Ms. Mooney’s Super-Fabulous Short Story Review Game

POINT OF VIEW What are the FOUR short stories that are written in 1 st person point-of-view? What are the TWO short stories that are written in 3 st person-limited point-of-view? “Charles” “The Scarlet Ibis” “The Tell-Tale Heart” “The Cask of Amontillado” “The Lottery” and “A Retrieved Reformation”

Character Quotes! Who Said it? “I must not only punish, but punish with impunity” (2). “He would live because he was born in a caul, and cauls are made from Jesus’ nightgown” (1). “True-Nervous-very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad? (145). “Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon” (6). Montresor Old Man Warner Narrator (TTH) Aunt Nicey

FORESHADOWING! OUTCOME: Montresor will construct a wall of stone and mortar. FORESHADOW: Montresor presents a trowel as a sign of a mason. OUTCOME: The winner will be killed by stones and rocks. FORESHADOW: The boys gathered rocks in the town square.

SYMBOLISM The Black Box Scarlet Ibis The Vulture Eye Montresor’s Coat of Arms Tradition, Luck, Chance The Narrators MADNESS Doodle REVENGE

DRAMATIC IRONY “A Retrieved Reformation” “The Tell-Tale Heart” “The Cask of Amontillado” Ralph Spencer is really the infamous safe-cracker, Jimmy Valentine The Narrator is MAD. The Narrator will kill the old man. The Narrator has buried the old mans body under the floorboards. Montresor is planning his REVENGE, punish Fortunato

SITUATIONAL IRONY “A Retrieved Reformation” JV used his criminal tools to save a life! “The Lottery” “Charles” “The Scarlet Ibis” The winner is sacrificed/stoned to death. Winning is actually tragic! Laurie is Charles! Doodle dies in the storm.

EXTERNAL CONFLICT (Man vs Man) Montresor vs Fortunato (Man vs Group) Tessie vs The Village (Man vs Man) Jimmy Valentine vs Det. Ben Price Montresor and Fortunato are both driven by their own pride and ego; a competition of power and prestige Tessie wins the lottery to become the sacrificial winner. According to tradition, the town must kill the winner using rocks and stones. Jimmy Valentine cracks safes, and Det. Ben Price attempts to catch the elusive bank robber and build a case to keep JV in jail.

INTERNAL CONFLICT (Man vs Self) Montresor’s vs his need for Revenge Montresor is fed up with Fortunato’s insults and is determined to “punish with impunity” to his satisfaction! (Man vs Self) The Narrator vs The Vulture-Eye (Man vs Self) Doodle’s Brother vs His PRIDE The Narrator is determined to kill his own MADNESS by eliminating the vulture eye! Doodle’s brother is embarrassed by Doodle and is determined to teach him to walk so that he will have a “normal” brother.

Characterization: Direct or Indirect? “Jimmy, looking like and athletic young senior just home from college…” (31). “At first I just paraded him up and down the piazza, but then he started crying to be taken out into the yard, and it ended up by me having to lug him wherever I went” (2). “The man wore motley. He had on a tight-fitting parti-striped dress, and his head was surmounted by the conical cap and bells” (2). Jimmy Narrator Fortuanto DIRECT: young and handsome INDIRECT: The Narrator sees his bother, Doodle, as a burden INDIRECT: He is silly and enjoys festivities!

LITERATURE TERMS The attitude the author has toward his/her subject. The overall feeling the reader gets based on the details in the story. A reference to a well-known person, place, event or work of art. The universal message or insight about life expressed in a story. The reader learns about the character by what they do, say, think and how they treat other characters. TONE MOOD ALLUSION INDIRECT CHARACTERIZATION THEME

THEMES People are capable of change. Madness upsets the delicate balance of light and dark in human nature “…pride is a wonderful, terrible thing, a seed that bears two vines, life and death” (2). Violence and cruelty can come from seemingly ordinary places. “A Retrieved Reformation” “The Tell-Tale Heart” “The Scarlet Ibis” “The Lottery”