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Characters. Setting and background
Setting and background Introductory questions DISCUSSING BOOKS · Have you read any good books lately? · What are you reading at the moment? (What do you read nowadays?) · What is it about? · What is the book like? · Is it well written? · Is it worth reading? · Where have you got to in the book? (How much of it have you read?) · What page have you got to in the book? · Have you got to the end of the book yet? (Have you read it all?) · So you are only half-way through? (Oh, you’ve only got to the middle.) · Are you eager to read to the end?
What is the story about? · What is the story about? Family life? A famous person? An adventure? · What is the situation? · What story does “……..” tell? · What is it a description of? · Retell briefly what happens in the story.
· What have you discovered about the setting? · What is the setting? (What is the background to the story?) · Against what background is Mr. N presented? · Where has the author set his story? (Where is the story set?) · Where does the action take place? (Where do the events take place?)Where is · the story taking place? · Can you describe the place where the story takes place? · In what place does this all happen? · Did the story happen in Britain or somewhere else? · Does it seem to be any country in particular? · Does the author reproduce particular places in his setting for the novel? · The main action takes places in and around London. · The scene ranges from London to Oxford. · Does the story begin in the past or in the present? · Is the story set in the future? · When does the story take place, by day or by night? · What time of the year is it? · Does the novel present the characters in actual historical situation? · What historical time is suggested here? · What historical events and processes are taking places during the characters’ lifetime? · How do these events affect the narrative? · Is the setting described by the author before he begins the story? · Is the setting disclosed gradually while the story is in progress? · Is the setting of the novel unchanged throughout? · Speak of the importance of the backgrounds and settings in the novel.
· How many characters are involved in the story? · Who are the main/principal characters? · Who seem to be the minor characters? · What can you remember about the characters? · What are they like? · What sort of person is each of them? · What kind of person does N seem to be? · Which of the characters would you describe as sympathetic and which is unsympathetic? · How would you describe N’s character? · Who is the protagonist/antagonist of the story? · Who is the villain there? · How does the author describe the protagonist’s appearance and character? · Can you describe any of the characters? · What do you imagine they look like? · Could you describe how each of the characters might be dressed? · What do we learn about the inner world of this character? · What does he enjoy? · What makes him miserable? · What does he blame himself for? · Who is he sorry for? · Who is he attracted to? · Could you mention some of his habits? · What is the relationship between N and his brother? · What is the difference between the characters of N and his brother? (How do N and his brother contrast?) · What is the conflict between N and his brother? · What do we learn from the story about the principal character? · What does the story tell you about N’s character? (What are some of the things · we learn about the character of N? Do we learn anything about the character of N before we actually meet him?) · What more have you learned of N’s character from this section of the book?
Writer’s attitude to his characters · What is the writer’s attitude to his characters? (What do you think is the writer’s · opinion of his characters?) · Does the author like or dislike the characters described in the passage? · Do you think the writer likes all the characters? · How does the author feel about N? (Describe the writer’s feelings for N.) · Does he feel sorry for N? · How does the author show his feelings for his main characters in the passage? · Whose side is the athour on? (Who does the author side with?) How do you know? · Which character does the author probably want you to dislike?
Have the characters changed? · In most novels characters change as the result of what happens to them in the story. · Has the protagonist/main character changed in any way since the beginning of the novel? · How has he changed? · What is he like at the beginning of the story? At the end of the story? · Have the characters in the section you’ve read developed in any way? How? Give evidence. · What evidence do you find in these chapters that N has changed in any way since the beginning of the story? · In what way, if at all, does the principal character change in the story?
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