Hi everybody,

I hope you have a nice long weekend (18). Some reminders:

1. If for some reason you didn´t upload your essay and sent it to me via email, please upload it for me to correct it.

2. Remember to write your post (150-250 words) about "The Invisible Japanese Gentlemen". Questions are provided in my previous post. Think of the word "observation", the girl, the narrator, the meta-narration within the narration, being a writer, etc.

3. Read the short story "The Rocking-Horse Winner" by D. H. Lawrence.

See you on Monday 22nd,
Cheers,
Claudia

Dear all,

In the following link you will find a short story by Graham Greene called "The Invisible Japanese Gentlemen". We will read it and discuss it in class on Monday, September 15.

http://www.ksh.edu/fileadmin/user_upload/Fachschaften/Englisch/Anita_Kuhn/E-Matura_05_Text_1_.pdf

1. Describe the characters.

2. What do you think about the comments made by the narrator in the story?

3. What role does the narrator play in the story? How do the observations made by him influence the story? the reader? the characters?

4. What role do the Japanese Gentlemen play in the story?

5. Discuss the title of the story.

For Monday 22, please read the following short story by D.H. Lawrence

http://www.literature.org/authors/lawrence-david-herbert/the-woman-who-rode-away-and-other-stories/part-12/index.html

1. What do you think is the main conflict in the story?

2. Describe the characters

3. Discuss the opposition between being lucky and rich in the story.

4. What does the rocking-horse represent?

5. Discuss the ending of the story.

Now, compare the two stories. What elements of realism, modernism do you find in them?

Claudia