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BTLEWLesson12-TheKindnessofStrangersPartThreeENTERBTLEWTextAppreciationLesson12-TheKindnessofStrangersI.Textanalysis1.Generalanalysis2.Theme3.Structure4.FurtherdiscussionI.Writingdevices1.ConsistencyofTense2.PronounPreferenceII.SentenceparaphraseBTLEWLesson12-TheKindnessofStrangersPlotofthestorySettingofthestoryProtagonistsofthestoryWritingtechniquesofthestoryThemeofthestoryI.TextAnalysisHaveyougotthekeyelementsinthestory?BTLEWLesson12-TheKindnessofStrangersPlot:TheauthortraveledacrosstheStatesalonetofindoutifpeoplewerewillingtohelpstrangers.Setting:PeopleintheUnitedStatesseemtohavebecomemoreandmoreindifferenttootherpeople’sneeds.Protagonists:“I”andthepeoplehelped“I”Writingtechniques:gotoWritingdevicesThemeofthestory:gotothenextpageI.TextAnalysisForreference.TheendofGeneralAnalysis.BTLEWLesson12-TheKindnessofStrangersI.TextAnalysisTheauthorofthisarticletriestotellpeoplethatbasedonhispersonalexperience,onecanstilldependonthekindnessofstrangersintheUnitedStates.ThemeofthestoryThethemeissummedupattheveryend.TheendofTheme.BTLEWPart1(paras.1—)about:Part2(paras.)about:Part3(paras.)about:Part4(paras.)about:Lesson12-TheKindnessofStrangersI.TextAnalysisStructureofthetext45—78—1112—15Thereasonwhytheauthordecidedtostartonthisjourney.Theauthor’splanforthetrip.Theauthorwastreatedwithkindnesseverywherehewent.Theauthor’sexperienceattheWilson’s.TheendofStructure.BTLEWLesson12-TheKindnessofStrangersI.TextAnalysisHehadhisthumboutandheldagascaninhisotherhand.InPara.1Question:Whydidtheyoungmandolikethat?Thisistheusualgestureofhitchhikerswhentheyaskforafreeride.Thegascanisobviouslymeanttoexplainwhytheyneedthisfavor.(Theyhaverunoutofgas.)Tobecontinuedonthenextpage.BTLEWLesson12-TheKindnessofStrangersI.TextAnalysisDoesanyonestopanymore?...Couldanyonerelyonthekindnessofstrangersthesedays?InPara.3Question:Whydidtheauthoraskthesequestions?Americansareknownasgenerouspeople.“Lovethyneighbor”and“Beyourbrother’skeeper”usedtobetheirnationalmottoes.Inrecentdecades,however,thingshavechanged.Peopleseemtohavebecomemoreandmoreindifferenttootherpeople’sneeds.Crimerateshaveincreasedseriously.Moreandmorepeopleareworriedaboutthegeneralmoraldecay.Theauthorwantedtofindoutthefact.Tobecontinuedonthenextpage.BTLEWLesson12-TheKindnessofStrangersI.TextAnalysis…andheadedfortheGoldenGateBridgewitha50-poundpackonmybackandasigndisplayingmydestinationtopassingvehicles:“America”.InPara.6Question:Whydidtheauthorholdasign?Theauthorwasholdingasignshowingpeoplewherehewasgoing.Thefactthatheputdown“America”ashisdestinationmayhavebeenthereasonwhyhehadbeensowelltreated.Itmusthavecaughttheattentionofthemediaandrousedpeople’spatrioticfeeling.Tobecontinuedonthenextpage.BTLEWLesson12-TheKindnessofStrangersI.TextAnalysisQuestion:Whydidtheauthorsayso?Theauthorwasdeeplytouched.Hesaidthistoemphasizethekindnessandcourageofthetwooldladies,nottosuggestthatitwaswrongorstupid.Tobecontinuedonthenextpage.Ididn’tknowwhethertokissthemorscoldthemforstopping.InPara.8BTLEWLesson12-TheKindnessofStrangersWhydidtheauthordecidetostartonthisjourney?Whatwastheauthor’splanforthetrip?Whatdidtheauthorlearnaboutpeopleingeneralduringthetrip?Whatwastheauthor’sexperienceattheWilson’s?Howdidhefeelwhenheconcludedhisjourney?Hashefoundtheanswertothequestionhehadinmind?I.TextAnalysisFurtherdiscussionaboutthestoryTheendofFurtherDiscussion.BTLEWLesson12-TheKindnessofStrangersII.WritingDevicesTobecontinuedonthenextpage.Rememberthatifyou'rewritinginthepresenttense,don'tshifttothepasttense(orviceversa)unlessyouhaveagoodreasontodoso.Forinstance,inthesentencesbelowthereisnoreasontoswitchfromthepresenttense.Thisisespeciallytruewhenwritingpapersaboutliterature:whereverpossible,stayinthepresenttense.TenseConsistencyBTLEWLesson12-TheKindnessofStrangersII.WritingDevicesTheendofTenseConsistency.TenseConsistencyConfusionRepairWorkInToniMorrison'sTheBluestEye,thenarratorisoneofthefewtrulysuccessfulcharactersintermsofmoraldevelopment.However,shewasalsoseriouslyflawedinsomeways.InToniMorrison'sTheBluestEye,thenarratorisoneofthefewtrulysuccessfulcharactersintermsofmoraldevelopment.However,sheisalsoseriouslyflawedinsomeways.BTLEWLesson12-TheKindnessofStrangersII.WritingDevicesTobecontinuedonthenextpage.Rememberthatifyou'rereferringtoyou,orwe,orI,orone,trytoremainconsistentlywithinthesamecase.Youshouldobservethiscarefullywheneveryouwrite.PronounPreferenceBTLEWLesson12-TheKindnessofStrangersII.WritingDevicesTobecontinuedonthenextpage.Thecasesofnounsandpronounsarereviewedinthefollowing:PronounPreferenceInToniMorrison'sTheBluestEye,wefindthenarratortobeoneofthefewsuccessfulcharactersintermsofmoraldevelopment.However,eventhenarrator,yousoonrealize,isseriouslyflawed.ConfusionWe'veshiftedfromthefirst-personpluralwe(quitecommonwhenwritingaboutliterature)tothesecond-person,singularyou“.BTLEWLesson12-TheKindnessofStrangersII.WritingDevicesThecasesofnounsandpronounsarereviewedinthefollowing:PronounPreferenceInToniMorrison'sTheBluestEye,wefindthenarratortobeoneofthefewsuccessfulcharactersintermsofmoraldevelopment.However,eventhena