Just Like That - groupwork 2

Just Like That, Part 2

Med baggrund i de emner, som I gennemgik i matrixgruppeøvelserne, skal  i Jeres nye grupper skrive 100-200 ord til hvert af de 2-3 citater som findes nedenfor for hver gruppe… samt finde min.to billeder, der passer til Jeres tolkning af det pågældende (som de også skal forklare).

Dvs.: Drengen, manden, kænguruerne, gentagelser, symboler.

Find your group number and together answer the questions. Send your answer to our blog. Your answer must have the label (etikette) ‘Just Like That’.  Your entry must be named with the group members and the topic you are working with. For instance ‘Group 1: The boy’.

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Group 2: The boy

 

”The boy swallowed. He cleared his throat. He swallowed again. He braced his legs wide and snuggled the rifle to his eye” (p. 26, l. 18-19).

 

“The boy was disappointed. He had expected more, but didn’t know what. He had thought that somehow this would make him a man - but it had made no difference at all” (p. 26, l. 37-39).

 

“Suddenly the boy felt very calm. His eyes saw his hands lift the rifle. He felt nothing. He felt as if he were dead. The sights, blurred by his tears, danced about the man’s head. They steadied a moment. ‘Dead,’ said the boy” (p. 29, l. 18-21)

Describe the boy’s development based on these three quotes. How do you think he changes and why? (Write between 150-300 words - the important thing is that you all write something).

Find two pictures online that you think fit the boy. Explain how they are connected to his personality. (It doesn’t have to be a picture of a person - if you find something that expresses a mood or a feeling that you think fit him you can use that as well. Just remember to write down how you connect it to him).

 

Group 3: The man

 “The man finished the second kangaroo. The boy asked, ‘What do we do with them now?’ ‘Nothing,’ said the man, ‘let them rot’” (p. 26, l.4-6).

 

“The man kicked the doe in the stomach. It didn’t move. He kicked its face. ‘Dead.’” (p. 27, l. 25-26).

 

“The man rolled a cigarette. He stood aggressively with the rifle hanging loose in his arm. He gestured wildly at the magnificent sky. He said, ‘It’s going to be a bloody good day” (p. 27, l. 31-33).

 

Based on the quotes describe what kind of person the man is. Find some good adjectives (tillægsord) to describe his personality and connect it to the quotes above. (Write between 150-300 words- the important thing is that you all write something).

Find two pictures online that you think fit the man. Explain how they are connected to his personality. (It doesn’t have to be a picture of a person - if you find something that expresses a mood or a feeling that you think fit him you can use that as well. Just remember to write down how you connect it to him).

 

Group 4: The kangaroos

 “Its forepaws were curled like small hands. It lifted its head to caress the boy with its large lipid eyes” (p. 25, l. 24-25).

 

“They came to a large mob of browsing kangaroos. With their heads in the grass and their backs humped the roos looked like rounded red and grey rocks” (p. 27, l. 3-5).

 

“A grey raised its head like a periscope from the grass” (p. 27, l. 8).

 

“The rifle clicked empty. At the same instant the big kangaroo crashed full length. It fell like a tree” (p. 28, l. 29-30).

 

Write down what the kangaroos are compared to in each of the four quotes. Why do you think the author has chosen to compare them to these things? (Write between 150-300 words - the important thing is that you all write something).

 

Find two pictures online that you think fit the way the author describes the kangaroos. Write a few sentences explaining how you connect the pictures to the kangaroos.

 

Group 5: Repetitions in the text

 

Find out how many times the following phrases/key words are mentioned in the text and write it down in your answer.

·         Dead

·         Just like that

·         Don’t walk behind me

What effect does the repetition of these words have on the reader? These words/phrases can be seen as foreshadowing (forvarslende) - consider in what way they are foreshadowing and include it in your answer. (Write between 150-300 words - the important thing is that you all write something).

Find two pictures that are connected to the theme(s) of the text. Write a few sentences explaining how you connect the pictures to the theme(s).

 

Group 1: Imagery and symbols in Just Like That  

“They entered a cathedral of great river gums. The sun filtered through green stained-glass leaves” (p. 26, l. 15-16).

 

“The boy watched in silence. He watched while the man strolled among the cripples blessing each with his wand” (p. 27, l. 27-28).

 

“A solitary crow barked far away” (p. 29, l. 17).

 

Imagery (quote 1 and 2): Why do you think the author has chosen to use this kind of religious vocabulary in the text? What is the effect of it?

 

Symbol: What can crows symbolise (search online for ideas)? If you consider the themes of the text what significance does it have that the crow barks (her: skriger) near the end of the story? Does it foreshadow (forvarsler) anything?

Write between 150-300 words - the important thing is that you all write something.

Find two pictures online that are connected to the quotes above. Explain how you think they are connected.