Identities

Short Stories - Literary Devises Title:Identities

Point of View: Third person

Protagonist: What type of character is the Protagonist? Round

Antagonist: The people in the bad neighborhood and the cop. Flat

Describe the setting First a nice neighborhood then a dangerous one, probably set in early 2000's, a good atmosphere but them it turns to a bad atmosphere when the streets to look ghetto.

Type of Conflict: People

Describe the main conflict: The danger of the neighborhood and what might happen to the man if someone doesn't like him or wants to rob him.

Describe the Climax of the Story: The climax is when the police officer points the gun at the man, and the man reached for his __identity __. Then we assume the man has been killed.

How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story?

At first he is calm then he becomes worried because he forgot to tell his wife where he was, so she couldn't come get him and also, he did not feel comfortable in the bad neighborhood, he thought something bad was going to happen to him.

Describe the relationship between the title and the theme.

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">He thinks the Identitiy of the police is good and helpful but the police man is untrusting

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme?

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">When the police officer kills the man, it shows us that not all who wear uniforms and dress nicely can be trusted, sort of like the saying 'Don't judge a book by it's cover'

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">How does the climax help to illustrate the theme?

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">It had been leading up to relief but at the end he gets killed, it's sort of ironic if you think about it.

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Give examples of each of the following literary terms in the story (use quotes):

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Simile:'Back and forth like startled fish'

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Metaphor: 'a certain untidiness creeps in'

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Personification: 'nose out and follow him'

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Symbol: 'blossomed into alarm'

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Foreshadowing <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;"> (give both elements): He edges nervously along the fender and past the grille This foreshadows the police man thinking the man is a robber, it foreshadows evil.

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Irony: When he turns part way around and recognizes the uniform he does not feel fear but relief, he thinks the police officer is good, but the police officer thinks that the man is bad.

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Imagery: memories of childhood car rides

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story. <span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">The story is basically about a guy getting killed and the theme is don’t trust everyone so when the police man kills the man it relates to the theme. We often think that if someone is in a police officer uniform, he will help you, that is also what the man thought. We think that just because someone is dressed in something run down, they are automatically bad. That is what the man thought, and for that he suffered consequences of assumed death. (on the reader's part)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Complete 5/5 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Effort 4/5 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Content 4/5 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Paragraph 4/5

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">total17/20