Identities

Short Stories - Literary Devises Title:Identities

Point of View: The point of view is third person.

Protagonist: A man, always addressed by he.

What type of character is the Protagonist? He is a round character. Has many characteristics and traits. Also at the end he goes through a change by realizing that the cop was judging just like he was judging the neighborhood and the people.

Antagonist: The type of neighborhood he ends up in.

Describe the setting The story begins in the afternoon in a nice suburban area of the town. Then the main character travels into the ghetto. Probably a rough area of the town, where the sidewalks are cracked. Houses are grubby, and seem to have sunken into the ground. The front lawns are overgrown and surrounded by stiff picket fences. Streets are filled with 'gangs of young men' with leather jackets on. The street lights come on and the story ends at dusk.

Type of Conflict: Man vs. Society

Describe the main conflict: He has gotten lost and doesn't know where he is or how to get back. Also be didn't leave a not for his wife

Describe the Climax of the Story: The protagonist is approached by a policeman who orders him to halt. Instead of doing what he was told, he reaches for his wallet for identity. The nervous cop shoots him.

How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story? He realizes that the cop was judging just like he was judging the neighborhood and the people. Therefore he shouldn't judge a book by its cover

Describe the relationship between the title and the theme. I think the relationship is that you never know some ones true identity and that different people see things differently.

How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? It helps illustrate the theme because the main character is scared of the 3 men standing beside the store. Yet, he doesn't know them or their true identity.

How does the climax help to illustrate the theme? It helps illustrate the theme because the protagonist though he could trust the cop. The cop ended up shooting him, because the cop didn't know the main characters identity.

Give examples of each of the following literary terms in the story (use quotes):

Simile: 'He worries he might hit one of the grubby children, who dart back and forth like startled fish '

Metaphor: 'The salmon tins glistening'

Personification:'Darkness has been quietly settling in like soot'

Symbol: How the cops uniform is a symbol of safety.

Foreshadowing (give both elements): When the author said that the cop was inexperienced. Then the cop went onto shoot the man without any reason.

Irony: Dramatic irony is happening when the cop is approaching to capture the man, but he doesn't know it.

Imagery: When the author is describing what the bad part of the town looks like.

Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story. The story is about what we assume about people based on their appearance. The class theme is humanity, and as humans even if we like it or not, we will always judge people on their appearance.

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