Вопросы к паре английского языка

Вопросы к паре английского языка

Пожалуйста, будьте готовы обсудить:

genre, setting and context, narrator and point of view, tone and mood, protagonist and antagonist, major conflict, climax, foreshadowing, allusions, imagery, parallelism.

1. How does the third person point of view affect what we know about Ned and his life in "The Swimmer"?

2. What is the tone of "The Swimmer”? How does it change throughout the story?

3. What is one possible critique of the suburb that arises out of "The Swimmer”?

4. What is the role of alcohol in "The Swimmer”?

5. How does the parallel between The Odyssey and "The Swimmer" create irony in the text? Discuss Neddy's voyage as one of exploration and discovery.

6. In which way(s) the movie interpretation of the story leaves out and adds aspects of the text. Does the story lose the symbolism as a result? What about the plot structure?

7. How does “The Swimmer” relate to the American Dream?

8. What is the function of the extra characters in the movie?

9. How do you interpret the metaphor of the Network of Neighborhood Pools?

10.What differences can be noticed between what Neddy experiences before and after the storm? How might they be explained?

11. What new elements enter the story when Neddy crosses Route 424? Why do the drivers jeer at him?

12. Explain why Neddy Merrill talks only with women.

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