1. Objectives: I will analyze The Arrival so I can apply multiple critical perspectives to a text and evaluate media production elements and the effects of shifting narrative point of view. I will analyze The Arrival so I can apply multiple critical perspectives to a text and evaluate media production elements and the effects of shifting narrative point of view. Today, you will need: SSR Book SSR Book Composition Book Composition Book SpringBoard Book SpringBoard Book The Arrival (one copy per group) The Arrival (one copy per group) Part IV of The Arrival may be found at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nc_FkysJAyE

2. Read the next 7 pages of Part III (stop where the father begins to share his narrative. Read the next 7 pages of Part III (stop where the father begins to share his narrative. Answer in your composition books: Answer in your composition books: What cultural elements are present in this section? What cultural elements are present in this section? Which cultural elements are familiar to the protagonist? Which are alien? Which cultural elements are familiar to the protagonist? Which are alien? What is the significance of the cultural elements you identified? What is the significance of the cultural elements you identified?

3. Read the father’s narrative. Read the father’s narrative. How does Tan transition into the father’s narrative? How does Tan transition into the father’s narrative? Zooms in for an extreme close-up on the father’s eye. Zooms in for an extreme close-up on the father’s eye. Scene to scene transition. Scene to scene transition. Tan juxtaposes sepia toned illustrations with black and white illustrations. What effect does this have on the narrative? Tan juxtaposes sepia toned illustrations with black and white illustrations. What effect does this have on the narrative?

4. Archetypal Criticism Archetypes are universal symbols – images, characters, motifs, or patterns – that recur in myths, dreams, oral traditions, songs, literature, and other texts of peoples widely separated by time and place. Archetypes are universal symbols – images, characters, motifs, or patterns – that recur in myths, dreams, oral traditions, songs, literature, and other texts of peoples widely separated by time and place. Archetypal Criticism deals with the similarities of these patterns in the literature of widely diverse cultures. Archetypal Criticism deals with the similarities of these patterns in the literature of widely diverse cultures.

5. Archetypal Criticism Assumptions: Assumptions: Certain images recur in texts from diverse cultures that share a common interpretation – water, sun, colors, the tree, settings such as the garden, the desert. Certain images recur in texts from diverse cultures that share a common interpretation – water, sun, colors, the tree, settings such as the garden, the desert. Certain characters recur – the hero, the trickster, the great mother, the wise old man, the prodigal son. Certain characters recur – the hero, the trickster, the great mother, the wise old man, the prodigal son. Certain motifs and patterns occur – creation stories, the quest, voyage to the underworld, journey, and initiation. Certain motifs and patterns occur – creation stories, the quest, voyage to the underworld, journey, and initiation.

6. Read the father’s narrative. In your composition books: How can Archetypal Criticism be applied to the father’s narrative? How can Archetypal Criticism be applied to the father’s narrative?

7. Archetypes that appear in the Father’s Narrative: Cyclops – giant figures with one eye that destroy humans. Cyclops – giant figures with one eye that destroy humans. The Guide – a person who will guide them to safety, but who may not be trustworthy. The Guide – a person who will guide them to safety, but who may not be trustworthy. River Styx – from Greek mythology; passengers must pay a boatman so that they can cross the water to a new phase of their lives. River Styx – from Greek mythology; passengers must pay a boatman so that they can cross the water to a new phase of their lives. Story of Escape Story of Escape

8. Finish reading Part III. In your composition books: What cultural elements are present in this section? What cultural elements are present in this section? Which cultural elements are familiar to the protagonist? Which are alien? Which cultural elements are familiar to the protagonist? Which are alien? What is the significance of the cultural elements you identified? What is the significance of the cultural elements you identified? What is the significance of the protagonist making an origami creature for the little boy? What is the significance of the protagonist making an origami creature for the little boy?

9. Read the first 9 pages of Part IV (stop with the full page view of the assembly line). Read the first 9 pages of Part IV (stop with the full page view of the assembly line). In your composition books: In your composition books: Which critical perspective (Cultural, Historical, Feminist, Marxist, or Archetypal) could you apply to these pages? Which critical perspective (Cultural, Historical, Feminist, Marxist, or Archetypal) could you apply to these pages?

10. On the assembly line, the protagonist meets an elderly man who shares a narrative about going off to war. On the assembly line, the protagonist meets an elderly man who shares a narrative about going off to war. While you read the old man’s narrative, try to visualize the narrative as a film. In your composition books: While you read the old man’s narrative, try to visualize the narrative as a film. In your composition books: What diegetic sounds would appear on the soundtrack? What diegetic sounds would appear on the soundtrack? What non-diegetic sounds would you add? What non-diegetic sounds would you add? Note the frames in which these diegetic and non-diegetic sounds would appear. Note the frames in which these diegetic and non-diegetic sounds would appear.

11. In your composition books: In your composition books: Which critical perspective (Cultural, Historical, Feminist, Marxist, or Archetypal) would best apply to the old man’s narrative? Explain your answer. Which critical perspective (Cultural, Historical, Feminist, Marxist, or Archetypal) would best apply to the old man’s narrative? Explain your answer.

12. Finish reading Part IV. Finish reading Part IV. In your composition books: In your composition books: Which critical perspective (Cultural, Historical, Feminist, Marxist, or Archetypal) could you apply to these pages? Which critical perspective (Cultural, Historical, Feminist, Marxist, or Archetypal) could you apply to these pages?