Just Below the Surface, virtuel d. 18. dec. 2012

You may answer the following questions in pairs, groups or alone - it's up to you. Write your answers in a blog post with your name(s) as the title. Give it the label (etikette) 'Just Below the Surface'. Remember to post when the lessons end (15.35).

IMPORTANT: Please remember to support all your answers with quotes from the text.

A rat in a London drain.

1. Divide the text into 10-15 sections and give each section a title. Write the titles in your answer along with references to pagenumbers and line numbers, example: Proof of mice (p. 128, l. 38 - p.129, l. 11).

2. What type of narrator (fortæller) does the story have?

3. Characterise Indrani – what is her cultural background and what kind of person is she?

4. Comment on the story's physical setting (hvor foregår historien?) and its social setting (hvilke(t) social(e) lag foregår historien i?).

5. What do you think the rats symbolise in the story? Remember to argue (kom med gode argumenter).

6. Interpret the title of the story – what significance does it have?

7. Write at least 4 themes that you think this story deals with.

See you Thursday :) TL