Summary vs. Analysis Step 1: Describe what you see (SUMMARIZE) Step 2: Consider the TONE of the painting. How does it make you FEEL? Step 3: Find EVIDENCE in the painting (color, figures, lines, facial expressions) to support your claim about the tone.
George Milton Summary: What does he look like? Say? Do? Analysis: WHY? What is his MOTIVATION? How does he AFFECT OTHERS? What function does he serve in the novel (protagonist, antagonist, martyr, hero, moral guide)?
Lennie Small & Curley’s Wife Summary: What does he/she look like? Say? Do? Analysis: WHY does he/she act as he/she does? What is his/her motivation in life? How does he/she affect others? Why is he/she important to the story?
Friendship Summary: “George and Lennie are friends.” Analysis: “The friendship of George and Lennie shows that in a world full of self-interested, selfish people, good people still exist.” (tell WHY friendship is important)
Clarisse McClellan Summary: What does she LOOK LIKE? Do? Say? Analysis: WHY?? What is her motivation? What does she WANT? Why is she in the book? How does she affect others?
Guy Montag What does he look like? Do? Say? WHY? What is his MOTIVATION? How does he affect others? What does he want?
Censorship: What do we see happening? WHY??