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TONE

  • Sad

Mike is telling a story about his experience meeting his Nana at a nursing home - it was a sad experience because she mistook him for his grandfather

  • Gloomy

Mike's unpleasant experiences at the nursing home

Choice of words and how the author uses them

DICTION

Sound as if a 17 year old is telling you in the account of what happened

Example

The choice of words : simple and conversational

Example:

Now she has arteriosclerosis, which the dictionary says

is "a chronic disease characterized by abnormal thickening and hardening of the arterial walls". Which really means that she can't live at home anymore or even with us, and her memory has betrayed her as well as her body. She used to wander off and sometimes didn't recognize people.

  • Happy (pg. 2)
  • Crazy (pg. 1)
  • Silence (pg. 3)
  • Juice (pg. 4)
  • Terrible (pg. 5)
  • Funny (pg. 6)
  • Love (pg. 7)

Example

“it’s an experiment,” I said. “it’s costing you money. Mike,” she said. “I know, I know”

“say it, Mike”

“say you forgive me, Mike….”

“I forgive you, Meg”

SYNOPSIS

This short story is about a seventeen year old boy named Mike who grew a moustache to prove to everyone that he can be an adult even though his mom wants him to shave it off.

Mike’s mother then tells him one day to go visit his grandmother, Nana in the nursing home. When he goes to visit, she thinks Mike is her husband because of his moustache, she then starts apologizing to him about accusing him of cheating on her. Mike’s grandfather had died awhile ago. Mike didn’t know what to do so he acted along, and that day when he got home he shaved his moustache.

THEMES

COMPLEX SENTENCE

SENTENCE STRUCTURE

  • The urge to grow up fast

e.g: …To tell the truth, I had proved my point about being able to grow a decent moustache, but I also had learned to like it. (pg 1)

  • There is more to being an adult

e.g: Instead I went upstairs and took out the electric razor Annie had given me for Christmas and shaved off my moustache. (pg 7)

  • We call him Handsome Harry because he's actually handsome, but he's also a nice guy, cool, and he doesn't treat me like Annie's kid brother, which I am, but like a regular person (pg. 1)
  • I felt as if my cheek would crack if I uttered a word (pg. 6)

Simple Sentence

  • Take my hand, Mike (pg. 5)
  • The glitter was gone. (pg. 5)
  • I said it (pg. 6)
  • Her eyes studied me (pg. 6)

Compound Sentence

  • She saw me and smiled. (pg. 3)
  • There was only the parking lot and the sun was glinting on car windshields (pg. 3)
  • My mother's name is Ellen, but everyone always calls her Ellie. (pg. 5)
  • Instead I went upstairs and took the electric razor Annie had given me for Christmas and shaved off my moustache (pg. 7)

THE MOUSTACHE BY ROBERT CORMIER

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