Chapter 1 set up of the novel

Chapter 1 - Revision
In chapter 1 we meet the following characters
What do we find out about the following?
Pino
Teresa
Salvatore
Antonio Natale
Michele
Barbara
Maria
Melichetti
Events
Place order and explain their importance
Kids go for a bike ride
Get to Melichetti’s farm – Skull angry
Michele loses the forfeit
Goes to the abandoned house
Maria breaks her glasses
Papa plays the soldier’s draw
Michele makes discovery in the house
Skull slaps Barbara across the face
Place order and explain their importance
1. Kids go for a bike ride
2. Get to Melichetti’s farm
3. Race to the Hill
4. Maria breaks her glasses
4. Skull slaps Barbara across the face
5. Michele takes the forfeit (2nd vote)
6. Goes to the abandoned house
7. Michele makes discovery in the house
8. Papa plays the soldier’s draw
Theme
What examples of behaviour to illustrate the following:
Brutality
Landscape
Morality
Fear
Loyalty
Fairness
Winning and losing
Quotes – four significant
quotes
“I imagined him dead…worms coming out of his lips”p39

“It’s not a boat it’s a gondola…. We weren’t allowed to

handle it … an ornament” p35

“I raised my hand. “I do the forfeit”. P21

You’re a sissy Michele, help him out Maria’35

‘But what if the boy was alive…and calling for help? p39
Foreshadowing
The Hill
The saucepan
Describing adults as ‘Toads’
What tensions have been introduced?
How is the setting and landscape relevant?
What is the importance of dreams, fantasy?
Key Passage Chapter 1. p37 Soldier’s Draw

‘Do you know what the soldiers did during the war to decide
who went on the dangerous missions? ‘You take three
matches…whoever draws the headless match goes to get the
water’
“Looks like it’s me.’ Papa drew out the broken one.
‘You’ve love. You’ve lost. Go and get the water.’
‘Would you like me to go? You’re tired,’ said Mama.
‘You can’t it’s a dangerous mission. Besides, I’ve got to get my
cigarettes from the truck.” And he went out of the house with
a jug in his hand.