TODAY IN CLASS
Yes, we finished "The Rocking-Horse Winner," discussing the "identity" between mother and son, possible themes (and proper format for theme statements), and the terms character and characterization (with particular emphasis on static and dynamic characters. We turned briefly to point of view, establishing sentence-level proof for the omniscient POV in this story. In one class (4th?) we started a couple of basic concepts for setting--we'll pick that up briefly in 2nd.
FOR TOMORROW
Read the very next story: Graham Greene's "A Shocking Accident," beginning on p. 1190.
It's quite short . . . and in class I said it was "light-weight" compared to the other stories we'll read. I want you to read it and figure out what you think light-weight means in this context and what features of the story account for branding it as such.
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