Analyzing a Short Story


Narrator

The author and the narrator are not always the same.
You have noticed in the selections that you read in the iLit Anthology that each text has an author's biography at the beginning and a section called "What Inspired Me to Write this Selection". Reading these sections before and after reading the text will help you to distinguish between the author and the narrator as you read.

At times, the narrator who is a participating character cannot be trusted fully and is called an unreliable narrator. A narrator may be unreliable for various reasons; he or she might have a personal bias, might lack knowledge, might make mistakes, or might omit information deliberately.





Choose one of the following short stories to read:

A. "Hatching" by Jean Little, page 69 in your iLit Language Arts 9 Anthology.
or
B. "On Thin Ice" by John Lemon, page 73 in your iLit Language Arts 9 Anthology.


Self-Assessment: Character Type in Short Stories                   

Click here to complete a self-assessment on the story you read. Do this BEFORE continuing to the assignment!
   Go to Assignment 5-3 and complete it now.


When you have completed all parts of Assignment 3,

    • be sure you have renamed your file (YOURNAME) la 9-5-3
    • upload the completed assignment into the Assignment 5-3 submission box on the next page
Check in a few days to retrieve the marked assignment and review the feedback from your teacher.