Sardines_and_Oranges

A Red Spot Translated by Ali Azeriah The story underlines her desire to be independent and free as women, evidence of this can be seen in the beginning and end of the novel. In the beginning of the story she says that she wanted “to change into a free bird, whose insides are bristling with a strong desire to fly here and there” | Men | Women | Pronouns | * He * They (Mariam’s Brothers) | * We * Our * I | Adjectives | * Rude * Cruel * Heart of stone | * Evil * Wickedness * Beautiful | The title: * What ideas and expectations does it arouse before reading' * How is it relevant to the story' | At the beginning you really wouldn’t know what to expect. But after reading you can tell that the red spot is a symbolism of the virginity to the girls and the freedom to choose who a women loves. | Narrative technique: * 1st or 3rd person point of view' If the latter, omniscient or external reportage' Shifting perspective' * How would you describe the tone of the storytelling voice' | This short story is written in a first-person view and the tone is in a worried and towards the end it gets aggressive and tension rises. | Dialogue: * How are distinctive voices created' * What can be inferred from the direct speech' | We can tell that the narrator is a girl and that she is in her mid-teens and isn’t very educated. | Narrative description (of action): * What kind of language is used to paint a picture' * What can be inferred from the descriptions' | The adjectives used to describe men are really harsh paints a picture that women are suppressed by men. | Setting * How is a sense of time and place created' * How does it contribute to the mood' * How does it affect the reader’s understanding of situation and events' | We can tell that it is in a third world country and that the education in there isn’t very good. It creates a gloomy rough mood. This also puts the reader into the viewpoint of a girl who lives in a third world country. | Names and naming terms * How are these used for and by characters' * What do they reveal' | | Structure: * What is the plot building up to' * Where does the tension lie' * What’s the impact of the ending' * How does the ending relate to the beginning' | This short story shows a lot of growth from the beginning to the last paragraph (childhood to womanhood). But Tension also increases with her and her mother due to the independence and freedom that the daughter wants. | Literary devices: * Any metaphors, symbols and/or motifs' | Red Spot (symbolism of virginity and freedom) | * In the story ‘ A Red Spot’ the author is trying to convey how difficult life was for women in that setting and time, and the oppression they faced. Naming terms Narrative action Literary devices In ‘A Red Spot’ by Rabia Raihane, he is trying to show how women were being oppressed, and that life was difficult for them, he shows this through use of characterization, narrative action and literary devices. The author constructed the plot so that Mariam went from point to point The author chose this sequence of events to prompt this affect from the reader * No first person * No second person * No contractions * Capitals must be maintained Topic sentence must have he subject in the first three words In ‘A Red Spot’ by Rabia Raihane, he is trying to show how women were being oppressed, and that life was difficult for them, he shows this through use of characterization, narrative action and literary devices. The women in the story are shown as weaker than the men; this can be seen through the characterization of women, they are described as “submissive”