Wednesday, 21 January 2015

Man From The South

Major Elements of Short Story:
1) Plot
-Introduction
Begging of the story.
It was getting on toward six o'clock so I thought I'd buy myself a beer and go out and sit in a deck chair by the swimming pool and have a little evening sun.

-conflict (man vs man / man vs him self) (internal/ external)
Man vs Man is the bet. Old man challenged to American boy to light up the ciger 10 time in the row. If boy wins he could get old man's Cadillac. However if old man wins boy have to give him a left pinkie.
-rising action

When old man pull out the his ciger American boy offered the light and said
"Here, let me give you a light." The American boy held up his lighter.

"Dat will not work in dis wind."

"Sure, it'll work. It always works.
Then they started to aguing about the his light.
-climam
When they went to old man's room and start the bet.
-falling acttion
When the lady came to the room and stop the bet.
- denoument
When boy gave to the key to the woman they saw her hand and she only had one finger and thumb./
2) Character
-protagonist (main character)
the narrator. because this story talked by this point of view.

- antagonist (force opposing the main character)
the old man because main character of the narrator try to stop the bet, but old man keep stirring up the American cedet.

- static (remain the same)
The English girl.

-round (complex with many characteristics)
the little old man. because if the person is normal never bet the person's finger.
-flat (single or simple characteristics)

-stock character (stereotype)

-dynamic (changes throughout)
the American cadet. because first of all he refused the bet, but after that he changed his mind and challenge the bet.
3) Setting
- atmosphere
Story take place evening of Jamaica.

-time "it was getting on toward six o'clock.

-place 
In Jameica.

4) Theme
this short story is based on suspence. Also we don't know what going to happen.
5) Pint of View
-first person
First person is a the main chracter. (who taking this story.)

-third person (omniscient, limited omniscient, objective/limited)
6) Foreshadowing
"I must say I didn't much like the way he was behaving. It seemed he was already trying to make something out of this, and to emberrass the boy, and at the same time I had the feeling he was relishing a private little secret all his own."

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