The Sniper Short Story Elements World Literature Setting

The Sniper Short Story Elements World Literature

Setting: • Place: • Ireland • Time: • 1922 -23 Literary Definition of Setting: the setting of a piece of literature is the time and place in which the story takes place. The definition of setting can also include social statuses, weather, historical period, and details about immediate surroundings. Settings can be real or fictional, or a combination of both real and fictional elements. • Weather Conditions: • Fair, Summer, Twilight • Social Conditions: • Civil War • Mood or Atmosphere: • Dim, death, excitement/anticipation, thrills/risk

A plot diagram is a tool that is commonly used to organize a story into certain segments. Once the parts of the plot diagram are identified, it is easier to analyze the content. Plot Diagram • Exposition: the introduction introduces the characters, describes the setting and establishes the problem in the story. • Inciting Incident: an episode, plot point or event that hooks the reader into the story. This particular moment is when an event thrusts the protagonist into the main action of the story. • Rising Action: the suspense builds and the problem gets worse and becomes more complicated. There are often multiple steps or parts in the rising action. • Climax: the turning point in the story. It is usually the most exciting part in the story and the part that makes the reader want to keep reading. • Falling Action: the events that happen after the climax that lead to a resolution or ending to the story. • Resolution: the outcome of the story. It is how things end up or turn out for the characters.

Plot Diagram

Conflict A conflict in literature is defined as any struggle between opposing forces. Usually, the main character struggles against some other force. This type of conflict is what drives each and every story. Without it, the story would have no point or purpose. There needs to be some struggle in order for the reader to get involved and care about what might happen to the characters.

Conflict Two types: External: is a struggle that takes place between the main character, the protagonist, and another character (usually the antagonist) or some outside force. Internal: In this case, the struggle actually occurs inside a character, usually the protagonist, or main character. With internal conflicts, the character could be struggling with a decision he must make or with his own weaknesses in his personality.

There are four main types of conflict; there always two sides to a conflict, which usually brings about change. As readers, we must be aware that both sides of the conflict must be identified and understood. Conflict • Man vs. Man (physical) A struggle between two people • Man vs. Nature When a character must overcome some natural obstacle or condition, a conflict with nature occurs. • Man vs. Society (social) A struggle against society occurs when a character is at odds with a particular social force or condition produced by society, such as poverty, political revolution, a social convention, or set of values. • Man vs. Himself/Herself (psychological) Within a character, aspects of his or her personality may struggle for dominance. These aspects may be emotional, intellectual, or moral.