LAFS.910.RL.2.5: Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it (e.g., parallel plot
s), and manipulate time (e.g., pacing, flashbacks) create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise.
Directions: This graphic organizer will help you determine the structure (such as plot) of a text, as well analyze the effects on the overall meaning of the text. Use this graphic organizer to help you break down your analysis of the text(s) and answer the essential question.
The Odyssey, Book 9: Homer
Who are the CENTRAL characters (protagonist/antagonist) in the TEXT? What kind of conflict do the characters initiate?
Protagonist: Odysseus
Antagonist: cyclopes
Conflict(s): the internal conflict Odysseus's pride and the biggest outside conflict being locked in the cave
Pacing
Imagery
Foreshadowing
Conflict
Characterization
Dramatic Irony
Analyze structural choices (pacing, imagery, etc) the author makes?
(Lines 191-197) Neither reply nor pity came from him, but in one stride he clutched at my companions and caught two in his hands like squirming puppies to beat their brains out, spattering the floor.
Then he dismembered them and made his meal, gaping and crunching like a mountain lion everything: innards, flesh, and marrow bones.
What EFFECT does the structure of the text create? Possible Effects: Mystery, Tension, Surprise, Humor, Suspense, Relief
Surprise. Although they knew that Polyphemus could be dangerous, they could not have predicted her would choose to devour the men especially after having a conversation.
How does it impact the overall meaning of the text? (Meaning of the text: Plot, Mood, or Theme)
This effect adds to the plot of the story because it is a strong action in the story that further reveals the character of the Cyclops and adds a turning point to the story.
Answer the Essential Question (ACES): How does Homer structure Book 9, to create tension, surprise or mystery between Odysseus, his crew, the cyclops and the reader? Keep in mind how the events are ordered, and time is manipulated, to create an intended effect?
