https://padlet.com/ao96685p/ArthurPresident An Overview of the Various Literary Elements/Themes en-us 2017-11-09 00:05:54 UTC 2026-02-26 04:30:16 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Templeball.png ao96685p https://padlet.com/ao96685p/ArthurPresident/wish/205098059 Plot: The chain of related events that explains to us what happens in a story. Conflict: ("the Hook"): A struggle between two opposing characters or forces (I.e. self, environment)
These ideas can be expressed through the story. The plot of Arthur Meets the President starts when Arthur writes to the President for a contest in class. Arthur then receives a letter from the President inviting him and his class to a special ceremony at the White House. This forces Arthur to have to memorize and recite his paper for the President, which makes him become worrisome and nervous. His mother helps him with the idea of writing his speech on note cards; however, his consequently loses them to a gust of wind. What will Arthur do now?
The conflict of Arthur Meets the President asks the question "Who or what is challenging Arthur?". Arthur versus himself as he become nervous about memorizing and reciting paper causing him to go blank when reciting it. He is challenged by his environment when he loses his note cards in a strong gust of wind.]]> 2017-11-09 00:10:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ao96685p/ArthurPresident/wish/205098059 ao96685p https://padlet.com/ao96685p/ArthurPresident/wish/205114980 A theme is defined as a main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work, which may be stated directly or indirectly.
The literary theme in Arthur Meets the President is "Overcoming the Odds". This means that the character has found a way to accomplish their goal despite being in a situation where most would consider success unlikely. Despite his nervousness and losing his note cards in the wind, Arthur, with the help of DW, reads his paper for the President. DW hangs from a tree upside down holding poster with Arthur’s speech causing him to laugh and not feel nervous anymore.]]> 2017-11-09 02:14:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ao96685p/ArthurPresident/wish/205114980 ao96685p https://padlet.com/ao96685p/ArthurPresident/wish/205117015 Point of View is the mode of narration that an author employs to let the readers “hear” and “see” what takes place in a story. There are several different points of view:
First Person - This is narrative in which the narrator says ‘I’
Second Person - The narrative is told from the viewpoint of the reader, using the second person pronoun ‘you’.
Third Person - The narrative describes characters’ actions using the pronouns ‘he’, ‘she’, ‘it’ or ‘them’; offers readers degrees of distance from the main characters of your story
Arthur Meets the President is told from third person point of view because the characters are described using 'he', 'she', 'it', or 'them'. More specifically, the story is in fact told from third person limited, meaning the story is limited to only one character, which means that the narrator only knows what that character knows. In the story, the narrator sticks closely to a focal character, Arthur.]]> 2017-11-09 02:30:29 UTC https://padlet.com/ao96685p/ArthurPresident/wish/205117015