Module 4Comparison of the Theme in a Novel and Film

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Step 1●What is the theme of you book?●How do you know? Explain.

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Step 2●Watch a movie that has the same theme. ●Explain how the theme is dealt with in the movie

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Step 3●Describe similarities and differences between the

novel and the film. ●Do they have the same view on the theme?

Explain.

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Step 4●Write down some notes. ●Prepare an oral presentation:

– What are you going to say?– In what order?– Practice many times! Check that your presentation is at

least 5 minutes.– Make a video recording or make an appointment with

your teacher.

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Theme

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●Examples of themes: love, hatred, loneliness, romance, jealousy, loss, betrayal, sexuality, revenge, racism, persecution, greed, freedom, forgiveness, abandonment, addiction, ambition etc.– Find evidence of this theme, by looking at:

• The plot• The characters• The setting• The narrator • Etc.

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The plot

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●What is the story about?●Main events – basic storyline. ●Give some examples of events that clearly

shows the theme of the story.

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The setting

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●Where does the story take place?– City or countryside?– One place or many different?– One room/building or a larger area?– How do we know this?

●When is the story set?– What time in history? Modern time/future or past?– Short/limited period like one day/one hour etc?– Long period like several years?– How do we know this?

How is this connected to the theme?

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The characters

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●Protagonist – main character●Antagonist – a major character, opposes the

protagonist.●How are they described?

– Physical appearance– Psychological qualities– Actions and dialogues

How is this connected to the theme?

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The narrator

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●Who is telling the story?– One of the characters?– Someone from the outside?– Thoughts, feelings, opinions? Whose?

How is this connected to the theme?

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When you read

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●Keep a notebook close by, to write down page references or other things that might be useful.

●Don’t worry if you don’t understand every single word in the book. Keep reading, you will probably understand the gist of it anyway. Don’t look up all the words in a dictionary, only the once that are crucial to understand the context.

●Give yourself mini-deadlines. How many chapters should you read every week (or pages per day)?

●When you write: stick to the topic and don’t include unnecessary information.

Good luck!

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