Tag: Short Story analysis
A look at CSEC poetry
The Two Grandmothers by Olive Senior
Short Stories for CSEC English B https://youtu.be/tfCK-y-_0uo
Features of the Story or Novel
Julie Tagg There are three main types of writing in a story or novel. The three modes of writing are combined when writing the story. Dialogue may give description and narration and vice versa. Did you know? When you read a story or a novel, you are working in partnership with the author to create… Read More Features of the Story or Novel
The Boy Who Loved Ice Cream by Olive Senior
CHARACTER Benjy Benjy’s mom Benjy’s father The good-looking man SETTING The story takes place in the small town of Springville in rural Jamaica. The family is from an even smaller town called One-Eye, located in the mountains of Springville. SUMMARY The third-person narrator tells of Benjy and his need to taste ice cream for… Read More The Boy Who Loved Ice Cream by Olive Senior
Blood Brothers by John Wickham
CHARACTERS Benjy Paul Mac is the old shoemaker in the village SETTING An unnamed village SUMMARY The third-person narrator relates the events of the theme of hate. Paul is not comfortable with the relationship that he shares with his twin brother Benjy. He does not like the fact that Benjy is self-sufficient and that… Read More Blood Brothers by John Wickham
Blackout by Roger Mais
CHARACTERS Black man White woman SETTING Jamaica SUMMARY The third-person narrator is unnamed. The story centers around a black man asking a white woman for light from her cigarette. She feels that the man is trespassing on her personal space. The woman has a problem with the colour of the man’s skin and shows… Read More Blackout by Roger Mais
Mint Tea by Christine Craig
CHARACTERS Florence Esmie Matron SUMMARY The story is narrated in the third person by an unnamed narrator. The reader finds that the writer sticks to the theme of pity and charity as Florence takes Esmie into her home out of pity. Florence cannot understand how an eighteen-year-old girl is abandoned by the Home with nothing… Read More Mint Tea by Christine Craig
Shabine
by Hazel Simmons- Mc Donald (St. Lucian) CHARACTERS Justine Gold Silver Justine’s mother The narrator’s grandmother Madame Cazaubon Mr. Cazaubon The boys SETTING(s) St. Lucia Riverside Road The Cazaubon house SUMMARY OF THE STORY The story is told from the admiring eyes of a young man who liked Justine since they were children. The narrator… Read More Shabine
The Two Grandmothers
by Olive Senior (Jamaican) CHARACTERS Del Elaine/Towser The narrator Maureen Jason Aunt Rita (Maureen and Jason’s parent) Uncle Rob (Maureen and Jason’s parent) Uncle Frank Eulalie Ermandine Pearlie Mr. Kincaid Mr. Samuels Melody-Ann SETTINGS Jamaica Rural Jamaica Urban Jamaica SUMMARY OF STORY Senior uses contrast to share the experiences of the child narrator. This extends… Read More The Two Grandmothers
To Da- duh in Memoriam
by Paule Marshall (American) CHARACTERS The narrator Da-duh Adry (the narrator’s mother) SETTING(s) Barbados The disembarkation shed St. Thomas New York SUMMARY OF THE STORY The narrator describes Da-duh as a woman of eighty-odd years whose face looked like a death mask but still maintained eyes that were full of spirit. She is the matriarch… Read More To Da- duh in Memoriam
Berry
by Langston Hughes (American) CHARACTERS Milberry Jones/ Berry Mrs. Osborn (head housekeeper) Dr. Renfield Martha Renfield Miss Baxter (the nurse) Mrs. Hill (the nurse) The handyman gardener – chauffeur SETTINGS New Jersey Dr. Renfield Summer Home for Crippled Children The kitchen The beach SUMMARY OF THE STORY Milberry’s story starts with his arrival at the… Read More Berry
Mom Luby and the Social Worker
by Kristin Hunter (American) CHARACTERS Mom Luby/ Mrs. Luby Elijah Arlethia Miss Rushmore Mr. Jenkins Mr. Luby Zerline Bobo Lucas Mose Jake SETTING(s) The United States of America 19th century (The great depression) The welfare office Division Street SUMMARY OF THE STORY The story has a first-person child narrator, Elijah. Elijah and his sister Puddin’… Read More Mom Luby and the Social Worker
The Day the World Almost Came to an End – Analysis
Pearl Crayton (American) CHARACTERS The narrator Rena Miss Daya The narrator’s mother The narrator’s father/the deacon Reverend Davis Catherine Sam SETTINGS 1936 United States of America Louisiana Plantation SUMMARY OF STORY Flashback is used in the story as the narrator recounts an experience she had when she was just twelve years old. The story is… Read More The Day the World Almost Came to an End – Analysis
Emma by Carolyn Cole (American)
CHARACTERS Emma York Dorian York/ Dory Jack York Maria Mrs. Ruby Robinson Frank Grandaddy (Emma’s father) SETTINGS The York’s house The mall The train station SUMMARY OF STORY Dorian or Dory is the only child of Jack and Emma. She tells the story of the relationships in her family. Dorian and her father do not… Read More Emma by Carolyn Cole (American)
Georgia and Them There United States by Velma Pollard (Jamaican)
Julie Tagg| Think and Write for CSEC English A and B CHARACTERS Leticia Green (Aunt Teach) June June’s mother Georgia SETTINGS 1950’s Jamaica Brooklyn New York SUMMARY OF STORY Pollard looks at love for one’s country in “Georgia and them there United States”. June is the young Jamaican narrator who gets the opportunity to visit… Read More Georgia and Them There United States by Velma Pollard (Jamaican)
Raymond’s Run by: Toni Cade Bambara (American)
CHARACTERS Hazel Elizabeth Deborah Parker/ Squeaky Raymond Parker Gretchen P. Lewis Rosie Mary Louise Cynthia Proctor Raphael Perez SETTINGS New York The May Day Event SUMMARY OF STORY One might say that “Raymond’s Run” is the story of both Raymond’s and Hazel’s story. Hazel tells the story and reveals the challenges she overcomes to retain… Read More Raymond’s Run by: Toni Cade Bambara (American)
