Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury Prologue: 1

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English II Short Story Unit: Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury Prologue: 1. How do the Illustrated Man’s illustrations compare to tattoos?

2. Why does the Illustrated Man hate his illustrations?

“The Veldt” 1. The children’s names are an allusion (reference) to a famous story/movie. What is the story, and why is the allusion appropriate?

2. Why do the parents spend so much money on the nursery for their children?

3. Why do the children disobey their parents?

4. Why do the parents give in to their children’s demand to let them play in the nursery one more time?

5. What inference can you make about what happens at the end of the story? What clues does the story give you?

6. What message is Bradbury trying to convey about the following theme kernels: (do not need to be written as theme statements) a. Parenting - b. Entitlement - c. Technology - d. Love / Family - 7. Using one of the above theme kernels, write a theme statement for the story and provide TWO pieces of text evidence and explanation to support this theme.

• Theme statement: ______

Text Evidence #1 (Bradbury______) Explanation

Text Evidence #2 (Bradbury ______) Explanation

“Marionettes, Inc.” Pre-reading:

1. If you had a Puppet/Robot twin, what would you have him/her do for you?

2. What would be the advantages of this?

3. How could it possibly go wrong?

“Marionettes, Inc.” During & After Reading 1. Smith’s conflict: Braling’s conflict:

Type: Type:

Specific: Specific:

How are they similar:

How are they different:

2. The last paragraph is intentionally ambiguous. Paraphrase what you think is going on.

3. Name two theme kernels (topics) that the story is about.

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4. Copy a quote from the story, with proper citation, that shows this theme kernel and explain how.

5. Write a theme statement for the story.

2 “Kaleidoscope”

Character Quote(s) and behaviors Adjectives/description of Inferred reason for this this behavior behavior

Hollis

Stimson

Stone

Lespere

Applegate

Paragraph: How does character show theme in “Kaleidoscope”? a. Write a theme statement b. Justify the theme statement by using two different characters (properly cited quotation for each followed by explanation).

______3 Illustrated Man - Choice Story

Title: ______page #’s: ______

Objective Summary → write an objective summary (7-10) sentences) over the short story. Use this outline to guide you: ● Focus sentence (need author, title of story, and general statement about what narrative is about) ● 5-6 development sentences (include: setting, main characters and their motivation, setting, conflict, and resolution) ● Summary sentence (sum up main theme of narrative and draws a conclusion)

______Theme Analysis 1) List three theme kernels present in the story: ______2) Now take one of the kernels above and turn them into a theme statement a) It should be a universal statement about life that can be found in a work of literature. b) It should be a complete sentence that states what point the author is making about life. c) It should be able to apply to almost anyone d) It does NOT mention characters or plot e) It should NOT be too broad (life can be hard) or a cliché (What goes around comes around). f) Write theme statements in third person (formal voice).

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3) Provide evidence to support that theme (focus on any of these literary elements: characterization, setting, plot, conflict and identify them in your response) :Provide TWO pieces of textual evidence from the story and explain how they help reveal the theme. ______4) How does this story fit into the sci-fi genre?