Tension in "Enduring Love"...

Hello y'all, welcome to my blog post for the lesson that took place on the 26.01.2011 :)

During this lesson the class looked at how Ian Mc Ewan creates tension in the book. To begin with Mr Chatterly asked us to write down the tools a writer uses to a manipulate a reader's response, here is the list we came up with:
Setting
Descriptions
Language (word choice)
Figurative language
Characters
Dialogue
Balance between plit/description
Amount of information given
Punctuation
Narrative voice

We then re-capped chapters 19 and 20 (Restaurant scene and Police Station) and wrote down how McEwan has hinted and foreshadowed that something major will occur, looking at pages 162-167 in particular.
Next we answered question on Jed, focusing on our opinions about him before and after the shooting and how that affects our views about him.
We also looked at how Joe's state of mind is changing during chapter 20, as this part of the book can be seen as a "turning point" for him as at the end of the chapter he comes to the decision that he must rely on himself and take action.

Mr Chatterly then asked to spend 20 minutes on answering a Part A exam question which was "How does the writer create a sense of tension in chapter 19?".

To finish of the lesson we read most of chapter 21.

Now, the IMPORTANT stuff - homework.
1. Finish of reading the whole book.
2. Complete another section A question in 20 minutes - "How does McEwan build humour in chapter 21?"
3. This is quoted word for word - "Cherish you 'Aspects of Narrative' sheets. Get to know it like you do an old family friend." Mr Chatterly even adviced us to speak to sheet.

Hope this was helpful. Much love people,
Aleksandra.