Sunday, 28 October 2012

Brandon Jansen English 10 "David" Questions


English 10

1.    Re-read “David”

2.    Make a plot diagram for “David” – similar to plot diagram for short stories (introduction, initiating incident, rising action, climax, falling action, conclusion/dénouement)



1. Introduction: David hiked into a camp in the mountains with his friend and there was lots of mosquitos.

2. Initiating Incident:
David and his friend got caught in a heavy rain storm.

3. Rising Action:
1.                  David knew the goat would slip since he was underneath a cliff with a hawk after him.
2.                  David almost lost his foot hold when he was climbing.


4. Climax:
David’s friend’s foot gave when they were climbing. David helped him, but his foot crumbled and he fell 600 feet off the cliff on to the ice. When Bob reached David he found out he was alive and paralyzed and he blames himself.  The rock as well got pushed right into his back.

5. Falling Action:
David asked Bob to push him over the edge. “Bob I want to go over.”
           Bob knew that David had tested his hold’s and if he hadn’t of slipped then David would of not fallen.

6. Conclusion:
Bob ran back to camp as fast as he could and told them that David fell on the ice and died. Bob was no longer a youth and realized when you take risks you can die.


3.    Answer the following question:
a)    Do you agree with Bob’s actions? Why / Why not?
Yes I agree with Bob’s Actions since David would of probably died by just laying there.
b)    Why did Earle Birney choose to put his story in poetic form?
Earle Birney chose poetic form so you had feeling of the setting to great imagery.
c)    Why did he use poetic devices?  For what purpose?
He wanted us to picture the nature and everything that is happening. To picture us watching an emotional insane movie.
d)    What is the role of nature in the poem?
The role of nature in the poem is the setting and where everything happened.
e)    Provide at least two examples of foreshadowing and explain how it contributes to our understanding of the story.
David knew the goat would slip since he was underneath a cliff with a hawk after him.
David almost lost his foot hold when he was climbing. It explains what is probably going to happen to him and if you do not make good choices and take risks you can slip and die or dangerous things could happen.
f)     How does nature become personified in the poem?  In what way?
It becomes personified so you can hear it or feel it for example the air howled.

4.    Search for examples of poetic devices in “David.”  What are they?  How do they enrich our experience of the poem?  Find as many examples as you can of as many different kinds as you can.   
Some poetic devices are the air howled, rocky lip, slither like stones, and glacier sleep, which are all personification. Crooked like a talon, and seracs that shone like frozen salt-green waves are similes.
A fist in a frozen ocean of rock, and in a wall of mosquitos are figurative language. With yodels the ramparts redoubled and rolled to the peaks, blackly its wings over the wrinkled ice, even in the sun it grew cold lying there.
They all enrich the poem, because he is making the environment around  them alive.

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