T: War

A: Luigi Pirandello
N: Italian
Glencoe Literature (purple
G: shorttext)
story
pages 958-962

War Vocabulary
Record the vocabulary and definitions from
page 958 in your TANG.
1) Discrimination- (noun) making a difference in treatment
or favor on some basis other than individual merit
2) Console- (verb) to alleviate a persons grief, sense of
loss, or trouble; to comfort
3) pettiness (noun) a focus on unimportant or small-minded
details
4) Disillusion (noun) the state of being freed from
misleading images or nave trust
5) contract (verb) to draw together; to wrinkle up
6) distorted (adj.) twisted out of a normal or original shape
or condition

Journal Entry
Write a response to the following topic.
Make sure you indent and have a
complete paragraph (four to six
sentences minimum).

Why do people sometimes deceive

themselves about their abilities,
beliefs, or feelings?
(page 958)

Record the following literary terms

that you dont have in your Literary
Terms Section:

Realism:
* Any accurate and detailed description in a literary
work
Symbol:
Using an object or repetitive theme to represent a larger idea
(An object that stands for something else)

Foreshadowing:
The subtle revealing of clues that hint to events that will
occur later in the story

Tone:
The attitude a narrator feels toward the subject of which he is
speaking
The voice the narrator uses to talk about the character

Read War and complete the

following activities:

Give the physical description of the

husband and wife and their beliefs.
Give the physical description of the fat
man and his beliefs.
Why does the fat man break down at the
end of the story?
What might the wifes coat symbolize?
What hints in the story suggest the fat
man does not truly feel what he is
claiming?
Does the tone of the work change?
Explain.

 Complete the Personal Writing

assignment on page 963.