Thurs. and Fri. Sept. 24 and 25, 2015: Short Story Analysis

Today, you were given questions to answer in relation to the short story "The Little Business Man" by Morley Callaghan.
You will be given two class days to complete these as well as the weekend. They are due before class on Tuesday, September 29.
I have pasted the questions below as some of the students are absent:

ELA 10B

“The Little Business Man” Questions

 

Instructions: On a separate sheet of paper, answer each of these questions fully (flipping the question into the statement and answering it), neatly (if I can’t read it I can’t give it a stamp of approval!), and correctly (check sentence structure and spelling).

 

1.      When does this story take place? How do we know this?

 

2.      Who is the protagonist in this story? How do we know this?

 

3.      Who is the antagonist in this story? How do we know this?

 

4.      What is the main conflict in this story? Describe it.

 

5.      From what point of view is this story being told? Cite evidence to prove this and be sure to put the page and paragraph (in brackets) where you found this evidence.

 

6.      Name the characters present in this story.

 

7.      Which character(s) could be described as dynamic? How do we know this?

 

8.      Which character(s) could be described as static? How do we know this?

 

Big Job!!!!!

 

A.     Write down the names of all the characters in a list/chart form

 

B.     For each character (including the dog), jot down all the personality terms you can apply to them (do this in chart form as well -and brainstorm – more is better).

 

C.     Now, using a highlighter, determine which three personality traits are most seen for each character (think of how we did this with the Pixar film Presto).

 

D.    Now, provide evidence for each trait that you have identified for each character (three traits = three examples FOR EACH CHARACTER).