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    This document summarizes the key elements of Daphne DuMaurier's short story "The Birds". It describes the characters including the protagonist Nat Hocken and his family who live on a farm. The setting is 1950s England. The story is told from Nat's limited third person perspective. As strange events begin occurring where birds start aggressively attacking humans, Nat realizes the birds are coordinating their attacks based on the tides. In the climax, the birds overwhelm Nat's defenses and attack his home despite efforts to fight them off.

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    This document summarizes the key elements of Daphne DuMaurier's short story "The Birds". It describes the characters including the protagonist Nat Hocken and his family who live on a farm. The setting is 1950s England. The story is told from Nat's limited third person perspective. As strange events begin occurring where birds start aggressively attacking humans, Nat realizes the birds are coordinating their attacks based on the tides. In the climax, the birds overwhelm Nat's defenses and attack his home despite efforts to fight them off.

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    This document summarizes the key elements of Daphne DuMaurier's short story "The Birds". It describes the characters including the protagonist Nat Hocken and his family who live on a farm. The setting is 1950s England. The story is told from Nat's limited third person perspective. As strange events begin occurring where birds start aggressively attacking humans, Nat realizes the birds are coordinating their attacks based on the tides. In the climax, the birds overwhelm Nat's defenses and attack his home despite efforts to fight them off.

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    By Daphne DuMaurier

    The Birds

    Characters
    Nat

    Hocken-protagonist; works on the


    farm and is the head of the family
    Mrs. Hocken
    Jill and Johnny Hocken-children
    Mr. and Mrs. Trigg-next door neighbors
    Jim
    Birds-antagonist

    Characterization
    This

    is the way the characters are


    described. There are two types.

    Direct
    The writer tells what the character is like
    Indirect
    The reader has to put clues together to
    figure out what a character is like

    Setting
    Cornwall,
    1950s
    After

    England; English countryside

    World War 2

    Themes
    Danger
    Arrogance
    Natural
    Survival

    of human

    forces against humans

    Point of View
    Third
    The

    person limited

    story is told from Nats perspective.


    This creates an air of mystery

    Style
    Imagery
    The leaves had lingered on the trees, golden red
    and the hedges were still green

    Irony
    Nat had always enjoyed watching the birds, and
    now they are attacking

    Style
    Metaphor
    The blanket became a weapon of defense.

    Personification
    The autumn had been mellow, soft.

    Simile
    Had the sea been still, they would have
    covered the bay like a white cloud.

    Exposition
    Description

    of Nat (what type of person

    Description

    of the land

    Description

    of the behavior of the birds

    he is)

    Rising Action
    Birds

    begin attacking

    Birds

    enter the kids room but are repelled

    Attack

    on the way back from the bus stop

    Preparing
    News

    for attacks

    reports-similar things happening all


    over Britain

    Climax
    Nat

    realizes that the birds move with the


    tides.
    Army sends planes to defend against the
    birds, but the next attack causes the
    planes to crash.
    Birds attack Nats home again. Next
    morning Nat makes repairs and builds a
    fire, in which the birds hurl themselves
    into.

    Falling Action
    Nat

    goes to Mr. Triggs house to find more


    supplies, but finds that the birds have
    killed Mr. and Mrs. Trigg.

    Takes

    supplies from the Trigg home to


    help protect his family.

    On

    his drive home, Nat sees a bunch of


    birds waiting for the tide to turn.

    Resolution
    The

    birds smash through the wood Nat


    has put over the windows.

    Nat

    smokes his last cigarette and throws


    the empty pack into the fire.

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