The Shining Houses
1) Explain what type of narration is used in this story.
- The types of narration used in this story, are present progressive narration and third person narration. The Shining Houses tells the whole novel and gives the reader an idea of whats going on without using Mary's opinion. This story is also present progressive narration because the story is taking place in the present and the whole plot is what was going on at the time.
2) How is "The Shining Houses" structured? Why do you suppose Munro structured the narrative this way?
- The Shining Houses in structured in a way that you get to learn about the characters before they tell give you any information about whats going on. First, you learn about Mrs.Fullerton and what her house is like and her personality traits and then you learn about Mary and the other people that live in town. I think he structured it this way so you have more sympathy and understanding for Mrs.Fullerton and Mary. It gives you a better idea of whats going on.
3) Discuss irony in the story with respect to the title
- The irony of this novel is that the houses we're not actually shining but far from it. The author used irony to show the difference between the characters and explain just how different they were. Mrs.Fullertons house is the prime example , the author uses irony to describe just how different her house was from everybody else and what exactly made it different.
4) What distinction does the story highlight in terms of the difference between legal and moral?
- The story highlights that although the house may be dangerous or out of place, Mary didn't believe it was right to get rid of or fix. Although the others wanted to do something about Mrs.Fullerton's house Mary was thinking about what was right or wrong.
5) Sketch Mary's character. (note: this doesn't mean draw her, rather it means to describe her in terms of the definition above)
- Mary is a gentle, affectionate and helpful lady. Mary cares about her community and the people in it, but she refused to sign when it came to Mrs.Fullerton , while no one else cared Mary stepped in and supported her, it shows that she's kind hearted and respectful.
Ok, thanks for letting me know. A lot of the same principles apply here the way they do in my post on email etiquette. If I'm trying to assemble the evidence that a particular student is working at a B+ or A level, then I need to be able to document samples of fluent writing. And that definitely means proper punctuation, capital letters etc. etc.
ReplyDeleteI like the quotation in the header, as well. Did you write it? Is it better the way it is, or would it be improved by fixing the formatting so that all sentences begin with a capital letter and you always use a capital 'I' to refer to yourself?
ReplyDeleteThank you, I appreciate your help.
ReplyDeleteAnd no, I did not write it, it was something i found on the internet and it's been my favorite quote ever since. I'm unaware of who wrote it, it was listed on a quote page on xanga so there was no name. I did get to fixing the punctuation though, it's much better!