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Auggie Wren's

Christmas

Story

By: Paul Auster

THE ANALYSIS

LIFE OF AUSTER

  • Paul Benjamin Auster
  • Born 1947 New Jersey
  • Jewish parents
  • American

Poet

Essayist

Novelist

Translator

HIS WRITINGS DEAL WITH...

  • Absurdism
  • Existentialism
  • Crime fiction
  • Search of ID & Personal meaning
  • Writing & Story telling

ABOUT AUGGIE WREN'S STORY

  • Published in December 25th 1990 in the NY Times
  • Auster is the writer & The narrator
  • Auggie Becomes the narrator
  • As readers we can Identify story within a story

LET'S READ THE TEXT !

THE ANALYSIS OF THE STORY

CHARACTERS

SETTING

Brooklyn,New York

Initially published in The New York Times on Christmas Day. 1990

Paul

Auggie Wren

Granny Ethel

Robert Goodwin

The Physical Setting

The smaller physical setting is the cigar store where the writer meets Auggie

T I M E

It was the summer of seventy-two

POINT OF V I E W

The First Narrator

T H E M E S

Stealing and giving,lying and telling the truth

Creating the illusion of the truth

Constructing and telling stories and the difficulty of the unique artistic perspective.

SYMBOLS

Camera and Photographs

QUESTIONS

Who is Auggie Wren ?

Why does Auggie take photos ?

What do you think about Auggie's behaviour ?

What happened to Auggie at the end of the story ?

What is the Blind Woman's grand-son's name?

Why Auggie shows his photos to Paul?

What did he steal before leave the house and why did he feel regret?

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION !

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