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Motifs in Invisible Man

Motifs in Invisible Man. Independent Reading. Monday’s Learning Target: I can identify various forms of irony.

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Motifs in Invisible Man

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  1. Motifs in Invisible Man

  2. Independent Reading Monday’s Learning Target: I can identify various forms of irony. Monday’s Focus Question: Find an example of one of the following types of irony in the book: Situational Irony, Dramatic Irony, Verbal Irony. If you cannot find an example in the book, create an example of your own. Tuesday’s Learning Target: I can correctly use parallel structure. Tuesday’s Focus Question: Create a sentence using parallel structure to describe the book. You can describe the setting, character traits, themes, symbols, etc. Wednesday’s Learning Target: I can identify point of view and use evidence to verify that point of view. Wednesday’s Focus Question: Make a claim about the point of view used in the book. Provide evidence of this point of view and use an MLA citation. Thursday’s Learning Target: I can write about an example of irony. Journal: Write about a time you experienced irony. Explain the situation and why it was ironic.

  3. Point –of-View The perspective from which a story is told. Look outside the dialogue to determine point-of-view 1st person: narrator is a character in the story (look for 1st person pronouns like I, me, my) 2nd person: used in self-help books or how-to books. (look for pronoun you or the understood you) 3rd person limited: outside narrator who can tell events through the eyes of 1 character in the story. (Look for pronouns like he, she) 3rd person omniscient: outside narrator who can tell events through every character in the story.

  4. Verbal Irony • Examples • Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare"Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honourable man". Meaning: Mark Antony really means that Brutus is dishonorable. • “I died laughing”- Meaning: He laughed very hard. • “She’s not a bad cook”-Meaning: She is pretty good. • An author or character says something, but really means something else. • What is said is often the opposite of what is meant. • The character and the reader are both aware of the irony.

  5. Dramatic Irony EXAMPLES: In Oedipus Rex by Sophocles Oedipus searches to find the murderer of the former king of Thebes, only to discover that he himself is the king – a fact known to the audience all along. William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet provides an example of tragic dramatic irony. Juliet takes a drug to fake her death, Romeo however takes poison as he believes Juliet to be dead, and when she awakens from her self-induced coma, she finds Romeo's body and thus kills herself for real. • The reader knows something about a character’s situation that the character(s) does not know. • The character is unaware of the irony. • The reader is aware of the irony

  6. Situational Irony EXAMPLES: “The Gift of the Magi”- Della and Jim sell something they love to buy something the other person can no longer use. You win the lotto and then you die of a heart attack. After successfully going over Niagara Falls in a barrel, the stunt man goes home, takes a shower, slips on the soap, and breaks his leg. The Indy 500 race being won by an 80 year old nun without a license. • What actually happens is not what is expected to happen. • Situational irony often defies logic. • Both the reader and the character do not expect the outcome.

  7. Announcements Read Chapter 22-24 in Invisible Man for Monday. Remediation due Monday: Literary Analysis

  8. Motifs Motif: a recurring or dominant idea in a literary work Dreams Women and Sex Violence Vision or Invisibility Music Family Power

  9. Difference Between Motif and Theme Theme: a statement of universal truth that reveals itself in a work of literature. Invisibility is a motif. What Ellison is saying about invisibility is a theme. • Motif: Invisibility • Theme: Racism obscures individuality as perceptions are colored by skin.

  10. The Significance of Motifs in Invisible Man Read and annotate Anne Rivera’s article. Highlight and label thesis statement in introduction. Highlight and label claim sentences in each of the three body paragraphs. Highlight an example of evidence in each body paragraph and label it. Highlight an example of insightful analysis in each body paragraph and label it. Underline or bracket { } the sentence where Rivera makes her point about the significance of these three motifs.

  11. C-E-A Paragraph Pick a motif other than invisibility and write a CEA paragraph that follows the organizational pattern below. Use the Rivera article as a model. Claim: One sentence that identifies the motif and its possible significance Evidence: At least two different pieces of evidence (1 direct quote from novel with MLA citation) Analysis: At least two sentences of insightful analysis.

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