Rhapsody In The Rain Dialectical Journal
Salvador Avina
AP English Lit.
Mrs. Butterfield
July 05, 2012
Review Chapter Four
1. Review the definition of “theme” in fiction.
Theme is a perceptive statement on life based upon the literature piece encompassing of significant details without specifying, overgeneralizing, or restating a familiar cliché.
2. Describe the best way(s) in which the theme of a story may be stated.
Theme of a story may be stated very briefly or at greater length (Arp and Johnson 189). If the story is encompassed to multiple lines expect a shortened theme, on the other hand if one has a complex story expect an insightful theme.
3. Distinguish between the theme of a story and the central purpose of a story.
Central purpose of a story would be what …show more content…
Alehin is in the same situation Nikolay was back when Nikolay believed only in finding peace in his estate. Alehin disregards the story to him the story does not relate to him. Alehin is entirely wrong in the end all the residents stayed in silence maybe finding the correlations between their lives in Alehin’s estate and Nikolay’s tragedy of happiness.
5. Explore the symbolism of (a) Ivan’s swim, (b) Ivan’s pipe, and (c) the gooseberries.
Ivan’s swim symbolizes a burden he carries in not being able to reach the bottom of the pool. One would think his previous experience with his brother of realizing how his sorrows where brought by Nikolay’s happiness. At the same time the swim is a joyous experience that could represent the good times when his brother and him where young. Ivan’s pipe is the tarred relation he had with his brother and the relive of letting the sorrows go from his bad experience with his brother. The gooseberries represent the ambitions of a man with no consideration of what his goals are causing to other people.
6. Coherent Theme
Beauty is found in nature to a point that this unique attributes only found in the world’s characteristics can blind the effects of our ambitions of being close the essence of
AP English Lit.
Mrs. Butterfield
July 05, 2012
Review Chapter Four
1. Review the definition of “theme” in fiction.
Theme is a perceptive statement on life based upon the literature piece encompassing of significant details without specifying, overgeneralizing, or restating a familiar cliché.
2. Describe the best way(s) in which the theme of a story may be stated.
Theme of a story may be stated very briefly or at greater length (Arp and Johnson 189). If the story is encompassed to multiple lines expect a shortened theme, on the other hand if one has a complex story expect an insightful theme.
3. Distinguish between the theme of a story and the central purpose of a story.
Central purpose of a story would be what …show more content…
Alehin is in the same situation Nikolay was back when Nikolay believed only in finding peace in his estate. Alehin disregards the story to him the story does not relate to him. Alehin is entirely wrong in the end all the residents stayed in silence maybe finding the correlations between their lives in Alehin’s estate and Nikolay’s tragedy of happiness.
5. Explore the symbolism of (a) Ivan’s swim, (b) Ivan’s pipe, and (c) the gooseberries.
Ivan’s swim symbolizes a burden he carries in not being able to reach the bottom of the pool. One would think his previous experience with his brother of realizing how his sorrows where brought by Nikolay’s happiness. At the same time the swim is a joyous experience that could represent the good times when his brother and him where young. Ivan’s pipe is the tarred relation he had with his brother and the relive of letting the sorrows go from his bad experience with his brother. The gooseberries represent the ambitions of a man with no consideration of what his goals are causing to other people.
6. Coherent Theme
Beauty is found in nature to a point that this unique attributes only found in the world’s characteristics can blind the effects of our ambitions of being close the essence of