The+Portable+Phonograph

Short Stories - Literary Devises Title: __The Portable Phonograph_____ LINK TO PRESENTATION: https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0ATjE1jkPOk_TZGRucWQ4NV8yZ252d3Bnc2g&hl=en_US || ||
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Point of View: 3rd person

Protagonist: Dr Jenkins, a round, static character,.

Antagonist: The environment and the musician

Describe the setting: In the future after a big war.At the beginning the sun sets, and the story continues into the night. In a cold prairie in late Autumn (Birds were migrating, everything was frozen and they had to save some logs for the upcoming winter.) In a dugout in the bank of a creek. The mood is sad and serous. It doesn’t really change throughout the story.

Type of Conflict: Man vs. Man and Man vs. Environment

Describe the main conflict: The Musician hears the music and knows that he will have to steal the phonograph from Dr. Jenkins. The men are all also cold to the point of freezing and they had to save some of the logs for the upcoming winter.

Describe the Climax of the Story: When Dr. Jenkins hides his music and gets out his lead pipe because you realize that he is going to kill the musician for his phonograph.

How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story? The protagonist doesn’t change in my opinion. The whole time he is a kind but protective man.

Describe the relationship between the title and the theme. The title, The Portable Phonograph, is the most important object which the doctor owns. The phonograph represents a little thing that helps keep the doctor sane. I think the theme is about appreciating the little things.

How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? The main conflict is when the musician sets his heart on stealing the phonographs, right when he hears the music. He loves music and can’t live without it, because he truly appreciates it. That is why he wants to steal it.

How does the climax help to illustrate the theme? The doctor knows that he needs to keep this phonograph and it is his most prized possession. When he gets the lead pipe it shows that he appreciates his phonograph so much that he would kill for it.

Give examples of each of the following literary terms in the story (use quotes):

Simile: "Within the cell there was a little red of fire, which showed dully through the opening, like a reflection or a deception of the imagination." "He was like a prehistoric priest performing a fateful ceremonial rite."

Metaphor: "...the scars of gigantic bombs..." "The wet, blue-green notes"

Personification: "the expansive blizzards paraded for days over the vast open" "clouds could be seen gliding rapidly" "the mute darkness" 'the wolf cry lamenting'

Symbol: “I saw four stars flying”, “I have become accustomed to the thorns, but they are not very good” "It impressed the doctor that one of them had just been obscured by the beginning of a flying cloud"

Foreshadowing (give both elements): “The musician rose last, but then abruptly, and quickly out the door without saying anything.” "He believed that down against the pale alders he could see the moving shadow."

Irony: "In all the men except the musician, there occurred rapid sequences of tragically heightened recollection. He heard nothing but what was there." (Situational irony)

Imagery: "The red sunset, with narrow, black cloud strips like threats across it, lay on the curved horizon of the prairie."

Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story. In the story The Portable Phonograph, the musician and Dr Jenkins were both needed the music to hold on to their memories. Our class theme is humanity and that's exactly why the musician wanted the music. In a way he knew that without the music he would lose his passion, an aspect of humanity.

1) In the future after a big war.At the beginning the sun sets, and the story continues into the night. In a cold prairie in late Autumn (Birds were migrating, everything was frozen and they had to save some logs for the upcoming winter.) In a dugout in the bank of a creek. The mood is sad and serous. It doesn’t really change throughout the story.

2) I think they met to think about how much the world had changed since the war. The opening of the books was like that feeling you get on Christmas morning, where you sort of already know whats inside the box but you can’t tell for sure, so you’re really excited. It was an extremely anticipated moment for the men in the story.

3) The books helped them to remember how the world used to be. The older the books, the older the world they remember.

4) A- The doctor holding the pipe shows that he would kill for it. B- I think that the doctor would try to protect his phonograph from the musician, who would try to take it. But I think the musician would be stronger than the doctor and end up killing him for the music.  <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Completion 5/5  <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Effort 4/5  <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Content 4/5  <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Questions6/8 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">total 19/23