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"The Kitten" by Alexander Reid
- Setting
- Time
- Set in past, "turning churn in
the dairy", "jangle of harness",
"iron-shod boots", "cobbles"
- This gives the opening a pleasant,
sleepy atmosphere that contrasts
the attack to come.
- This gives the opening a pleasant,
sleepy atmosphere that contrasts
the attack to come.
- Reid states no definite time, suggests a
sense of timelessness- the events and
emotions can take place anywhere, anytime.
- Set in past, "turning churn in
the dairy", "jangle of harness",
"iron-shod boots", "cobbles"
- Place
- Set on a farm. Disposing of unwanted
animals is what farming is about. Natural
setting for the story as farms have plenty of
places for cats to live, but are troubled by
having too many around.
- Note: Cats are useful for controlling
the rat/mice population. BUT when
cats aren't useful to man because
there is "ower mony cats aboot",
man considers it his right to dispose
of them.
- Set on a farm. Disposing of unwanted
animals is what farming is about. Natural
setting for the story as farms have plenty of
places for cats to live, but are troubled by
having too many around.
- The setting provokes
an important theme:
does man have the
right to destroy
animals because they
are a source of
annoyance or
inconvenience?
- Time
- Sentence
Structure
- Many of his
sentences
begin with a
p.p,
suggests the
events
happen as
the story is
being read.
The "action"
word placed
first is
important as
it heightens
the sense of
movement.
- "Throwing the sack on the bank",
"Panting with his exertion",
"Stooping, he could see the eyes",
"Kneeling, his last stone gone"
- "Throwing the sack on the bank",
"Panting with his exertion",
"Stooping, he could see the eyes",
"Kneeling, his last stone gone"
- Some sentences are set apart as their
own paragraphs to add emphasis to
their effect on the reader.
- "But so far the
honours lay with the
antagonist" ensures
the reader is aware
that the kitten has the
advantage at that
point in the story
- "The thatch of the
farmhouse, dry as
tinder, was aflare" is
a shocking
sentence and set
apart to have
maximum impact. It
also heightens the
enormity of what the
hired man has
done.
- "But so far the
honours lay with the
antagonist" ensures
the reader is aware
that the kitten has the
advantage at that
point in the story
- Many of his
sentences
begin with a
p.p,
suggests the
events
happen as
the story is
being read.
The "action"
word placed
first is
important as
it heightens
the sense of
movement.
- Imagery
- Simile
- This is an effective comparison because it
suggests the intense sound made by both
the gunshot and a branch breaking off. It's
also useful because guns introduce the
thought of death, one of the main themes.
- This is an effective comparison because it
suggests the intense sound made by both
the gunshot and a branch breaking off. It's
also useful because guns introduce the
thought of death, one of the main themes.
- Metaphor
- Use of Dialect
- Use of Contrast
- Simile
- Alexander Reid
- Word Choice
- Characters
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