Destroying Avalon Comprehension Questions

Write an analysis of the opening chapter of the novel. How successfully does Golding convey the positive and negative aspects of the island and mans impact on it?

2. What is suggested about Gene’s past experiences at the Devon School by the tone of the opening pages?

Choose passages that speak to you. Consider the parts of the book that made you stop and reflect on what was read. Consider what you may highlight or annotate. Consider the text that may lead to thematic, character, or literary convention analysis. Make connections to the text (text-text, text-self, and text–world). Analyze the style of the text—reflect on elements like symbols, imagery, metaphors, point of view, etc. Apply the different literary critical approaches with which you are familiar.

* Do a first reading that uses underlining, annotation, and summary to make sure you understand what the writer is saying. Go back to any sections that need clarification.

Firstly, this book got straight into the action, which I loved. Sometimes it works when authors build up the story before the action starts trickling in, but other times, it 's nice to be plunged straight in the

For this assignment I chose to read Sharan Newman’s Death Comes As Epiphany. In this assignment, I will overview the main plot, examine some of the themes presented in the book, and evaluate the readability of the book.

Turning onto the road I catch sight of them as they traverse the ivy-covered gate, fading from view inside. Peering through the rusted gate I spot them in the corner of the graveyard, their bodies resting against a slanted, weathered headstone. Malcolm clamps his arms tight around Tracy’s waist, pulling her closer he bathes in the scent emitting from her neck. In delight she tosses her long auburn hair with a quick, assured flick of her hand. This action incites him to begin kissing around her mouth, yet never daring to move to her poised, puckered lips. Seeing this ghastly sight my face contorts into an appropriately sour response, as their wet, wet smacking commences.

2. In what way was the author successful in keeping your interest? In what way was the author unsuccessful? Be thorough and provide details.

1. What is the most interesting event in this book? I think the most riveting part of this book was when September got to the Lonely Gaol and experienced all the events at the end. Most of the book leads up to the end, and many things were confusing until then. In the end, everything connected and made sense, and I love when that happens. The way September made the raft to sail across the sea was amazing, and the “people” and things she met were fascinatingly creative. She figured out that the Marquess was actually Good Queen Mallow by peeling away the plaque and seeing it read Maud Elizabeth Smythe instead of September and then making the ties between Maud and the Marquess. I thought that the ending was the most intriguing and spectacular part of the book.

Below are 4 questions you need to answer as a part of your final test. I really look forward to reading your thoughts on this fascinating character and novel. You must write complete answers to each question - answers should be no longer than 1-2 paragraphs. I should be able to tell from your answers that you have read and understood the novel.

Character: On this book, Margaret Atwood uses the main character, Iris Chase, as the symbolism against the suicide of her sister, Laura Chase. She writes this novel in order to reopen the investigation to the reason behind her suicide ideas. This gives an idea in a way that she wants to find out what happened to her loved one. “What virtue was once attached to this notion- of going beyond your strength, of not sparing yourself…” ( C.3 Pg.73). Plot: The story was published by Iris Chase based on her extramarital affair with Alex. Later, Iris published her story in name of Laura after she committed suicide after learning of Alex’s death during the war. “ Ten days after the war ended, my sister Laura drove a car off a bridge” (Page 1). Setting: The story takes place in the 1950s in the Ontario town of Port Ticonderoga as well as in Toronto in which it is seen with industrial buildings and it looks a little run down. “The abandoned quarries are still there on the outskirts, deep squares and oblongs cut down into the rock as if whole buildings had been lifted out from them” (Pg. 49). Theme: The theme of the story is that fiction is taken from the real life, but demonstrates it in a way so that the reader can not notice the difference between the reality and the fiction behind it. This gives a broader understanding of which what the author wants to get across from and prove a point. “She had a single photograph of him. She tucked it down into a brown envelope… and hid the

McEwan thus catapults the reader directly into the tormented mental world of Jack. We then only observe the external world of Jack and his siblings from his single viewpoint. All is filtered through his lonely and questionable perception. McEwan thus leaves it to the reader to analyse the action of the novel from the filter of Jack's naïve, twisted but prevailing perspective. This creates a sense of the claustrophobia that pervades the boy's world. The discomfort that readers feel parallels and prepares them for Jack's anguished, alienated and contained inner world. The family, even before the parents' death, is divided within itself and isolated from other people. Thus Jack's lonely voice lends the narration an air of obsessive and unhealthy emphasis on the very factors that create, generate and sustain the isolated obsessions dominating this family.

This chapter focuses on analyzing and explaining the four main story lines in this novel. It focuses on describing the disillusion, exploring the reasons and making a short summary. Middlemarch represents a frustrating scene through these four story lines. In this small town, people deliberately plan, engineer, elaborate and pursue. But the outcome backfires. The end is frustrated or just passable. Each person’s disillusion is caused by both social reasons and personal reasons. Everyone should be responsible for their failure and desperation.

Describe your response to reading this novel. Was the novel absorbing? Burdensome? Aligned with your expectation? Not? Was there a difference in your usual reading, since this was an assignment but not for class discussion?

The development and changes in life and personality of Victor Wilcox throughout the novel as a result of interaction with Robyn Penrose.