Introducing
Your new presentation assistant.
Refine, enhance, and tailor your content, source relevant images, and edit visuals quicker than ever before.
Trending searches
2. Why is Posey's "ghost" used in the novel over a living character?
The Awakening
1:23-1:25
1. "Every family is a ghost story" - What do you think this means?
4. Is this novel meant to frighten the reader?
Emotion: escalating levels of fright must be present.
3. Who is the real ghost in the Benetto family?
When the character in the story becomes emotional (scared, sad, worried), the reader should be able to identify with these emotions and begin to feel the same way.
5. How do the ghosts in this novel change the course of the main character's life? Is this a good change?
Atmosphere: the reader must be gradually removed from natural surroundings and brought into this supernatural world.
All senses should be included: sight, smell, sound and touch
Main character (OR main supporting character) = the ghost
-Appears during the night
-Appears in isolated places
-Sometimes surrounded by a strange light
-Appearance of a dead person
-May deliver important messages or reveal inner thoughts
Meaning: tell us a lot about ourselves and society
May appear to simply scare, but a closer look reveals a deeper meaning that mirrors the hopes and fears we have about our world and the afterlife
In the first paragraph of the novel, and repeated several times throughout the book, is the line “every family is a ghost story.”