Rising Action In The Ruined House
The rising action is the actions leading up to the ray gun detonating. The climax is that the narrator and the curate fight in the ruined house; the narrator's brother and his friends get to a ship. The falling action is that the Thunder Child defends the ships fleeing England; the narrator finds the world totally changed when he emerges from the ruined house.
Who is the protagonist? Antagonist?
The protagonist of this chapter is the narrator and the antagonist is the aliens.
What are the most important traits of the main character? Your response must be at least 3-5 sentences in length.
The most important trait of the main character are that he is overly emotional at some points of the story. This is important because it mainly focuses around …show more content…
Although the story mostly takes place in Working it also takes place in Mars. They never make the trip to Mars but the whole story starts with the narrator look through his telescope at Mars. Another setting of this story is the time setting. The time setting is late 19th century of the British Empire.
Why has the author chosen to emphasize certain details of the setting? Your response should be a minimum of 5-7 sentences.
The author has chosen to emphasize certain details of the setting because they will have great importance to the plot of the story. An example of this is biking in the 19th century. There are at least two important mentions of bikes: the narrator says that, before the Martian invasion, he spent his time learning how to ride a bike; and his brother gets out of London after stealing a bike from a bike shop. Another example is imperialism in the 19th century. The idea of colonialism entered into a lot of British advertisements at the time, which featured an image of Britain on top of the whole world. During the 19th century there was a lot of self-congratulation over how great the Europeans, and for most people, colonialism was an accepted practice at the
Who is the protagonist? Antagonist?
The protagonist of this chapter is the narrator and the antagonist is the aliens.
What are the most important traits of the main character? Your response must be at least 3-5 sentences in length.
The most important trait of the main character are that he is overly emotional at some points of the story. This is important because it mainly focuses around …show more content…
Although the story mostly takes place in Working it also takes place in Mars. They never make the trip to Mars but the whole story starts with the narrator look through his telescope at Mars. Another setting of this story is the time setting. The time setting is late 19th century of the British Empire.
Why has the author chosen to emphasize certain details of the setting? Your response should be a minimum of 5-7 sentences.
The author has chosen to emphasize certain details of the setting because they will have great importance to the plot of the story. An example of this is biking in the 19th century. There are at least two important mentions of bikes: the narrator says that, before the Martian invasion, he spent his time learning how to ride a bike; and his brother gets out of London after stealing a bike from a bike shop. Another example is imperialism in the 19th century. The idea of colonialism entered into a lot of British advertisements at the time, which featured an image of Britain on top of the whole world. During the 19th century there was a lot of self-congratulation over how great the Europeans, and for most people, colonialism was an accepted practice at the