1. Find your new seat and have out your journal entries!
Characters
Find your new seat and have out your journal entries!
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2. Would you like to share one?
Journal Entries
Would you like to share one?

3. Christian Biography Choice

4. Christian Biography Choice
Due next Monday
*Come at the beginning of lunch TOMORROW if you want to choose one of mine.

5. Characters
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6. Introduction to Character The author reveals character through different methods . . .
exposition—what
others (the author) say about the character in the introduction
2. description—what other characters or the narrator says about him within the story
3. dialogue—what the character says 4. action—what the character does

7. Introduction to Character Flat or Round?
flat character
one-dimensional; not much individualizing detail (Jim’s Father)
little background (minor character)
2. round character
multifaceted; hard to define (Jim; Long John Silver)
reveal their actions, and often their thoughts (usually a major character)

8. Introduction to Character Dynamic or Static?
 1. dynamic—changes inwardly, whether through a gradual process or a crisis (Jim)
2. static—unchanging; attitudes remain the same for better or worse (mother/father)

9. Introduction to Character Round or Flat? Dynamic or Static?
Biblical Examples:
Round/Flat Dynamic/Static
Paul
Jonah
Solomon
Ruth
Orpah

10. Introduction to Character Character Analysis of Job
1. Exposition= lived in Uz, perfect and upright, feared God and eschewed evil
2. Description-
a. God-“none like Job in the earth”
b. Satan-upright because of what God has given him
3. Action- “rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped”
4. Dialogue-
Job 3—wishes he could die
Job 10:9—realizes God is in control
Job 19:25—hope and trust in God
Job 40—God reasons with Job.
Job 42—Job’s repentance and God’s reward

11. Introduction to Character Job’s Faith Restored
 Job is a round and dynamic character.
works through a difficult struggle
seeks answers and a way of escape
questioning ceases, despair vanishes

12. ?’s for Analyzing Characters:
How well do I know this character?
Which characters do I know the best?
Does this character change?
Is the change positive or negative?
Is the change believable?

13. by Robert Louis Stevenson
Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson

14. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
by James Thurber
Read aloud in class. Need class copies.

18. Cast
Walter Mitty
Mrs. Mitty
Berg
Crewman 1
Crewman 2
Cop
Pretty Nurse
Dr. Renshaw
Dr. Mitford
10. Dr. Remmington 11. Intern 12. Parking Attendant 13. District Attorney 14. Mitty’s Attorney 15. Clerk 16. Sergeant

19. GRAMMAR TEST 2
2/3 made A’s or B’s

20. WALTER MITTY ANALYSIS How would you describe the man?
eccentric
dissatisfied daydreamer
Dictionary Definition: A Walter Mitty is…
An ordinary, often ineffectual person who indulges in fantastic daydreams of personal triumphs.

21. WALTER MITTY ANALYSIS
Round or Flat?
ROUND
Static or Dynamic?
STATIC

22. WALTER MITTY THEMES Dissatisfaction Escapism Vicarious Adventure
Victorious Defeat