KatherineMansfield ADillPickle ADillPickle Unit3 Questions Activities Check onPreview Objectives Unit3 Warmingup ADillPickle Warmingup Questions Activities RetellingReconstructthestorybychronologicalorder howtheyfellinloveandthenbrokeup whatmighthavehappenedtoeachofthemduringthetimebeforetheymetagain 2 RoleplayDramatizethesceneoftheirreencounter payattentiontothesubtletyoftone look andaction 3 LovecounselingImaginethatyouarearelationshipcounselorandgiveadvicetothetwoloversonwhatgoeswrongintheirrelationshipandhowtheycanmakeup ifpossible Fillintheblanks Heclosedhiseyesaninstant butopeningthemhisface upasthoughhehad amatchinadarkroom He downtheorangeand onthetableforthewaitress Histhoughts overthelastmeetingbetweenthem Andhismemory ashelistenedtothefamiliarsong Warmingup Check onPreview lit struck lingered lay tapped unfolded Objectives Understandthestory themeinterpretthesymbols 3 Learntodescribeasceneorobjectwithaccuracy verbs Warmingup Background History Author Unit3 ADillPickle Author Background KatherineMansfield 1888 1923 rebellious dangerouslywitty andlonelycreativeyearsburdenedwithloneliness illness jealousyandalienation bitterdepictionofmaritalandfamilyrelationshipsdiedofTB the romanticdisease HerLife Author Background HerWorks InaGermanPension 1911 TheGardenParty andOtherStories 1922 TheDoves Nest andOtherStories 1923 Bliss andOtherStories 1923 StreamofconsciousnessCharacters psychologicalactivitieswithdetaileddescriptionsandsymbolism Author Background HerInfluence RevolutionizedtheEnglishshortstory MarkedthematurityofEnglishshortstory WasoftencomparedtoDickensandChekhov 1 Women sconditionatthetime Womenwereadvocatedtocultivatesuchqualitiesas tendernessofunderstanding unworldlinessandinnocence domesticaffection andaboveall submissivenessinvariousdegrees 2 TheWomanQuestion risingwaveoffeministmovement lateVictorianagetotheearly20thcentury History Background ADillPickle TextAnalysis Unit3 Questionsforthinking Doyouthinkthecharacterofthetwoloversplaysanimportantroleintheirrelationship Whatdoyouthinkresultsinthefailureoftheirloveandcommunication Howwouldyoudescribethetwocharacters relationshipaspresentedinthestory Doyouthinkthisisatypicallovestory Ifnot whydoesthewriterchoosetotellitthisway Orwhatisherrealpurposeinwritingsuchastory TextAnalysis Theme 1 Man Womanrelationship sexualpolitics ideasandactivitiesthatareconcernedwithhowpowerissharedbetweenmenandwomen andhowthisaffectstheirrelationships 2 Feministconcern Whatdoesawomanwant Itwasher borndutytoreckoneverythingsubordinatetohiscomfortandpleasure andtolethimneitherseenorfeelanythingcomingfromher exceptwhatisagreeabletohim J S Mill TheSubjectionofWomen TextAnalysis Theme Sexualpolitics Themantalkswhilethewomanlistens Themancontrolstheconversation demandingattention Themanistantalizing offeringhopesthathewithdrawsatwish Thewoman sreaction contradiction compromise rebellion5 Thewoman sdesiretobeheardandunderstood TextAnalysis Theme 1 Characteristicsofmodernistwriting symbolicimagesfragmentedplottrivialsubjectspsychologicalinsight internalmonologues streamofconsciousness Manyoftheimagesinthestoryaredeliberatelysymbolic Forexample theflowers Canyoufindouttheimplicationoftheflowers Dotheytakeonasecondmeaninginthestory Whyisthestorytitled ADillPickle Howisitrelevanttoalovestory Whatmightitrepresentsymbolically ifitdoes TextAnalysis Style CharacterAnalysis VeraQuestionsforthinking HowdidVerafeelwhenshesawherformerlover Wasshestillattachedtohim WhydidVerabreakupwiththemansixyearsearlier DoyouthinkVeraleftthemanagainforthesamereasonsasthefirsttime WhatindeeddidVerawant Whyhadshebeensolonely Wasitbecause asthemansaid shewasanegoist TextAnalysis CharacterAnalysis Vera5 Whatdoesthe strangebeast standfor Whydoestheauthordescribeitasa strangebeast Isthisimageconventionallyassociatedwithwomen 6 HowdoyouunderstandthatVerawas bornoutofhertime TextAnalysis CharacterAnalysis ThemanQuestionsforthinking Whatistheman sname Whyisn thegivenaname WasthemanstillinlovewithVera Ifnot whydidheseemsohappytalkingtoherandaskhertostay Whydidhe letitgoatthat whenVeratoldhimshehadsoldherpiano Inwhattonedidhementionthebreak upletter DoyouthinkhereallyunderstoodnowwhatVerahadwrittenabouthim DoyouagreewithwhatthemansaidaboutVera Didheunderstandhertosomeextent TextAnalysis TextAnalysis Questionsforthinking Howdoesthestorybeginandend Howisitdifferentfromatraditionalstory Whyisn tthestorytoldintheoriginaltimeorder Whatkindofeffectdoesitcreateonthereader smind Weknowlittleofwhatreallyhappenedbetweenthecharacters Insteadweareprovidedwithonlyscatteredmemoriesandfeelings Whydoesthewriterwithholdtheinformation Doyoufinditmoreintriguingtoworkoutthepuzzlethantohaveadirectandfullpicture Structure TextAnalysis Structure 1 Paras 1 12Achancereunion 2 Paras 13 51Hisstoryandherstory 3 Paras 52 66Thesecondbreakup HowdifferentlydidVeraandthemanreacttotheirchancereencounter Why DoyouthinkthemanmeantitwhenhesaidthatVeralooked sowell Whydidhesayso 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