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The Gathering by Isobelle Carmody mrs young

The Gathering by Isobelle Carmody is a multifaceted narrative that intertwines social, intellectual, political, historical, and cultural themes. Set against an Australian backdrop, the story delves into the complexities of identity and the dichotomy between good and evil.

The Gathering by Isobelle Carmody mrs young

The Gathering by Isobelle Carmody

Values

What values are related to the text?

Use the values checklist in your The Gathering Booklet.

Symbols

What symbols are used in the text?

What do you think they represent?

How and why does the composer use symbols throughout the novel?

Purpose

What is the composer's purpose in creating this text?

To identify...

To challenge...

To highlight...

to entertain...

To espose...

To expose...

To determine...

To illuminate...

To create...

To convey...

To inform...

To provoke...

To educate...

Plot

What are the steps in the development of the plot?

What happens at the climax of the story?

How effectively has the composer used flashbacks to provide insight into the characters to reveal the themes, issues or ideas in the text?

Suggest the effectiveness of the resolution of the story?

Setting

What techniques has the composer used to provide setting?

Does the setting have an effect on the tone of the story

Time

How has the composer used time specifically to create mood and suspense?

Place

Various settings

Characters

Are the characters in the story believable or not? Why?

How are the characters introduced?

What descriptors does the composer provide to identify the character?

How is the character describes? directly or indirectly? Physically, psychologically, spiritually, in terms of dress, manner, speech etc.

Explain in detail characters thoughts, feelings, words, vocabulary, family background.

Protagonists
Who or what is the Antagonist?
Antagonists

Language forms features and structures

Locate and identify the language forms and strucutes in your text.

Record the page number.

State the composers purpose in using these language forms, features or structures to shape meaning for the responder.

Point of view - 1st person
Figurative language
Descriptions
Adverbs
Verbs
Intertexuality
Metaphors
Allusions

Contexts

Intellectual
making right decisions

responsibility

human rights

Historical
Nazi Germany
Political

blahblahblah

Power

Laws

Rules

Cultural
Australian cultural context

Identity

Social
work

education

leisure

relationships

Ideas

Friendship

Issues

Identify the issues and provide textual evidence to support your understanding of its purpose.

How has the composer highlighted this issue?

What does the issue expose about your understanding of the context in which the text was produced?

Bullying
Family relationships

Theme

Suggest how the composer has used the theme to provide insight or help you to understand something that is new to you?

Is the theme explicit or implicit (easy to identify or inferred for you to determine yourself)?

What does your life, culture, understanding bring to or detract from your understanding of the theme of this story?

Identify the theme and provide textual evidence to support your understanding of its purpose.

How does the theme relate to the context in which the text was written?

How has the composer highlighted this theme?

Good vs Evil
Darkness and Light

Who

What

Where

How

Why