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Chris Cordero
December 26, 2013
Newark Tech 9th
A Lesson before Dying # 3 due 1-3-14
A Lesson before Dying 9th Homework Assignment # 3
How does an author’s choice of elements contribute to theme and conflict?
Sketch the home that they were brought up in. If they have moved, they can choose their favorite place or the place where they lived the longest. “Describe the place where you were brought up. Include not only your home, but your surrounding community. How did the setting of your childhood shape you as a person? Reread chapter four of A Lesson before Dying. Explain what you know about the setting, what you learned about the setting, and what the effects of this knowledge are on your understanding of the novel.
An author choice of elements contribute to theme and conflict by making sure that his in piece of work has all the necessary elements to make his piece of writing good and so readers can stay hooked. Without these elements readers will be bored without a theme or conflict. Theme is the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition. It is important to have theme in any kind of writing because the person will think every moment of the story and the story helps the reader see what is happening and what is going to happen. Conflict is a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one. Without conflict in any type of writing the story will be really boring and conflict is one of the key elements for a story to have suspense. With conflict the reader will be hooked because conflict makes you think and foreshadow in the story.
In chapter four the setting takes place in the Rainbow Club, with its green, yellow, and red neon lights. In the front of the club there is a big white new ’48 Cadillac which belongs to Joe Claiborne, who owned the place. Also Thelma Claiborne runs the place with her husband and Grant and Vivian had dinner there. They discussed about packing and leaving to another and place and if

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