Point of
View
Have out your stem list 9.
Have out your pen and grading pen.
Bring your literature book.
multiple choice quiz
Monday Schedule
1st Hour—10-10:40
2nd Hour—10:45-11:25
3rd Hour—11:30-12:10
Lunch—12:10-1:00
5th Hour—1:00-1:40
6th Hour—1:45-2:25
7th Hour—2:30-3:10
Point of View
“The Forty Thieves”
“The Forty Thieves”
Omniscient View:
fairy tale quality
Purpose: to entertain
(escape literature)
Conflict: Man vs. Man
Objectionable Elements:
lying, stealing, greed, murder
Author’s Tone:
–
sympathetic
–
Theft goes unpunished.
–
Ali Baba is presented as a
character
–
Morgiana is guilty of deceit and murder,
yet she is the heroine.
Theme: Craftiness is a quality that brings success.
Objectionable Elements
in Literature
A work of literature should treat evil in
the same way it is treated in Scripture.
If not, its content is not good.
3 Criteria
1. gratuitousness—Is the representation of
evil purposeful or is it present for its own
sake? (II Tim. 3:16-17)
2. explicitness—Is the representation of
evil so graphic or realistic that it becomes
a temptation?
3. moral tone—Is evil made to appear
dangerous and repulsive? (Isa. 5:20)
“Vice must always disgust.”
–Samuel Johnson
Stem List #9
quiz tomorrow
ine
nature of
ous
full of
fid
faith
tract
pull
graph
write
path
feeling
lat
side
theo
God
hexa
six
ambul
walk
phile
love
in
in or not
nomy
law
lith
rock
co
together
platy
flat
topo
place
hedron
sided object
sci
know
fract
break
-ar
relating to
fin
end
caco
bad
a
not
hetero
different
RESUME COVER LETTER
*Due Next Friday
*See Directions and
Sample Paper on
website.
*Professional and
Creative writing
RESUME COVER LETTER
*Due Next Friday
*See Directions and
Sample Paper on
website.
*Professional and
Creative writing
Point of
View
Have out your poem.
Have out your pen and grading pen.
Bring your literature book.
Stems List 9 Quiz
25 points
RESUME COVER LETTER
*Due Next Friday
*See Directions and
Sample Paper on
website.
*Professional and
Creative writing
RESUME COVER LETTER
*Due Next Friday
*See Directions and
Sample Paper on
website.
*Professional and
Creative writing
Saki (H.H. Munro)
1870-1916
• British author born in Burma
• difficult childhood
• writes with an impersonal,
yet witty and entertaining style
• famous for his use of ironic
humor and cynicism
Primary viewpoint:
limited-omniscient—
focused on
Mr. Nuttel
*Changes to omniscient
in the last line
Nuttle
1. Easily intimidated
2. Socially uncomfortable
3. Disturbed nerves
4. Gullible
5. Self-centered
6. Cowardly
Vera:
• “self-possessed young
•
•
•
•
lady of 15”
very perceptive
discerning
deceitful
a great storyteller
Foreshadowing
“Then you know practically
nothing about my aunt?”
Point of View:
• Opening—Limited Ominiscient
– Framton is the center of attention.
• Conclusion—Omniscient
– “Romance at short notice was her
specialty.”
– Allows the reader to grasp the
irony of the situation