![]() ![]() What character(s) does he resemble from other literary works or films. How would you describe Ray? What events in his life have made him who he is? Find passages that support your thoughts. ![]() What effect does the stream of consciousness technique have on the reader? How does the use of stream of consciousness contribute to the overall story? Discuss what these scenes tell us about Alice. Find passages in the text in which Alice's thoughts leap across time and space. ![]() Her thoughts are sometimes fragmented they shift over time and space, and can be difficult to follow. Scott uses a literary technique known as "stream of consciousness." Alice's thoughts and memories are presented as they flow through her mind with no regard for logical order or sentence structure. While most of the story is told from first-person point of view, what effect does the shift have on your responses to the story? Through which viewpoint do you feel most connected with the character? Why? What do you think Scott hoped to achieve in shifting the point of view? In what way does the shift contribute to the mood of the story? In the first three chapters, Alice's story moves from third-person point of view, to second, then to first. Then have them discuss possible meanings for the phrase "living dead." What inferences can they make from the title? What predictions can they make about the story? What kinds of experiences would make them - or anyone - feel "living dead"? Ask students to write down the definition of oxymoron. ![]()
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