Green Grass, Running Water

Green Grass, Running Water

Setting

Present:

It's a current story

"He was alone in Toronto, that his mother was in Calgary......."

Toronto:

Hospital:

"When Lionel arrived at Sick Children's Hospital, everyone......"

an excerpt from the novel by Thomas King

Calgary:

"In early February, his mother drove 210 km to Calgary. One of Lionel's aunt lived in Calgary........"

Tone and mood

Tragic

"In that instant, Lionel knew that some horrible mistake had bee made........ And he began to cry."

"But it was too late, Lionel knew that some horrible mistake he made."

Personal Experiences

When I was grade 5, my friend pretended to be sick so that he could miss the final exam. The teacher allowed him to do the exam 2 months later. In this case, my friend did the same thing Lionel wanted to do.

ESL Classroom Connection

The main character in "Death by scrabble" tried to cheat in game and troll his wife, but he had a bad ending at last.

The same thing happened to Lionel, he had to suffer for his mistake.

Characters

Lionel: young, naive, unfortunate.

Dr. Loomis: responsible, lousy doctor

Lionel's mother: genial, did her best to help Lionel

Nurse: Careless

Theme

Lionel realized his mistake after he knew that he was going to have a heart operation.

Thank you!

Atmosphere

Unfortunate

Anxious

• Lionel was crying because he didn't want to do the heart operation, but he didn't want to tell nurse the truth about his tonsil.
• Lionel tried to escape from the hospital, but he got send back by police.

• The nurse mixed the two patients, it's unfortunate for Lionel because he had to have a heart operation.
• The computer file went wrong in Lionel's company, so he had to have a evaluation for his heart condition

Perspective

Third person limited

Green Grass, Running Water

Created by: Oliver Huang

Conflict

Person vs Self

Lionel had a self-conflict and he had to overcome feelings of incidents(Lionel didn't tell the truth to nurse)

Through out the story, Lionel kept doing foolish things which impacted him very badly at last.

Plot

Climax

Lionel realized his mistake, and ran out from the hospital, but he was caught by police. At last, the police found out that the heart operation was for Timothy, not Lionel.

Rising Action

Falling Action

• Lionel went to see doctor and Dr. Loomis decided to make an operation for Lionel.
• The nurse in the hospital made a heart operation for Lionel. (instead of tonsil operation)

Lionel told the police the truth about his tonsil.

The next morning, Lionel's heart and tonsils intact.

Resolution

Exposition

Fourteen years later, Lionel discovered that the original error had worked its way into a computer file. The company wanted him to have a evaluation of his heart condition.

Lionel pretended to have a sore throat, because he didn't want to go to school and do homework.

• Lionel pretended to be sick so that he doesn't have to do homework.
• Dr. Loomis checked for Lionel and let him to have a operation.
• The nurse in the hospital mixed Timothy and Lionel
• The nurse made a heart operation for Lionel instead of Timothy.
• Lionel tried to escape from the hospital but he got caught by police, the police found out the truth a last.