My Polish Teacher's Tie 'And When The Wasps Drowned'
Task 2 Reading Response
In this task we had to choose two of the stories from the anthology and comparing them to see their differences and similarities, as well as to see what makes the interesting, effective and unique. Some of the things we could have considered were genre, storyline, character/narrative voice, settings and the use of language and structure.
I decided to choose: My Polish Teacher’s Tie and When the Wasps Drowned. The reasons for this is because the two stories have some key differences but a few similarities as well.
The Similarities
The first most obvious similarity is that both stories are written in the first person, they both use “I” and tell a story from a single character’s point of view.
Another similarity is the structure of the stories. They use half a page (3-4 paragraphs) to define the characters and the setting, after that they use another half of a page to briefly hint towards the main plot point. After that there are 2 pages of introduction to the climax, where more detail is given about the main characters and the plot, then eventually the story reaches the main point. However, the two climaxes of the stories are very different. …show more content…
Towards the end of My Polish Teacher’s Tie Carla says: “It went through me like a knife through butter.” She is talking about the polish song that Steve sings. It symbolises how she “Opened up” her new identity and “unlocked a new version of herself”. An example of symbolism in When the Wasps Drowned is when the wasps are killed, their bodies lie, motionless on the ground. This symbolises death and because the climax of the story is the children finding the dead girl in Mr Mordecai’s garden, this symbolisation helps to define the tone of the
In this task we had to choose two of the stories from the anthology and comparing them to see their differences and similarities, as well as to see what makes the interesting, effective and unique. Some of the things we could have considered were genre, storyline, character/narrative voice, settings and the use of language and structure.
I decided to choose: My Polish Teacher’s Tie and When the Wasps Drowned. The reasons for this is because the two stories have some key differences but a few similarities as well.
The Similarities
The first most obvious similarity is that both stories are written in the first person, they both use “I” and tell a story from a single character’s point of view.
Another similarity is the structure of the stories. They use half a page (3-4 paragraphs) to define the characters and the setting, after that they use another half of a page to briefly hint towards the main plot point. After that there are 2 pages of introduction to the climax, where more detail is given about the main characters and the plot, then eventually the story reaches the main point. However, the two climaxes of the stories are very different. …show more content…
Towards the end of My Polish Teacher’s Tie Carla says: “It went through me like a knife through butter.” She is talking about the polish song that Steve sings. It symbolises how she “Opened up” her new identity and “unlocked a new version of herself”. An example of symbolism in When the Wasps Drowned is when the wasps are killed, their bodies lie, motionless on the ground. This symbolises death and because the climax of the story is the children finding the dead girl in Mr Mordecai’s garden, this symbolisation helps to define the tone of the