A Short Story : The Colony On The Moon

3. Examine the cover of the novel. What images do you see? How do you think the images are connected to the story?

Preceding the sharing of the text with students an explanation would occur as to why this particular text was being introduced. It would be stated that the text will be read primarily for enjoyment but also to use the opportunity to explore the themes, structure and features of different text genres. The title, cover and blurb would be used to encourage students to make predictions about the text and what it might be about (see appendix 1).

The point of view in the story is the third person because there is a narrator who

A third-person limited narrative point of view is employed in the novel to relay Jamie’s thought processes as to reveal his inner

5. Explain major differences between books that tell stories and books that give information, drawing on a wide reading of a range of text types. (1.RL.5)

“He came to in what he thought might be a building on Tralfamadore. It was shrilly lit and lined with white tiles. It was on Earth, though. It was a delousing station through which all new prisoners had to pass. Billy did as he was told, took off his clothes. That was the first thing they told him to do on Tralfamadore, too” (83).

story. By showing three different perspectives the reader is able to have a better idea of

11. Most of the passage is told from a limited third-person point of view in which

hatches to the cargo decks. Then the patriots jump on the ships and started smashing the crates open

. The exposition in any story or poem is the beginning, probably the first paragraph that lays

Point of View: Who is telling the story? 1st person....I saw the car....I did. 2nd person.....he/she/it....most novels. 3rd person: Omniscient-know feelings of the character...god like narrator...italic parts of the novel.

When the first capsule falls all of the humans are confused on what to do with it; they decide to leave

3. The character in this narrative really comes alive in different parts of the story and the characters could be in our class room at the very moment.

His lack of social skills becomes much more apparent once he leaves the house for the first time. He has no intended destination, and wanders the streets. Once he is hurt by the limousine, he is given an injection to ease his pain. As the doctor fills the needle, he wants to show fear, not because he has had this experience before, but because "he visualized all the TV incidents in which he had seen injections being given" (Kosinski 33). Just like the prisoners in the cave, he was trying to understand a reality based on pictures in order to react to the world around him. One thing that he has never experienced is any type of a sex life. He found himself in a room with EE, where she made a sexual advance towards him. He thought back to a situation on TV where he could imitate an actor in a similar scene. He remembers a close embrace and kissing, but unfortunately

1. Point of view – the view or perspective of how the story is narrated (i.e first person)