The lamp at noon

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The Lamp at Noon

Eva Cvitkovac, Mats Brugmans, Aimée van der kolk & Babs de Stigter 

Sinclair Ross

The planning of today

- summery 

 - writer

- background information  

- study questions 

- cito questions

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'The Lamp at Noon'

Summary

writer 

background information 

Question 1
Read the first two paragraphs once more.  How does the description of the wind establish an atmosphere and what is that atmosphere?  Look specifically at the verbs and adjectives used.  Look up their meanings.  How would you categorize these words?  What does this imply? 

Question 3
 What does Ellen worry about before Paul returns for the noon meal? What parallels can you find  between the “two” winds and the young couple?  What is the basic conflict? 
What does the wind represent? 

Question 4
   Why does Paul retreat to the barn? 

Question 5
he house does not provide what Ellen needs.  How does she want to feel about her house?  How does she feel about the house?  How is this ironic?  

Question 6
 When Paul finds Ellen she is “crouched down against a drift of sand as if for shelter.” Identify and analyse the simile. What has Ellen been seeking?  Why is the last line ironic? 

Question 7
 Discuss the three symbols Ross uses in his story.  What do they represent?  How are they used and for what purpose? 

The lamp 

The baby 

The farmland

the dust

hope

Love 

The Marriage

problems 

Cito questions 

what point of view is The Lamp At
Noon?

1. 3rd person omniscient
2. 2nd person
3. first person
4. 3rd person limited

What does Ellen compare the farm to?

1. The bottom of a lake
2. A dessert
3. A rocky slope
4. A fertile vally

What work waits for Paul if they do go to town?

1. Driving a bus
2. work in Ellen's Father's restaurant as a waiter
3. Sweeping out Ellen's father's store
4. work for Ellen's father's company

In whose point of view does the story begin?

1. Ellen's
2. Paul's
3. The Baby's
4. The wind's

What three things are affecting Ellen's mental health?

1. The dust, the lack of light, the horses The dust, The lack of light, The horses
2. The storm, Isolation Lack of attention
3. The baby, Paul, How small her house is
4. No food, No water Lack of shelter

Questions?

This was our lesson!