CHAPTER I

Analyse the strong positions of the book after reading the information about the author:

a). Study carefully the title: what are your assosiations with every word in the title?

b). Read attentively the first page of the chapter. Who is the narrator of the story? What is the place of the action? What is the time of the action (the year and the month)? What helped you to define them? What do we get to know about the narrator's per­sonality, social and educational background? How do we get to know her name?

PART I (p.17)

II. 1. Analyse in detail all the citizens of Jenkensville reflec­ting their social position and the main character's attitude to them. The characters for your analysis Jimmy Wells, Chester, Mary Wrenn, Missis Benn, Sheriff Cauldwell, Mг George C.Henkins, Mr Blakey.

2. Analyse the ways Patty's family is introduced into the nar­ration. In what context do we meet them first? What is the sty­listic function of each presentation?

III. Analyse some microcontexts. Revise or get acquainted with stylistic devices used in the contexts.

1. p.10 l.10 Define the function of gradation enforced by alli­teration.

2. p.10 l.21 Account for the name given to the garden.

3. p.12 l.5 Explain the usage of antonomasia in the sentence.

4. p.12 l.10-22 Study the passage carefully to understand the real meaning of the phrase "today's word",

5. p.13 l.20-27 This is the first time we know that Patty is a Jew. Try to forsее what complications it might cause in a town like Jenkensville.

6. p.l4 l.9 Explain the phrase "we keep our jubilee in easy reach".

7. P.14. l.13-27 a) Reveal the significance of Patty's dream. Look for the epithets and inversion that help to create the picture of a severe winter. b) Patty includes into her dream all the family but Sharon, Think of the reasons for doing that.

8. p.15 l.20-22 Explain the difference between fathers and dad­dies as you see it.

9. p.15 l.23-29 Speak on Patty's ideas of being a teenager. Why is it so important for her to become one?

10. p.16 l.19-35 Look up in the dictionary the difference between uppity and pride, proud and pгideful.

11. p.17 l.3-4 Explain the saying "hot by noon, Hades by afternoon".

PART II (p.17-24)

I. Lexical work.

to ease one's disappointment

to be particular

homely

his heart wasn’t in

II. Microcontext analysis.

1. p.18 l.4 Explain the геаsоns for the phrase "better to test the water first".

2. p.19 l.10-I5 Does Mrs. Fields expect a detailed answer? What is revealed about Patty in this passage?

3. p.21-22 l.ll-7 Analyse the conversation between Mrs Benn and Mrs Bergen. What is their attitude to the incident? What is their relation to each other? Why was Patty mistaken about her mother's reasons? State Patty's attitude to both.

4. p.22 l.11 - p.23 l.2 Act out the dialogue between Mr Bergen and Patty. State Hr Bergen's attitude to the girl and the news. Think of the reasons for his behaviour.

III. l. Speak in detail on all the members of Patty's family (in­cluding Ruth) using the examples from the chapter.

2. Find the instances of racial prejudice in the chapter, comment on them.

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