Group work ILC D - Omakase by Gemima Martin https://padlet.com/geegeeluigi/rq1atqwhtsrtdmgs en-us 2023-06-22 12:53:15 UTC 2023-06-22 13:24:05 UTC hello@padlet.com Narrator https://padlet.com/geegeeluigi/rq1atqwhtsrtdmgs/wish/2630140772 Narrator not involved in the story]]> 2023-06-22 13:01:30 UTC https://padlet.com/geegeeluigi/rq1atqwhtsrtdmgs/wish/2630140772 Focaliser figures https://padlet.com/geegeeluigi/rq1atqwhtsrtdmgs/wish/2630140951 Women]]> 2023-06-22 13:01:47 UTC https://padlet.com/geegeeluigi/rq1atqwhtsrtdmgs/wish/2630140951 How are the readers being given information? https://padlet.com/geegeeluigi/rq1atqwhtsrtdmgs/wish/2630141532 - thoughts of women
- throwbacks to stories connected to their relationship]]> 2023-06-22 13:02:43 UTC https://padlet.com/geegeeluigi/rq1atqwhtsrtdmgs/wish/2630141532 Man laraschmidt722 https://padlet.com/geegeeluigi/rq1atqwhtsrtdmgs/wish/2630141557 - extroverted/outgoing
- “never (takes) anything too seriously”
- “going with the flow”
- insensitive]]> 2023-06-22 13:02:46 UTC https://padlet.com/geegeeluigi/rq1atqwhtsrtdmgs/wish/2630141557 Woman laraschmidt722 https://padlet.com/geegeeluigi/rq1atqwhtsrtdmgs/wish/2630142474 - overthinker
- anxious
- very organized/anal
- generational/cultural trauma (?)
- insecure/introvert]]> 2023-06-22 13:04:15 UTC https://padlet.com/geegeeluigi/rq1atqwhtsrtdmgs/wish/2630142474 Character arcs laraschmidt722 https://padlet.com/geegeeluigi/rq1atqwhtsrtdmgs/wish/2630144013 Woman
- increasingly annoying to the reader
- gets more annoyed by boyfriend
- she low-key goes against her boyfriend, passive-aggressive
- no big development, at the end it is the same as in the beginning]]> 2023-06-22 13:06:29 UTC https://padlet.com/geegeeluigi/rq1atqwhtsrtdmgs/wish/2630144013 main theme: societal issues https://padlet.com/geegeeluigi/rq1atqwhtsrtdmgs/wish/2630145052 Racism and prejudices
Sexism (gender stereotypes)
Power and dominance 
White privilege 
Relationships
Educational and cultural  background 
Perceptions of the world 
Self - awareness 
Confrontation]]> 2023-06-22 13:08:03 UTC https://padlet.com/geegeeluigi/rq1atqwhtsrtdmgs/wish/2630145052 Power Dynamic laraschmidt722 https://padlet.com/geegeeluigi/rq1atqwhtsrtdmgs/wish/2630145094 - man oppressing towards woman, does not value her feelings/thoughts
- feeds her empty compliments, just enough for her to stay
- woman looks down on man (“better” job, more money, more intelligent etc.)]]> 2023-06-22 13:08:07 UTC https://padlet.com/geegeeluigi/rq1atqwhtsrtdmgs/wish/2630145094 How does dialogue and narration develop character and advance the plot? https://padlet.com/geegeeluigi/rq1atqwhtsrtdmgs/wish/2630145687 - shows distance between the man and women
- feels depersonalised
- shows some of their character traits (men: dominant, extroverted; women: introverted, quiet)
- end: short repeated phrases -> shows that their poor connection]]> 2023-06-22 13:08:59 UTC https://padlet.com/geegeeluigi/rq1atqwhtsrtdmgs/wish/2630145687 https://padlet.com/geegeeluigi/rq1atqwhtsrtdmgs/wish/2630146695 - Phrases of time in order to shortly summarize their previous lifes 
- Contrast between their lifes In „uptown“ and „downtown“
- „hole-in-the-Wall“ as a metaphor for the description of the restaurant, negative atmosphere 
- „sushi“ is a repetition and motif 
- New York vs. Boston as a comparison
- „jumping in front of trains“ , „ quicker ways to die“ stands for a generally pessimistic and negative atmosphere 
- „you worry too much“ as a repetition and reproach, characterization of the woman
- Chinese/ Asian as a motif and central aspect of the text being ethnicity 
- Enumeration of things in the new apartment 
- „She was one of those people..“ „ He was one of these people..“ as a contrast, comparison and anaphor which creates a distance



]]> 2023-06-22 13:10:26 UTC https://padlet.com/geegeeluigi/rq1atqwhtsrtdmgs/wish/2630146695 Effect of Namelessness laraschmidt722 https://padlet.com/geegeeluigi/rq1atqwhtsrtdmgs/wish/2630147116 - impersonal (effect on reader as well as relationship btw characters)
- hard to empathise with/ understand characters 
- gives them a shallow/bland character
- unrelatable]]> 2023-06-22 13:11:02 UTC https://padlet.com/geegeeluigi/rq1atqwhtsrtdmgs/wish/2630147116 What actually happens in the story in reference to events and in reference to character development? https://padlet.com/geegeeluigi/rq1atqwhtsrtdmgs/wish/2630149488 - how they met, moved in together, go to the restaurant, throwback to their first dates, how he met the partners and back to being in the restaurant
- first: she seems accepting of his behaviour and the relationship
- later: questioning his behaviour (getting caught up in thoughts about how she ended up there)

]]> 2023-06-22 13:14:28 UTC https://padlet.com/geegeeluigi/rq1atqwhtsrtdmgs/wish/2630149488 How does time and chronology contribute to the story’s themes and meanings? https://padlet.com/geegeeluigi/rq1atqwhtsrtdmgs/wish/2630150350 - events not in an order
- jumps all over the place
-> shows her deep discomfort 
-> insight in her chaotic mind

- story shown by flashbacks and thought-process instead of dialogues
]]> 2023-06-22 13:15:38 UTC https://padlet.com/geegeeluigi/rq1atqwhtsrtdmgs/wish/2630150350 Are there any other structural elements in the story such as flashbacks or foreshadowing that are noteworthy? https://padlet.com/geegeeluigi/rq1atqwhtsrtdmgs/wish/2630151072 - lot of jumps and flashbacks
-> shows her thoughts
-> reflecting on the relationship]]> 2023-06-22 13:16:41 UTC https://padlet.com/geegeeluigi/rq1atqwhtsrtdmgs/wish/2630151072