Imagery

1. What scenes, moments, descriptive passages, phrases, or words stand out in yoru reading of the story?

- When Brille backstabbed the Warden and got his revenge.

2. Did a particular image make you feel hapy, or frightened, or disturbed, or angry? Why?

- No, nothing made me feel happy, frightened, or disturbed, or angry. I'm just doing this for grades.

3. Which of your five sense did this image appeal to? What do you associate with this image, and why? What do you think the author wants you to feel about a certain image?

- Feeling. I could kind of "feel" the warden hurting Brille. I guess the author wanted the reader to connect with Brille.

4. How do you think your reactions to the imagery in the story contribute to the overall meaning of the story?

- I think that everyone deserves a second chance.

Point of View

1. What point of view does this story use?

 - Third person

2. What are the advantages of the chosen point of view? does it furnish any clues as to the purpose of the story?

- The author can focus on various plot points and an array of characters instead of being stuck to the one character though which the story is told.

3. Is the narrator reliable or unreliable? Does he/she have limited knowledge or know everything?

- The narrator has limited knowledge indeed. He doesn't know a lot about the characters and slowly reveals more and more as the storyline progresses.

4. Does the author use point of view primarily to reveal or conceal? Does he/she ever unfailry withhold importatn information known to the focal character?

- The point of view is mainly used to tell the story and to slowly reveal more.

Characters.

1. Who is/are the main character(s) in the story? What does the main character look like? 

 - The main character's name is Brille, he's an old man who SURPRISINGLY wears glasses. The other main character's name is Hennetjie, who is a warden for Span One. He's a tough guy.

2. Describe the main character's situation. Where does he/she live? Does he/she live alone or with others? What does the main character do for a living, or is he/she dependent on others for support?

- Brille is a wise old man who's patient and has had a lot of life experience. He has a family that he's trying to support too. Another one of the main characters is the warden Hennetjie, who hates Brille for backstabbing him. They are all in a work camp in Span One.

3. What are some of the chief characteristics (personality traits) of the character? How are these characteristics revealed in the story? How does the main character interact with others?Note the degree of complexity of his/her behavior, thought, and feelings; their appearances, their habits, mannerisms, speech, attitudes and values. What is the main character's attitude towards his/her life? is he/she happty or sad, content or disconteted?Why?

- Brille is basically the stereotypical wise old man that has gone through a lot in his life and has ended up in Span One. The manner in which he interacts with his comrades are patient and polite, and he seems to show respect to everyone, no matter what their age is, or where they're from.

4. What sort of conflict is the character facing? How is this conflict revealed? Is it resolved? If so, how?

- The conflict part of the story can be summarized into one word: The Warder. Brille and his comrades must be put through all of this guy's mistreatment and abusive behaviors towards them. The conflict was solved when Brille caught the Warder doing something that he punishes others for, so Brille uses leverage to get the best of the warder.

5. Is any character a developing character? If so, is his change a large or a small one? is it a plausible change for him? Is he sufficiently motivated? Is the change given sufficient time?

I believe that there isn't any developing character because the story is extremely straight to the point.

Questions A and B

1. Plot

1. What is the story about? What are the main events in the story, and how are they related to each other?

• The story is about a prisoner who wore glasses named Brille, who is in jail. He catches the warder stealing fertilizer and Brille uses leverage to make a deal with the warder.

1. Are the main events in the story arranged chronologically, or are they arranged in another way?

• Chronologically, but with some flashbacks.

1. How is the story narrated? Are flashbacks, summaries, stories within the story used?

• The story is narrated in third person, and there are flashbacks and stories within stories.

1. Is the plot fast-paced or slow-paced.

• I think this story is a boring old slow-paced story.

1. How do the thoughts, behaviors, and actions of the characters move the plot forward? 

• Brille catching the warder stealing, then Brille making the deal. Those things are the actions and behaviors that move the story forward the most.

1. What are the conflicts in the plot? Are they physical, intellectual, moral, or emotional? Are they resolved? How are they resolved? Is the main conflict between good and evil sharply differentiated, or is it more subtle and complex?

• The conflicts are physical and intellectual. They’re resolved when Brille makes a deal with warner.

1. What is the climax of the story and at what point in the story does the climax occur? Is the ending of the story happy, unhappy, or indeterminate? Is it fairly achieved?

• When Brille betrays the warner and still rats him out.

1. Does the plot have unity? Are all the episodes relevant to the total meaning or effect of the story? Does each incident grow logically out of the preceding incident and lead naturally to the next?

• Yes.

1. What use does the story make of chance and coincidence? Are these occurrences used to initiate, to complicate, or to resolve the story? How improbable are they?

• The story doesn’t make much use of coincidence, but during important parts, they’re used to complicate the story, especially with the betrayal. 

1. Setting

1. Place: the geographical location of the story -- a country or a city, a large city or a small village, indoors or outdoors, or both.

• The story takes place in a work camp in South Africa.

1. Time: the period in history, the season of the year, the day of the month, and/or the hour of the day in which the events of the story occur.

• They don’t really say

1. Social environment: the location of characters and events in a particular society and/or a particular social class (lower, middle, or upper class)

• The social environment is the Span One. The group of the prisoners who were politicians who have no guilt whatsoever, and they’re in the work camp. 

Story Title: The Prisoner Who Wore Glasses

                                            ^ Prisoner with glasses: the picture.