susie.

Characterisation: Susie “Eventually I began to desire more. What I found strange was how much I desired to know what I had not known on Earth. I wanted to be allowed to grow up.” “”People grow up by living,” I said to Franny. “I want to live.” “I could not have what I wanted most: Mr Harvey dead and me living.”

Characterisation: Susie The fact that Susie cannot have what she wants suggests that Susie’s adjustment to death will be a difficult one. Note the capitalisation of “Earth” while “heaven” is always lower case. This suggests where her heart really lies.

Characterisation:Lindsey Susie’s sister. Her name never changes. It is resolute, tough and constant - just like Lindsey. This is shown in the way she she faces Susie’s death with a silent, stalwart wall of grief as she does not let herself cry and tries to keep the grief away by doing sit-ups until she is exhausted. Her name cannot be shortened or changed - neither can the events that have taken place in her life. She must simply learn to live with them.

Characterisation:Jack Salmon Susie’s father. His undying love and devotion for Susie is examined by both Susie and the reader throughout the novel.

Characterisation: Abigail Salmon  Susie’s mother.  She cannot face Susie’s death and yearns for a different life than the one she has been dealt.  Throughout the novel she undergoes an identity crisis as Susie’s death raises questions about Abigail’s identity. Her name changes a number of times to reflect this - “mom” “Abigail”

Characterisation: Franny  Susie’s counsellor.  Her job is to help Susie and her roommate Holly adjust to death and to help their souls find release from Earth.  Franny is the same age as their mothers as this is something that they both want - their mothers.

Setting: Heaven  Susie learns that everyone’s heaven is different.  Heaven is obviously, in this novel, what each person dreams.  Remember the capitalisation of “Earth” compared to lowercase “heaven.”  Looks like her school playground with a good set of swings.  Everything that she has ever wanted appears as soon as she thinks of it - apart from what she wants most: to be back with the people she loved on Earth.

Theme: Grief  The process of grief and the long road to acceptance and letting go are the main themes of the novel.  Through Susie’s narration, Sebold gives us a bird’s eye view of a grieving family over a number of years.  Susie is used to convey that even a dead person might need to grow up and accept death.  Sebold focuses more on the aftermath and effects of Susie’s death rather than on the murder itself.

Theme: Grief  Throughout the novel Susie watches her family move through the five stages of grief: denial anger bargaining depression acceptance

Theme: Grief The family ’ s mantra, “ Nothing is ever certain ” is a reflection of the first step of the process of grief: shock and denial. Chapter Two shows shock and denial. The reality of Susie ’ s death hasn ’ t really hit home yet. The family is stunned and bewildered. It ’ s important to note that they react in different ways to her death.

Theme: Grief When Detective Fenerman shows the family the hat and tells them about the body part, they enter the second stage which is anger. Abigail wails. Jack sobs. Lindsey “toughens” so she won’t break.

Theme: Grief Buckley, who is four, doesn’t understand what “gone” means. He draws a picture in which a thick blue line separates the Air from the ground. This is the “Inbetween” - perhaps what we refer to as purgatory. Susie wants the picture to be a real place. This is because she too wants an escape from the reality of death.

Theme: Grief Purgatory: place or condition of temporary punishment meant to cleanse those destined for heaven but not quite ready for it. In purgatory one is purged of their imperfections.

Theme: Isolation Susie is in heaven alone and has not yet been reunited with other family members who have died. Ruth and Ray are both isolated from those around them. Ray will always be tainted by the initial suspicions of the police. Jack and Abigal are isolated from each other by Susie’s death, “My mother and father ended up standing in the same room downstairs. They had come in from opposite doorways.” (pg 29) The last paper Susie writes for school is “The Ostracised: One Man Alone”

The End: Well done!