Balzac and the little Chinese seamstress P122 - 136

Balzac and the little Chinese seamstress P122 - 136 By Anthony Leung

Knowledge

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Knowledge

Comprehension

Application For this activity, you would need to have prepared : • A piece of paper • A pencil Instructions: According to all the description and your personal impression, produce a detailed sketch of any of the 3 main characters.

Application and Analysis • After drawing your character, try to add in some details on to your character. • When finished, analyze as many aspect of the drawing as possible and explain why you have drawn it this way.

Analysis – The atmosphere

Analysis – The atmosphere • Read page 125 • When you finish, write down what you felt • Look for certain phrases that may support your view • Explain how those quotes support your view Example on next page

Part III Chapter 3 – Pg 125 Atmosphere:Time slowing down and menacing Evidence/Quotes from last paragraph of chapter: • ‘I pedalled even more slowly’ • ‘It was barely moving now’ • ‘made a final tremor and came to a complete standstill’ • ‘hatred smothering in my eyes’ • ‘chisel, cutting into a ghastly prehistoric rock face’ • ‘releasing little puffs of greasy yellow dust’ • Analysis: • All the descriptions in the start of the last paragraph involves a description related to the idea of deceleration. I.e. Slowly, barely moving, etc. • The deceleration finally comes to an halt and even makes it feel like time itself has stopped • The writer used certain words or phrases to deliberately express the menacing scene. For example, hatred smothering, ghastly prehistoric, puffs of greasy yellow dust, etc. Most readers would naturally link these words (hatred, ghastly) with other words like revenge. • Also, it starts to relate the scene with dangerous environments again making it cohesive with the start of the chapter.

I hope this has helped!! 

Balzac and the little Chinese seamstress P122 - 136