Snowdrops - Exploring Snowdrops - Consider the structure and language
- What does the writer want to achieve - Your personal views are essential.
"Snowdrops"
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Task: -
Explore "Snowdrops".
Targets: -
1) Consider the structure and language.
2) What does the writer want to achieve.
3) Your personal views are essential.
"Snowdrops" is a story based on child like wonder, emotion and
discovery. After reading the story many times in depth I have
discovered that there is a lot more to the story than there aperies
for example contrasts and comparison in the short story that liven it
up quite significantly, like use of colours, temperature,
descriptions, textures and creative writing are all used to create a
certain atmosphere.
What is the story about? If you were to read the story once you would
probably say it was about a schoolteacher that all the children like
and she was seeing a man who died. But if you look closely at the
structure of the story then you will see there is more than that, it
is about a child who cant wait to see the snowdrops in the school
garden and when he finally see's then he sees they are not all that
amazing, which is true to life in many respects because nothing
appears to be a good as it is made out to be.
Descriptive writing is one of the strongest things in this piece; it
is used to draw the reader into the same state of mind of the writer.
'Today Miss Webster is going to show them the snowdrops growing in the
little three cornered garden outside the school-keeper's house', this
is a great sentence because the writer could have just said 'little
garden' but to add affect she said three cornered, this creates a
magical place in out heads and helps us to imagine the garden. '
Gerard was eating a bowl of porridge, and what he did was this. He
would make a crater in the porridge with his spoon, and then he would
watch the milk run in and fill the hole up. Then he would dip his
spoon in it and drink it.' Does this create a marvellous picture in
your head? Because it does in mine as I have done this myself when I
have been eating my breakfast. This is a prime example of child like
wonder as he is so amused and excited with his new discovery, when you
are younger you are fascinated with the smallest things like the
porridge and the "snowdrops".
Contrasts are occurring all the time in "Snowdrops" for example reds
and oranges are used to create that affect of heat and well being and
This type of "narrative" writing gives believability to the people, and a sense of realism to the story.
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