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❝Literature:The Selfish Giant❞ Wednesday, 5 February 2014@06:16 ♥



Beginning/Exposition

1)Character

Main: Giant (Page 79)
Minor: Children (Page 79)


2)Setting

Place: Garden, School (Page 79)
Time: After School (Page 79)


3)Giant
 
-Selfish (Page 79)
-Short-tempered (Page 79)
-Scary (Page 79)
-Lonely (Page 79 and 80)

Rising Action




·         Every afternoon, after school, some children played in the large, beautiful garden of a huge deserted castle. (Page 79)


·         One afternoon, they heard a great voice boom out. It was the giant. The giant found them playing in his garden and scared them away. (Page 79)
·         He wanted the garden himself so he built a high wall around it with sharp iron spikes on top. (Page 79)
·         Winter came and the snow covered the ground. (Page 80)
·         At last spring came, but spring refused to go into his garden. (Page 80)
·         One morning, spring came into the garden with the children. (Page 80)


Turning point
     
        ·         The giant saw a boy crying bitterly and was moved to pity when he realised how
               selfish he had been and realise why spring never came into his garden. (Page 80)




     

        ·         The giant decided to knock down the walls. (Page 80)

     

        ·         He decided to make his garden into a children’s playground. (Page 81)

Falling Action/Conflicts
       
        · The children ran away when they saw the giant except for the boy. (Page 81)
       
        · When the children saw that the giant was kind and friendly, they ran back into his

          garden followed by the spring through the hole in the wall. (Page 81)

Resolution
       
        ·Years later, the giant grew old and weak. (Page 82)





        ·One day, he saw the boy again, his face was red with anger and wanted to kill

         whoever who had hurt the boy. (Page 82)


        · The boy brought the giant to a place called Paradise and that afternoon the children
          found the dead giant lying peacefully under a tree. (Page 82)



❝Literature:The Necklace❞ @04:50 ♥


Beginning/Exposition

1)Character

Main: Mathilde
Minor: Husband, Madame Forestier

2)Setting

Place: Home, Ball
Time: Night

3)Mathilde

-Ungrateful for what she have/ Does not appreciate what she have
-Greedy
-Thinks too much of herself.

Rising Action


·         Mathilde was pretty and charming (Page 175)

·         She was born into a lower middle-class family (Page 175)

·         Married a junior clerk in Ministry of Public Instruction (Page 175)

·         Felt that she was destined for better things in life (Page 175)

·         She fretted constantly feeling hopeless in everything.(Page 175)

·         One day, her husband came home proudly holding a large envelope. With a invitation to a ball. (Page 175)
Turning Point/Conflict


·         When they reached home, Mathilde realised that the necklace was missing and decided to look for it. (Page 181 and Page 182)

·         Mathilde and her husband could not find the necklace therefore they decided to buy the necklace that is identical to the necklace Mathilde borrowed from Madam Loisel. (Page 182)

·         The necklace cost 36,000 francs. (Page 183)

·         They borrow money from people to pay for the necklace. (Page 183)
Falling Action


·         They could not find the necklace anywhere so they decided to buy and identical one to replace the missing one, worth 36, 000 francs. (Page 183)

·         Her husband borrowed money and wrote IOU's from moneylender. (Page 183)

·         Finally, they bought the necklace. (Page 183)
Resolution


·         After returning the necklace to her friend, it took Mathilde and her husband ten years to repay all their debts. (Page 184)

·         Ten years later, Mathilde ran into her friend on the street where her friend did not recognize Mathilde. (Page 185)

·         She told her friend everything about and her friend was smiling with pride and joy, telling Mathilde that the necklace was just paste that was worth at most 500 francs. (Page 186)




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❝Literature:The Selfish Giant❞ Wednesday, 5 February 2014@06:16 ♥



Beginning/Exposition

1)Character

Main: Giant (Page 79)
Minor: Children (Page 79)


2)Setting

Place: Garden, School (Page 79)
Time: After School (Page 79)


3)Giant
 
-Selfish (Page 79)
-Short-tempered (Page 79)
-Scary (Page 79)
-Lonely (Page 79 and 80)

Rising Action




·         Every afternoon, after school, some children played in the large, beautiful garden of a huge deserted castle. (Page 79)


·         One afternoon, they heard a great voice boom out. It was the giant. The giant found them playing in his garden and scared them away. (Page 79)
·         He wanted the garden himself so he built a high wall around it with sharp iron spikes on top. (Page 79)
·         Winter came and the snow covered the ground. (Page 80)
·         At last spring came, but spring refused to go into his garden. (Page 80)
·         One morning, spring came into the garden with the children. (Page 80)


Turning point
     
        ·         The giant saw a boy crying bitterly and was moved to pity when he realised how
               selfish he had been and realise why spring never came into his garden. (Page 80)




     

        ·         The giant decided to knock down the walls. (Page 80)

     

        ·         He decided to make his garden into a children’s playground. (Page 81)

Falling Action/Conflicts
       
        · The children ran away when they saw the giant except for the boy. (Page 81)
       
        · When the children saw that the giant was kind and friendly, they ran back into his

          garden followed by the spring through the hole in the wall. (Page 81)

Resolution
       
        ·Years later, the giant grew old and weak. (Page 82)





        ·One day, he saw the boy again, his face was red with anger and wanted to kill

         whoever who had hurt the boy. (Page 82)


        · The boy brought the giant to a place called Paradise and that afternoon the children
          found the dead giant lying peacefully under a tree. (Page 82)



❝Literature:The Necklace❞ @04:50 ♥


Beginning/Exposition

1)Character

Main: Mathilde
Minor: Husband, Madame Forestier

2)Setting

Place: Home, Ball
Time: Night

3)Mathilde

-Ungrateful for what she have/ Does not appreciate what she have
-Greedy
-Thinks too much of herself.

Rising Action


·         Mathilde was pretty and charming (Page 175)

·         She was born into a lower middle-class family (Page 175)

·         Married a junior clerk in Ministry of Public Instruction (Page 175)

·         Felt that she was destined for better things in life (Page 175)

·         She fretted constantly feeling hopeless in everything.(Page 175)

·         One day, her husband came home proudly holding a large envelope. With a invitation to a ball. (Page 175)
Turning Point/Conflict


·         When they reached home, Mathilde realised that the necklace was missing and decided to look for it. (Page 181 and Page 182)

·         Mathilde and her husband could not find the necklace therefore they decided to buy the necklace that is identical to the necklace Mathilde borrowed from Madam Loisel. (Page 182)

·         The necklace cost 36,000 francs. (Page 183)

·         They borrow money from people to pay for the necklace. (Page 183)
Falling Action


·         They could not find the necklace anywhere so they decided to buy and identical one to replace the missing one, worth 36, 000 francs. (Page 183)

·         Her husband borrowed money and wrote IOU's from moneylender. (Page 183)

·         Finally, they bought the necklace. (Page 183)
Resolution


·         After returning the necklace to her friend, it took Mathilde and her husband ten years to repay all their debts. (Page 184)

·         Ten years later, Mathilde ran into her friend on the street where her friend did not recognize Mathilde. (Page 185)

·         She told her friend everything about and her friend was smiling with pride and joy, telling Mathilde that the necklace was just paste that was worth at most 500 francs. (Page 186)




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