Today I will be teaching you about “Never Cry Wolf” by Farley Mowat. I chose this short story because I liked the setting as well as the wolves.
SLIDE – POINT OF VIEW:
The narrative is a first-person account from the perspective of a person.
SLIDE – CHARACTERS:
Indirect characterization is used in this story but the majority of information is held back from the reader.
The reader can assume the first-person perspective is coming from a human because on page 2, the person narrates about their frequent visits to their tent “to consume copious quantities of tea”.
Through the behaviour and actions of the person, the reader will learn the person is childish and does not like to be ignored. On page 2 the person decides to urinate on the wolves’ trail to get the wolves to recognize his existence. This is not only dangerously ignorant, but is a very childish approach to a problem.
The wolves are characterized as calm and intelligent due to their actions when addressing the intrusion of the person.
Plot Summary
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This offends the person, causing them to feel ignored and to crave attention/recognition.
The rising action is during the couple of weeks multiple wolves go past the person’s tent, each ignoring the person.
Afterwards, the major crisis occurs. The major crisis is when the person decides to catch the attention of the wolves by urinating on the wolves’ trail.
The climax is reached when the leader wolf detects one of the person’s marked bushes. The wolf suspects the person and gives him a long thought. The wolf finally acknowledged the person.
The falling action is when the wolf returns to his walk and starts to remark his territory with his urine, leaving shortly after.
The person is left alone to think about the events that had occurred, and realize that the wolf could remove his mark in less than 15 minutes when he had taken
SLIDE – POINT OF VIEW:
The narrative is a first-person account from the perspective of a person.
SLIDE – CHARACTERS:
Indirect characterization is used in this story but the majority of information is held back from the reader.
The reader can assume the first-person perspective is coming from a human because on page 2, the person narrates about their frequent visits to their tent “to consume copious quantities of tea”.
Through the behaviour and actions of the person, the reader will learn the person is childish and does not like to be ignored. On page 2 the person decides to urinate on the wolves’ trail to get the wolves to recognize his existence. This is not only dangerously ignorant, but is a very childish approach to a problem.
The wolves are characterized as calm and intelligent due to their actions when addressing the intrusion of the person.
Plot Summary
At the …show more content…
This offends the person, causing them to feel ignored and to crave attention/recognition.
The rising action is during the couple of weeks multiple wolves go past the person’s tent, each ignoring the person.
Afterwards, the major crisis occurs. The major crisis is when the person decides to catch the attention of the wolves by urinating on the wolves’ trail.
The climax is reached when the leader wolf detects one of the person’s marked bushes. The wolf suspects the person and gives him a long thought. The wolf finally acknowledged the person.
The falling action is when the wolf returns to his walk and starts to remark his territory with his urine, leaving shortly after.
The person is left alone to think about the events that had occurred, and realize that the wolf could remove his mark in less than 15 minutes when he had taken