Identities

Short Stories - Literary Devises Title: ** Identities **

Point of View: **Third Person**

Protagonist: What type of character is the Protagonist? **The Protagonist is the man the narrator is talking about. In my opinion he is a round and dynamic character. ** Antagonist: **The Antagonist, in my opinion, is the man’s surroundings and his mind.**

Describe the setting **In the story the setting goes from a nice suburban neighborhood to a more rough part of town, where the houses aren’t so nice and everything is run down. Also the story takes place in the late afternoon but in the end it has grown dark. **

Type of Conflict: **I think that their are three types of conflicts. One is Man vs. Himself, because the protagonist in the story I believe is trying to “find himself” and fight all the different emotions he feels. Two is Man vs. Society, because everyone in society judges people by their appearances and in the end of the story that misjudgment kills him. Third is Man vs. Nature, because it is based on the man's surroundings that the cop judge him so quickly. **

Describe the main conflict: **I believe the main conflict is Man vs. Himself, because he is being prejudice and he is making all these judgments about other people but does not realize that in the end the cop is going to make that some judgment. Which in my opinion is karma. **

Describe the Climax of the Story: **The climax of the story is at the end when all the tension and anxiety that builds throughout the story is released. When you read the story for the first time, you know something is going to happen and when it finally does, you feel relieved because you finally know what all the tension was building up to. **

How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story? **I think the man changes because in the beginning of the story he is sort of all about me and judges these people without thinking and then as the story draws to a close, the man realizes that there is more to life than just himself. **

Describe the relationship between the title and the theme. **<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">The relationship between the title and the theme is that throughout the story, the protagonist is judging people and pinpointing their identities when he actually does not know their true identities. He is basically stereotyping and misjudging. **

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? **<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">The main conflict helps illustrate the theme because the theme is misconception and prejudice and the main conflict helps illustrate that by showing examples of what misconception is and how it can affect your life. **

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">How does the climax help to illustrate the theme? **<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">The climax helps illustrate the theme by bringing irony into the picture. In the climax, the cop does exactly what the man was doing, he misjudges him and that affords him his life. **

<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: **<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">“The story window illuminates the sidewalk like a stage.” **

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Metaphor: **<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">“, but the promise of a Saturday liquid with sunshine…” **

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Personification: **<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">“The darkness has quietly been settling like soot.” **

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Symbol: <span style="color: #f127b8; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">**The man's car I believe is a symbol in this story because he is driving such an expansive car and does not look the part of the rich man who could afford something so expansive. The car is one of the reasons the cop judged him of being a thief because, in the cop's mind, it looked like he stole it.**

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Foreshadowing (give both elements): **<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">“However, by the time he can return, annoyance will have blossomed into alarm.” **

**<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">I think this is an example of foreshadowing, although there isn’t really a second element to this line, it sort of gives off the impression that something is going to happen to him. ** **<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">So I guess the second element would be ** **<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">“in the last voluntary movement of his life,…” **

Irony: **<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dramatic Irony ** **<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">We know that the police car is following him but he does not and then the ironic thing is that the police who shot him, judged him by his appearance just like he was doing to others. **

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Imagery: **<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">“The smell of burning leaves stirs the memories of childhood car rides, narrow lanes adrift with yellow leaves, girls plodding horses, unattended stands piles high with pumpkins, onions, or beets. **

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story. **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #f127b8; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The relationship between the class theme, humanity, and the short story, Identities, is that of misconception, misjudgment, stereotyping and assumptions. Those four words are closely related and are part of people’s humanity. Everyone judges people by their appearances and acts, they don’t see others true identities. People stereotype and make assumptions about other people before they can even get to know that person. All of that is a part of humanity, it may not be the good part but it is definitely a part of it. ** <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 5/5 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Content 5/5 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Paragraph 5/5

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