Dear readers,
Today in literature class we read a short story containing very difficult and descriptive language. The short story we have not finished. So far it's about a women who has just come home to collect her boy and take him to an unknown place which will be revealed the further we read on.
Comment on the settings, how does the author depict (show) the people's surroundings?
D H Lawrence uses strong descriptive language; 'The pit-bank loomed up beyond the pond, flames like red sores licking its ashy sides, in the afternoon's stagnant light', 'A large bony vine clutched at the house, as if to claw down the tiled roof'. He'll use at least three or more describing words instead of usually using one or two.
What are the people like in the extract?
The mother is proud of being middle-classed but not satisfied with the current surroundings they live in; She wished she wasn't living there. The young boy is almost adult like; 'He stood quite still, defiantly'... 'The boy did not move or answer'.
What is the overall theme or message of the extract?
He wants to depict an environment that is unhappy and lifeless. The people feel trapped in their own life; the mother disillusioned; 'Her mouth closed with disillusionment'. The boy resentful; 'The lad advanced slowly, with resentful, tactician movement.
It gives the idea of what its like living in poverty and what women and children were exposed to.
Place the story in it's context, how it relates to the events.
After queen Elizabeth died and before world war one; the world feels dark and gloomy.
The factory system is becoming more important than people; The horse gets frightened and bolts, the women steps back'.
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