Do Now- Free write!  Pretend that you had a Mr. or Ms. Hyde inside of you. If you let him loose, what would he or she do first?

March 5th, 2012

Materials Needed  Social and Cultural Perspective guided notes

Today  Objective: SWBAT read and respond to literary works that represent a range of social perspectives  DOL: SWBAT compose 3 questions that will lead readers to better understand the social and/or cultural perspectives presented in DJ&MH

Perspective in Literature  Perspective: the character’s take/opinion of events in a story and how those events unfold. Always think about the character’s background/history as this dictates much of their behavior and/or thoughts.  An automobile accident occurs. Two drivers are involved. Witnesses include four sidewalk spectators, a policeman, a man with a video camera who happened to be shooting the scene, and the pilot of a helicopter that was flying overhead. Here we have nine different perspectives and, most likely, nine different descriptions of the accident.

Perspective in Literature  In short fiction, who tells the story and how it is told are critical issues for an author to decide. The tone and feel of the story, and even its meaning, can change radically depending on who is telling the story.  Example: In The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, who’s perspective do we see most of the time? Mr. Utterson

Perspective in Literature  In short fiction, who tells the story and how it is told are critical issues for an author to decide. The tone and feel of the story, and even its meaning, can change radically depending on who is telling the story.  Example: In The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, who’s perspective do we see most of the time? Mr. Utterson

Perspective Practice #1  Using the excerpt below, what perspective does Mr. Utterson have on Dr. Jekyll’s situation (leaving everything to Mr. Hyde in his will)?  DJ&MH page 11 And the lawyer set out homeward with a very heavy heart. “Poor Harry Jekyll,” he thought, “my mind misgives me he is in deep waters! He was wild when he was young; a long while ago, to be sure…” As a long time friend of Dr. Jekyll’s, Mr. Utterson believes that Dr. Jekyll is being blackmailed for past sins.

Perspective Practice #2  What is the officer’s perspective of the idea that the murder victim is in fact Sir Danvers Carew, a very important person in town?  DJ&MH page 14 “Good God sir!” exclaimed the officer, “is it possible?” And the next moment his eye lighted up with professional ambition. “This will make a deal of noise,” he said. The idea that the victim is someone as important as Mr. Carew excites the officer in that he can see it as a career boost for himself or a good form of publicity for the Scotland Yard.

Perspective in Literature DOL  Using the following excerpt, what is Dr. Lanyon’s perspective on life in Chapter 6: Remarkable Incident of Dr. Lanyon? “I have had a shock,” he said, “ and I shall never recover. It is a question of weeks. Well life has been pleasant; I liked it; yes, sir, I used to like it. I sometimes think if we knew all, we should be more glad to get away.” (page 23)

Critical Thinking  How has Dr. Lanyon’s perspective on life changed since we first met him in Chapter 2: Search for Mr. Hyde?

Social Perspective  Social Perspective: a person/character’s perspective of people or events based on social expectations or experiences Example: You and your best friend are talking about the previous day’s pep rally at school when a new kid walks into class. Your best friend automatically writes the new kid off as “weird and a loser” based on how they are dressed. You assess the kid and decide your friend’s assessment is correct. You and your friend ignore the new kid and even tell others of your opinion, helping spread the word that the new kid is a weird loser.

Social Perspective  Social Life  Human beings are social animals, and the tenor of our social life is one of the most important influences on our mental health. Without positive, durable relationships, both our minds and our bodies fall apart. We begin life dependent for survival on the quality of relationship with our primary caregiver, usually Mom. And the nature of that relationship typically influences all others in our life.social animalssocial life  Our survival as a species similarly hinges on our capacity for social living. Most of human history was spent in small groups in which each was dependent on the others for survival, and evidence suggests this is the condition to which we are best adapted.

Social Perspective  Take a moment and try to picture your life without any of your friends… How many of you don’t like to be alone? How many of you have to have alone time? Human nature, college, comfort zones Who is in Mr. Utterson’s “comfort zone” of friends?

Cultural Perspective  Cultural Perspective: a person/character’s perspective of people or events based on cultural expectations or experiences Example: While waiting on your flight in the airport, a woman across from you sneezes. Without looking in her direction you say, “bless you” (or for some blesh you). When the National Anthem is played prior to a sporting event, all hats are removed.

Social and Cultural Perspective  Example: Your best friend’s aunt just passed away from cancer. Although you had never met your friend’s aunt, you attend the funeral, sitting with your friend.

Social or Cultural?  1. Mr. Enfield and Mr. Utterson take walks together every Sunday.

Social or Cultural?  2. The towns people could not figure out why Mr. Enfield and Mr. Utterson were friends.

Social or Cultural?  3. “We told the man we could and would make such a scandal out of this, as should make his name stink from one end of London to the other.” (page 3)

Social or Cultural?  4. “…but professional honour and faith to his dead friend were stringent obligations; and the packet slept in the innermost corner of his private safe.” (page 24)

Time Permitting  Let’s analyze Chapter 8: The Last Night  Who will die next?  I DO, YOU DO  Compose ?’s!

DOL  Compose 3 questions that will lead readers to better understand the social and/or cultural perspectives presented in DJ&MH

Wrap Up/Clean Up  Pick up around your desk  No one leaves until all the books are turned in!