Identities

Short Stories - Literary Devises Title:Identities

Point of View: Third person Protagonist: What type of character is the Protagonist? He is your basic guy, working a higher end job! Antagonist: Himself Describe the setting The setting is mostly in the run down place in the end of the story but also his house at the music.

Type of Conflict: Man vs self Describe the main conflict: Weather the man stops to call his wife and kids at he shady store and thke a chance to be mugged or if he decide to just try to find his way home.

Describe the Climax of the Story: The climax of the story is when he turns around and feels relief, and then try's to reach in his jacket for identification instead of following the police man's orders.

How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story? It does not say that the protagonist changes.

Describe the relationship between the title and the theme. The theme is that people assume things so the relationship is that the identity that society gives you is not necessarily your true identity.

How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? That he was doing something and was mistaken as doing something else.

How does the climax help to illustrate the theme? How that in certain situations somethings can be mistaken as other things.

Give examples of each of the following literary terms in the story (use quotes):

Simile: Paper clogs the fence like drifted snow

Metaphor: annoyance will have blossomed into alarm.

Personification: Eagles, tigers, wolves and serpents ride their backs.

Symbol: Although he has on blue jeans – matching pants and jacket made in Paris – he is driving a grey Mercedes Benz.

Foreshadowing (give both elements): "When the officer, who is inexperienced, who is nervous because of the neighborhood," Because a new officer is nervous he will probably make mistakes so something unexpected will happen.

Irony: When he turns part way around and recognizes the uniform, he does not feel fear but relief. Instinctively relaxing, certain of his safety, in the last voluntary movement of his life, he reaches his hand not in the air as he was ordered to, but toward his wallet for identity.

Imagery: The girl is better looking than she should be for such companions.

Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story.

Completion: 4/5

Effort: 3/5

Content: 2.5/5

Paragraph: 0/5

total: 9.5/20