Short Stories H5 2021

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This lesson contains 23 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 1 video.

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Slide 1 - Slide

How old was Maureen Daly when she wrote 16?
A
15
B
16
C
25
D
34

Slide 2 - Quiz

What does the girl say at the beginning of her story that foreshadows?
A
That she likes fashion
B
That according to Stalin the future lies in women
C
That she is very good at ice skating
D
That she is not dumb

Slide 3 - Quiz

Why is that important?
A
Because she feels silly for thinking he felt like she did
B
So the reader will believe her
C
Because she was hurt and felt sorry for herself
D
Because was a very smart and indepedent girl

Slide 4 - Quiz

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Conflict
External: Gideon vs the scientists

Internal: Choosing between being loyal to you heritage vs loyal to your master

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Themes
  • Relationships: how power and social order is dependent on skin colour
  • Cultural differences . Ex: native herbal medicine vs the whites science. Teddy's potential blindnes is symbolic of  the blindnes of the South African whites towards the natives.
  • Growing up and growing apart-> Teddy and Gideon
  • Trust: how power affects relationships

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What is the importance of money in the story
A
it determines who is in charge and who is not
B
It is the yardstick for whites to value and appreciate everything
C
it is secretly wanted by publicly frowned upon
D
it is motivation of all that goes on at the Farquar´s farm

Slide 13 - Quiz

Why did Gideon and Teddy´s friendship grow distant?
A
Because he had called the small Piccanin only a black boy
B
Because the parents did not approve of it
C
Because Gideon refused to share the medicine plant
D
Because the boy was growing up, so it was inevitable

Slide 14 - Quiz

What conclusion did the scientist draw from his research in the homestead?
A
That the natives would never share their true wisdom with him
B
He was proved right again; there was no magic medicine
C
That the blue flowers were effective afterall
D
That he could make a lot of money out of Gideon's medicine

Slide 15 - Quiz

Why does Gideon look at Teddy sadly at the end of the story?

Slide 16 - Open question

Indian Camp by Ernest Hemingway

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Slide 18 - Video

Which word would express the theme of the story best?

Slide 19 - Open question

"He was feeling exalted an talkative as football players in the dressing-room after a game" is meant to convey:
A
the relief after some anxious moments
B
the supremacy of the white man's culture
C
the masculinity of the scene
D
the self gratification of Nick's father

Slide 20 - Quiz

Why don't we learn father's name?
A
It helps to focus on George's experience
B
It puts him at the centre of the story
C
It puts him on a level with the Indians
D
It emphasizes his role of teaching Nick something

Slide 21 - Quiz

Which two counterpoints hug the central theme?
A
the Caesarean and the suicide
B
the cold night and the bowl of boiling water
C
the father and George
D
the shanty and the cold open air

Slide 22 - Quiz

What is ironic here: "'Ought to have a look at the proud father. They're usually the worst sufferers in these little affairs,' the doctor said. 'I must say he took it all pretty quietly'"?

Slide 23 - Open question