Identity


 * Short Stories - Literary DevisesTitle:_____** __ **//Identity//** __**_**

**Point of View:** //The point of view of the story is third person, because the thoughts are only directed at the protagonist.//

**Protagonist:** //The protagonist in this story is the man. He is what the story revolves around.//

**What type of character is the Protagonist?** //The charector in this I think is a round charector, but not by far. It does not go in depth on his personal life, and it does not even give him a name.//

**Antagonist:** //One could think the Antagonist in this story is the police officer, but I do not think that is the case. One could also think the Antagonist is the Protagonist himself, but once again, I do not think that’s the case. I think the Antagonist is the Society he is in.//

**Describe the setting** //The setting to me is set somewhere between the 80s to early 90s, during the fall, starting in a sub-urban area and progressing into the “ghetto”. I think this because he does not have a cell-phone, and the shady guys on the corner had slicked back hair and leather jackets, which you do not see much anymore.//

**Type of Conflict:** //Some might think that the conflict is Person vs. Person, or Person vs. Self, but I think it is Person vs. Society. The society he was living in was unknown, and as an attempt at understanding, he used a stereotype to help him understand.//

**Describe the main conflict:** //The man has gotten lost in the projects and needs to find a way to notify his wife and kids without getting hurt.//

**Describe the Climax of the Story:** //I believe the main Climax of the story is when the man reaches for his wallet for his Identity. The police officer who had previously told him to hult is forced to shoot him.//

**How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story?** //The protagonist was nervous and tense when he was going through the projects, that is until the police officer shows up and he feels relieved and safe.//

**Describe the relationship between the title and the theme.** //I think the relations between the title and the name is that Identity can be misconceived and it is easy to misjudge someones identity by how they look.//

**How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme?** //It helps illustrate the theme because the main character is afraid of the 3 shady guys standing outside the store. He has no idea who these people are or what they do.//

**How does the climax help to illustrate the theme?** //The climax helps illustrate the theme because the protagonist had thought he could trust the police officer. The officer ended up shooting him, because he didn't know the main characters identity.//

**Give examples of each of the following literary terms in the story (use quotes):**

**Simile: “**//Paper clogs the fence liked drifted snow.” — “Darkness has been quietly settling like soot.”// //— “The store window illuminates the sidewalk like a stage”.//

**Metaphor: “**//Eagles, Tigers, wolves, and serpents ride on their backs”//

**Personification: “**//Darkness has been quietly settling in like soot.”//

**Symbol: “**//The police officer’s uniform and badge are a symbol of saftey”.//

**Foreshadowing (give both elements):** //The auther stated that the police officer is inexperienced and nervous.// //The police officer shoots the man.//

**Irony:** //Situational Irony: A police officer shoots an innocent man in the shady projects.// //Dramatic Irony: The police officer is following the man, without the man knowing.//

**Imagery:** //The author described the blackness and how shady the the town looks like.//

**Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story.**

**“** I think our class theme of humanity and the story identities have many relations with one another. Humans like things to be organized, they like to have understanding. To help them understand, they match people into certain groups, even though these groups might not always be the case. We misconceive things and assume they are the truth, even though we know they probably are not. The man in the story had all his unique qualities taken away. He had no name, no personality, and no certain skin tone. I think this is a symbol of that many of us humans think this way, not only a certain group of people. He judged people of being poverty-stricken hooligans out to steal his money — only because they had slicked hair and leather jackets. He even misjudged the police officer to be a strong, hole-hearted person and someone that will save him from the troubles he was in. He ended up being an inexperienced, average Joe, just like him. I think that humans do this just to ease their understanding on the world, and that placing people to a certain Identity before actually meeting them, is something most people cannot control.”

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