What Strange Paradise
Who are the main characters of What Strange Paradise?
Amir, Vanna, Colonel Kethros
What is pathetic fallacy?
True or False: Theme talks specifically about characters or places from a novel or story, and shares the main message that they learn.
False - theme is universal. It must relate to humans outside of the story.
What is one symbol in What Strange Paradise?
Boat, locket, hotel
What is the appositive in this sentence? Omar El Akkad created an intense novel using setting, an island that seems like a paradise, but isn't, and characterization.
an island that seems like a paradise, but isn't
Who is the antagonist in What Strange Paradise and why?
Colonel Kethros - he is trying to get in the way of the protagonists reaching their goals
What does STEAL stand for in the narrative element of characterization?
Speech, Thoughts, Effect on Others, Actions, Looks
What is symbolism?
object in a story that represents a bigger and more complex topic
What does R.A.C.E stand for?
Restate Question; Answer; Cite Evidence; Explanation
What was the climax of the novel?
When Colonel Kethros is in the shed with Amir... he finally caught him. Vanna is in the truck with the other miliary people, and she escapes.
Read the passage below and give me the best answer as to what narrative element this passage is using to create the eerie mood.
They held on to the side of the boat filled with the sound of pleas and prayers. Amir sank into his oversized life vest. Each wave lifted the boat high and dropped it into the preemptive crevice of the next.
setting; mise en scene
Write the formula for a theme statement.
________ is the result of ____________ when/if _____________.
What literary device is symbolism similar to?
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Metaphor - difference is that a metaphor is comparing one thing to another thing; symbolism is relating something to a big idea
Using the sentence below, predict what you think the underlined word means. Oriented as they were, many of the shipwrecked bodies appear to have been spat up landward by the sea, or of their own volition to have walked out from its depths, and then collapsed a few feet later.
by their own power; their own will; they did it willingly