1. What is the author's attitude towards actions or events?

The author tends to give intense atmosphere when something is about to happens. But sometimes he just give intense feeling where nothing happens at all, it seems like he wants us to feel the same way Braille felt when he confront the warden.

2. Is the story humorous or tragic or frightening? Does the author want you to laugh or cry, to feel happy or sad, to experience anger or fear?

The author wants us to experience fear. The story itself is not horror or frightening, but the main character's choice to act in situations is really messed up and most of the people wouldn't make such a choice. It's pretty intense whether or not the main character will die, because there's one time his friend warned him that "If you do that, you'll surely get shot".

3. What is the author's attitude toward characters or the narrator? Does the author like or dislike, trust or mistrust the characters or the narrator?

The author usually put Braille in such a depressing situation. He's always in situations where he need to make a good choice or else he might die right there, and there's one time where he made a wrong choice too! I think that the author like this character because he survived in such an arrogant act that should have his head blown off but instead he survived everytime.

1.What are some of the symbols in the story?

Cabbage, Ciggarate- Arrogant, Rebellion
Warden- Overwhelming power unrightfully

2.Are there any objects which seem to have a symbolic meaning? What are their meanings? What are their meanings?

Cabbage and Ciggarate can be symbols of span1's arrogant and rebellious act. It's clear by the way they act in the story as well because the narrators have shown that they did it showingly and they aren't really afraid of wardens even though they do not have any power to act back.

3.Do any people act as symbols in the story? What do they represent?

Their acts do not symbols in any ways but their personalities somehow can be symbolic.

Braille- Hospitality, Plotted, sharp minded
Warden- Abusing, hot headed, low self-esteem

4.Do aspects of the story's symbolic? In what way?

It's kind of unclear for readers, but I think that it's shown how twisted this world is. A single secret might make you become powerful in a minute.

5.Is one symbol used throughout the story or do the symbols change?

No

1.What scenes, moments, descriptive passages, phrases, or words stand out in your reading of the story?

When the warden started beating up Braille. It feels shocking about how they viewed people by races and threaten them with power and position.

2. Did a particular image make you feel happy, or frightened, or disturbed, or angry? Why?

I felt disturbed, because it's not okay for someone to starts beating others because they are just different.

3. Which of your five senses did this image appeal to? What do you associate with this image and why? what do you think the author wants you to feel about a certain image?

It appeals to my sight. I think that this image is quite dramatic and can be seen around these days but not as dramatic as this. I think that the author really wants me to feel how bad the wardens treat prisoners and how that's going to affect the story.

4. How do you think your reaction to the imagery in the story contribute to the overall meaning of the story?

It makes us know that the prisoners in this prison were all holding grudges to wardens and they might take revenge one way or another.

1. What point of view does the story use? Is the story told from a first-person perspective. In which the narrator is one of the characters in the story, and refer to himself or herself as "I"? Or is the story told from a third-person perspective, in which the narrator is not one of the characters in the story or may not participate in the events of the story?

Third point of view

2. What are the advantages of the chosen point of view? Does it furnish any clues as to the purpose of the story?

We can look at the story at many angles unlike first perspective where we can only focus on one's mind, but on third person point of view it's easier to see things in different style since we will be able to take a look on everyone's perspective.

3. Is the narrator reliable or unreliable? Does he/she have a limited knowledge or understanding of characters and events in the story? Does the narrator know almost everything about one character or every character, including inner thoughts?

The narrator isn't really realiable, he doesn't really clarify the idea being said in the story (which my be my fault) and he also didn't describe anyone else except Braille and the warden, it seems that Span 1's prisoners really have impact on the story but not that much to be considered main one.

4. Does the author use point of view primarily to reveal or conceal? Does he ever unfairly withhold important information known to the focal character?

No, the point of view author gave conceal the truth and the ending was unexpected. and yes he withhold the important information to himself as the conflict is about to resolves, he told us only that span 1 thought braille is going to die because he

1. Who is/are the main character(s) in the story? What does the main character look like?

Braille, He's a african-american who is a prisoner. He's short-sighted, and weak.

2. Describe the main character's situation. Where does he/she live? Does he/ she live alone or with others? What does the main character do for a living, or is he/she dependent on others for support?

He's in a prison, for an unknown reason, but he lived with others in a group called "span 1".

3. What are some of the chief characteristics (personality traits) of the character? How are these characteristics revealed in the story? How does the main character interact with other characters? Note that degree of complexity of his/her behavior, thought, and feelings; their appearances, their habits, mannerisms, speech, attitudes and values. What is the main character's attitude towrds his/her life? Is he/she happy or sad, content or discontented? Why?

Even though he's weak, but he's a very responsible man. It's shown when he made all his friends in span one have to skipped dinner, he decided to sneak in and steal some foods. He's just a simple man, and simple minded, but most of the time he has a power to easily influence others. He's pretty happy even though he lived in the prison.

4. What sort of conflict is the character facing? How is this conflict revealed? Is it resolved? If so, how?

He needs to make his mind whether to tell the truth about robbery of the warden, or keep it secret and make profit out of it. He literally found the conflict, while he's trying to sneak in and steal some food. The conflict resolved by Braille made an agreement with the warden to keep the span 1 safe and they will help him too, so they both can get profit out of this agreement.

5. Is any character a developing character? If so, is his change a large or a small one? Is it a plausible change for him? Is he sufficiently motivated? Is the chage give sufficient time?

Warden Hannetjie developed during the story. His change has a big impact on the story. It's not a plausible change because he has become scared of prisoner. He's not motivated at all, but instead he's forced to do.

1. Place: the geographical location of the story - a country or a city, a large city or a small village, indoors or outdoors, or both

The story occurs in a large prison in countryside, probably in America.

2. Time: the period in history, the season of the year, the day of the month, and/or the hour of the day in which the events of the story occur.

The story doesn't specify the time but from their way of speaking, it's the time where africans were free from slavery, but some still discriminate them, so the story should be around time where Lincoln is president of the United States.


3. Social environment: the location of characters and events in a particular society and/or particular social class (lover, middle, or upper class).


He was in lower class, because the wardens are above him and can abuse him all they want. But he still have many other prisoners as his comrades and he is in the same class as them.

1.What is the story about? What are the main event in the story, and how are they related to each other?

- It's about a clever prisoner who wore glasses. The main even is about that he caught the warden stealing fertilizer for his farm, so he made an agreement to keep it secret.

2.Are the main events of the story arranged chronologically, or are they arranged in another way?

- It was arranged chronologically without single flashback.

3.How is the story narrated? Are flashbacks, summaries, stories within the story used?

-It's a 3rd person view point and there aren't a single flashback, nor summaries but there's a story of how it has been lead to main event and ending.

4.Is the plot fast-paced or slow-paced?

-it's slow-paced. The story jumps day by day.

5.How do the thoughts, behaviors, and actions of character move the plot forward?

-Because Brille knew the secret and his action to gain whatever he could from it, the story moved to an end.

6.What are the conflicts in the plot? Are they physical, intellectual, moral or emotional? Are they resolved? How are they resolved? Is the main confict between good and evil sharply differentiated, or is it more subtle and complex?

-The conflict in this story is moral and it's resolved by Braille taking advantages of the conflict and gain what's good for him and his friends.

7.What is the climax of the story and at what point in the story does the climax occur? Is the end of the story happy, unhappy, or indeterminate? Is it fairly achieved?

-The climax acts as the warden can't stand anymore. The end of the story is happy ending.

8.Does the plot have unity? Are all the episodes relevant to the total meaning or effect of the story? Does each icident grow logically out of the preceding incident and lead naturally to the next?

-The plot totally agrees to each other. It seems like this incident can even happens in real life. It's not common but it's a common sense for it to end this way

9.What use does the story make of chance and coincidence? Are these occurences used to initiate, to complicate, or to resolve the story? How improbable are they?

-The chance of warden being caught stealing fertilizer is coincidence but it's totally initiate the story and lead the story on ina good way.

The Prisoner Who Wore Glasses

The Prisoner Who Wore Glasses

by: Bessie Head