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Where

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When

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Geography

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Social Milieu

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Time

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Duration

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bjorn_dawnofdem — 2014-01-09 09:41:34 UTC

Most likely Australia since the author is Australian. Also the weather could be another indication.

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The family is middle class because the father has a desk job in an office.

2014-01-09 09:48:09 UTC

1950s, maybe the early 60s because of Maxine's clothing.

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The time is also indicated by the historical fact that the father is the first in the family to get a desk job.

2014-01-09 09:55:16 UTC

We think the duration of the story is about a year, because the story ends with the father telling the dauhter, that she is going to be a big sister and that the mother will come home with the baby in a few days.

2014-01-09 09:56:18 UTC

In school the teacher gives the assignment to write about their family or what they did last summer.

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At school the teacher told us to write the story of our family. Or, if we preferred, we could write about what we did last summer.

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My father told me I was to get a little baby brother called Terence. My mother would come home with him in a few days, he said.

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Auntie Maxine wore a black sweater without sleeves and electric‑blue pedal‑pushers.

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My father was the first man in his family to sit at a desk from Monday to Friday and use his head to support his wife and child.

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It was about ninety in the shade.

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My father was the first man in his family to sit at a desk from Monday to Friday and use his head to support his wife and child.

SETTING

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English >< American words:

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Veranda >< Porch

Bloke --> an english word

Resided >< live

Pages:

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Veranda: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veranda

Porch: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porch

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Word list:

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- Lascivious: inclined to lustfulness

- Singlet: mens clothing without sleeves

- Pedal-pushers: are calf-length trousers that were popular during the 1950s and the early 1960s.

- Yorkshire pudding: also known as batter pudding, is an English dish made from batter consisting of eggs, flour, and milk.

CHARACTERS

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Function

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Protagonist:

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Josephine - she is also the narrator

Antagonist:

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Foil(s):

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Uncle Roger >< the Father Aunt Maxine >< the Mother

Josephine >< Joanne?

Psychology

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Round (multidimensional)

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Flat (stereotypes) - represent ideas

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The neglected mom The bored father, who is having an affair with the neighbour The sexy neighbour The stray uncle

Static (do not change)

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Dynamic (undergo psychological change)

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The mom changes. In the beginning she probably knows that her husband is having an affair, but when the uncle is flirting with the neighbour, she stands up for herself and kicks him out.

Showing or telling?

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The narrator, Josephine is showing us, what the other thinks/feels?

Point Of View

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Person

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1. st - Josephine

"Knowing"

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Restricted

Involvement

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Josephine is central and she observes

Reliability

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Unreliable because there is an alliance between the author and us behind the back of the narrator.