#findinganalysis

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How to Find Analysis

What are the characters like in the story?

• Pick a character and show how he/she struggles through out the story

• Show how a character changes at three different points in the story

• How do characters interact with one another?

• How is the character pulled by events or other characters?

Analysis: The character changes/struggles/interacts/is pulled because he/she (some reason such as needs growth, gets confused, is hateful/loving/conflicted etc...)

What is the structure or storytelling style?

• What are the beliefs or culture of the storyteller?

• Is the narrator reliable?

• Does the story teach you something?

• Is the story linear? Episodic (divided into stories)? Chronological?

• Does this story have one storyteller or several?

Analysis: The narrator believes/is reliable/explains X because it accomplishes Y.

What does the story teach you about the culture or time period of the setting?

• What are social codes (family structures, gender dynamics, rituals, behavior)?

• What is the political situation in the story?

• What is the socio-economic structure in the story?

• What are the moral codes, religious influences, and cultural forces?

Analysis: The author/the characters/the narrator exist or believe in X because it shows Y.

What are the themes of the story?

• Show how a character struggles with a theme through the story?

• Show how the theme is illustrated in three scenes in the story?

• How do two of the themes interact throughout the story?

• How do characters get pulled by the theme?

Analysis: The theme of the story acts in X way because of the character type/story structure/interactions between characters.