1. Why be happy when you could be normal Structure Analysis Luca Soardo CL. 5B

2. INTRODUCTION Information Janette Winterson writes a memoire where she has a positive judjment about Manchester, the city where she was born. It is dedicated to three important people for her; each one contributed to create the nowadays Janette Winterson: ▫Constance Winterson - adoptive mother; ▫Ruth Randell – literary mother; ▫Ann S. – biological mother. Frame of the plot: Events not told in chronological order; Story based on emotional facts; True nature of the facts; Development of a personality; Order of the facts: Follow emotional impact Syntax & Morphology : Quotations; Flashbacks; Flashforwards.

3. 5-W – Question Who? Janette Winterson Where? - setting Manchester Accrington What? Development of the writer’s personality When? Childhood – Adulthood – Nowadays Why? Find the “boat”

4. The novel is made up by: 15 chapters An intermission A coda 1st Chapter: It introduces the story to the readers. THEMES During her childhood she felt as the girl of “The wrong crib”. Difficulties of adopted children. Relationship with her parents. 2 nd Chapter: It deals with the description of the writer’s birth city: Manchester: Everybody’s place of birth is fundamental for our future life. THEMES: Manchester in the 60s and the developed along the years. Reflections about life. STRUCTURE

5. 3rd Chapter : She wites how her mother usually reads the Bible and criticizes her vision of life Themes: Importance of religion 4th Chapter: The reader in this chapter understands how much books are important for Jeanette. THEMES: Effect of the books on people STRUCTURE

6. 5th Chapter: The narrator starts talking about her name and remembers moments spent there. THEMES Janette memories of her house-life 6 th Chapter: Janette reflects on love and her report with the church THEMES: First painfull love Church and society STRUCTURE

7. 7th Chapter: Informs the reader about Accrington THEMES Hope of escape 8th Chapter: She compares the contrast beetween mother’s opinion and Janette’s omosexuality THEMES: Omosexsuality Forbidden love STRUCTURE

8. 9th Chapter: It introduces the story to the readers. THEMES During her childhood she felt as the girl of “The wrong crib”. Difficulties of adopted children. Relationship with her parents. 10° Chapter:She speaks about university. After she suffered a lot during her life Janette can frequent university STRUCTURE

9. 1st Chapter: It introduces the story to the readers. THEMES During her childhood she felt as the girl of “The wrong crib”. Difficulties of adopted children. Relationship with her parents. 2 nd Chapter: It deals with the description of the writer’s birth city: Manchester: Everybody’s place of birth is fundamental for our future life. THEMES: Manchester in the 60s and the developed along the years. Reflections about life. STRUCTURE

10. 1st Chapter: It introduces the story to the readers. THEMES During her childhood she felt as the girl of “The wrong crib”. Difficulties of adopted children. Relationship with her parents. 2 nd Chapter: It deals with the description of the writer’s birth city: Manchester: Everybody’s place of birth is fundamental for our future life. THEMES: Manchester in the 60s and the developed along the years. Reflections about life. STRUCTURE