The Garden Party

• Engels
• Further Education (Key Stage 5)

Goals for today 

Considering symbols in "The Garden Party" 

Working with characterisation and tone 

Finding and visualising key passages 

How does this image relate to your reading?

What connotations do you have to this object?  

Find at least two references to this object.&nbsp;<div>Write down the quote and the page number.&nbsp;<br><div><br></div></div>

How does this image relate to your reading?

What connotations do you have to this object?  

"the big hat with the velvet streamer - if only it was another hat!" p. 49<div>Find at least two other references to the hat.</div><div>Write them down with their page numbers.&nbsp;</div>

How does this image relate to your reading?

What connotations do you have to this object?  

"Where do you want the marquee put, mother? p.38&nbsp;<div><br><div><br></div></div>

Symbols in "The Garden Party"

What abstract idea(s) could these objects symbolise?

Write your answers 

How are you unique as compared to other members of your family? Explain what hobbies, traits, and world views make you different from them. 

You will not need to share. 

Write your answers 

1. Overall, how is Laura different from the majority of her family members? 
   
2. Pick two adjectives from the table that describes Laura's character. (positive or negative)
   
3. Find textual evidence that supports your choice. 
   

What adjectives
did you pick?

1. The politician's speech was so __________ that it moved the audience and clearly communicated her vision.
   
2. Rather than giving a direct answer, the witness used __________, talking around the issue without stating it plainly.
   
3. During the play, Hamlet's famous __________ allowed the audience to hear his private thoughts.
   
4. My usually quiet brother became surprisingly __________ at the family gathering and spoke continuously for hours.
   
5. The actor took lessons in __________ to improve his pronunciation, articulation, and public speaking skills.
   
6. In the interview, the journalist listened carefully while his __________ explained their views on the topic.
   
7. The dialogue in the novel is highly __________, making the characters sound as though they are speaking naturally in everyday conversation.
   

1. The politician's speech was so eloquent that it moved the audience and clearly communicated her vision.
   
2. Rather than giving a direct answer, the witness used circumlocution, talking around the issue without stating it plainly.
   
3. During the play, Hamlet's famous soliloquy allowed the audience to hear his private thoughts.
   
4. My usually quiet brother became surprisingly loquacious at the family gathering and spoke continuously for hours.
   
5. The actor took lessons in elocution to improve his pronunciation, articulation, and public speaking skills.
   
6. In the interview, the journalist listened carefully while his interlocutor explained their views on the topic.
   
7. The dialogue in the novel is highly colloquial, making the characters sound as though they are speaking naturally in everyday conversation.
   

Adjectives we chose 

Questioning 

empathetic 

adoring 

sombre 

interested

sentimental 

modest 

compassionate 

frightened 

excited 

pathetic 

optimistic 

uncertain 

indirect 

friendly 

introspective 

sympathetic 

nervous

confused 

happy 

tender

respectful 

apprehensive

admiring 

Sort the adjectives into positive and negative character traits.&nbsp;<div>If there are some that could be in both columns, you can write them in a middle column.&nbsp;</div>

Which adjective(s) would you use to describe Laura in this passage?

"They must. Already the men had shouldered their staves and were making for the place. Only the tall fellow was left. He bent down, pinched a sprig of lavender, put his thumb and forefinger to his nose and snuffed up the smell. When Laura saw that gesture she forgot all about the karakas in her wonder at him caring for things like that—caring for the smell of lavender. How many men that she knew would have done such a thing? Oh, how extraordinarily nice workmen were, she thought. Why couldn’t she have workmen for her friends rather than the silly boys she danced with and who came to Sunday night supper? She would get on much better with men like these." p. 39 - 40 

An internal conflict is implied in this extract. How would you describe Jose and Laura's internal conflict?

Sadie brought [the cream puffs] in and went back to the door. Of course Laura and Jose were far too grown-up to really care about such things. All the same, they couldn’t help agreeing that the puffs looked very attractive. Very. Cook began arranging them, shaking off the extra icing sugar. 44

Narrative POV & narrative voice 

• Past tense 
• 3rd persons omniscient narrator 
• Sometimes limited - at the end limited to Beryl's perspective 
• The narrator takes on the character and personality of the main person in the scene. 
• Descriptions that do not focus on a character, for example, setting description are neutral in demeanour.  

Key passages 

Questions you can ask yourself to identify a key passage: 

Does this scene/passage change the direction of the story?

Does this moment reveal crucial information about a character?

Does this section connect directly to a recurring, central theme?

Does this moment create a strong emotional, intellectual, or visceral response in the reader? 

Key passages in "The Garden Party" 

Considering the arc of a story, and the structure of this one in particular:

On your table, discuss what passage(s) would you identify as “KEY”

Find SIX key passages. 

Be prepared to justify your answer.

Goals for today 

Homework further work 

Considering narrative point of view, concepts and authorial, stylistic choices 

Tonal shifts and Mansfield's common stylistic choices 

The Daughter's of the Late Colonel 

Rate the word 1 to 4

1. I do not know the word, and I have never seen it before. 

2. I've heard or seen the word before, but I'm not sure what it means. 

3. I know the word and can recognise and understand it while reading, but I probably wouldn't feel comfortable using it in writing or speech. 

4. I know the word well and can use it correctly in writing or speech. 

Malaise

Word of the day

Malaise (n) - a general feeling of being ill or having no energy, or an uncomfortable feeling that something is wrong, especially with society, and that you cannot change the situation:

To understand this word we can break down the morphological parts. We know that mal means "bad". The part aise (from French) is related to the English word ease = "ill at ease" 

The African Book Famine emerged as one depressing aspect of widespread educational malaise.

Morphology = is the study of words and their parts. Morphemes, like prefixes, suffixes and base words, are defined as the smallest meaningful units of meaning.&nbsp;

Economic malaise

Storyboard your key passages  "The Garden Party" 

In your group, using the key passages you defined, storyboard your SIX passages into images. 

Draw the key passage. Think about whose point of view this image is from. It must reflect the point of view suggested in the short story. 

Underneath give the page number and why you feel this passage adheres to some of the 'requirements' of a key passage. 

Key passage  "The Garden Party" 

"There lay young man, fast asleep – sleeping so soundly, so deeply, that he was far, far away from them both. Oh, so remote, so peaceful. He was dreaming. Never wake him up again. His head was sunk in the pillow, his eyes were closed; they were blind under the closed eyelids. He was given up to his dream. What did garden parties and baskets and lace frocks matter to him? He was far from all those things. He was wonderful, beautiful. While they were laughing and while the band was playing, this marvel had come to the lane. Happy ... happy ...All is well, said that sleeping face. This is just as it should be. I am content." pg 51

Narrative POV - what do we notice here? 

 "Away Laura flew, still holding her piece of bread and butter. It's so delicious to have an excuse for eating out of doors, and besides she loved having to arrange things," 

 "His smile was so easy, so friendly, that Laura recovered. What nice eyes he had, small, but such a dark blue!"

"There lay a young man fast asleep— sleeping so soundly, so deeply, that he was far far away from them both. Oh so remote, so peaceful. . . . What did garden parties and baskets and lace frocks matter to him? He was far from all of those things. He was wonderful, beautiful. While they were laughing and while the band was playing, this marvel had come to the lane."

in media res&nbsp;<div>Third-person narrative to first-person narrative = Free indirect discourse&nbsp;</div>

Are these themes or concepts present in this short story? Defend your choices 

• Entitlement of the wealthy
  
• Divisions of social classes; the gap between rich and poor; class consciousness
  
• Marginalization of people by society
  
• Coming of age
  
• Alienation and self-deception (Appearance vs. Reality)
  
• Female sexuality (in society and in social norms)
  

Tonal shifts 

As Laura departs from the garden and reaches the widow’s cottage (p. 49 onwards), there is a marked shift in tone. 

Pick two tone descriptors one before and one after she goes to the widow's cottage.  

Use these in your written response to explain this shift in tone. How does the author accomplish it? 

Use evidence to support your answer. 

One paragraph response in your exercise book 

Which conventions of Mansfield's writing style are present in this short story?  

Use of imagery (engaging which senses? Visual, auditory, tactile, olfactory, gustatory (kinaesthetic))

detailed setting and use of pathetic fallacy

Epiphany for the characters (or sometimes the reader )

irony

symbolism

antithesis &  figurative language,

Setting of her stories: New Zealand, France, and England 

Fragmented plot and does not always come to a resolution

If present, find examples and discuss&nbsp;

a piece of art, music, literature, etc. that intentionally imitates the style of someone else's work or is intentionally in various styles, or the practice of making art in either of these ways

Pastiche 

Mansfield creative writing. Pastiche

You are going to explore perspective and literary techniques.

From "The Garden Party" choose one of the minor characters.

With the main theme of the story in mind ( you need to articulate that), write a description of the protagonist of the story through the eyes of the character you have chosen. (Chose a moment when they could be observing the protagonist.)

You will also choose one or more of the conventions of Mansfield’s writing to emulate, as previously noted. 

400 - 600 words approximately. 

Mansfield creative writing. Pastiche

Individual: Look at your rough plan/ completed version for your rationale. Make sure it represents the ideas you are trying to convey.

Peer Review: Explain the points from your rationale, your intention before your peer reads your work.

After Reading each others work: Make recommendations on what needs to be clarified to reach the stated goals, or other improvements they could make.