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Three Skeleton Key By: George G. Toudoze
First appeared in Esquire Magazine in January 1937.
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George G. Toudoze Born in France, George had many interests….he was a playwright, an essayist, and an illustrator. He also had a great interest in the sea and worked on a history of the French Navy
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SETTING Background: This story takes place in a lighthouse “newly built off the coast of Guiana”. French Guiana is a non-souvereign overseas département of France, located on the Caribbean coast of South America. Settled by the French in 1604, French Guiana was the site of a notorious penal settlements until 1951.
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LIGHTHOUSE For many people, lighthouses represent more than simple aids to navigation. The sight of a lighthouse often conjures up visions of shipwrecks, great storms, brave acts of courage, adventure, and the isolation of some remote lighthouse station. They revive the stories of times past when lighthouses guided fishermen safely back home despite the treacherous storms, fogs, and other dangers encountered by those making their living from the sea.
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1st Person Narrator— Name never stated
Characters 1st Person Narrator— Name never stated Itchoua – a Basque –from the Pyrenees, a mountain range in France and Spain LeGleo- from Brittany, a region of Northern France
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VOCABULARY Phosphorescent glowing Hordes (n.) large moving crowd
Receding (v.) moving back Fathom (v.) understand Edible (adj.) fit to be eaten Derisive (adj.) scornful and ridiculing
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JARGON The special terminology for an activity or a group.
Flying Dutchman a fable Derelict an abandoned ship Yards a rod that supports the sails Poop back deck of a boat Smack here, small sailboat Glasses binoculars Flotilla small fleet of boats
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SUSPENSE Suspense is the uncertainty or anxiety that we feel about what will happen next in a story.
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Foreshadowing Foreshadowing is the use of clues to suggest events that will happen later in the story. Foreshadowing often heightens suspense.
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The Flying Dutchman A fabled (no one knows for sure) Dutch ghost ship whose captain is said to be condemned to sail the seas until Judgement Day…If you see the Flying Dutchman it is supposed to bring bad luck!
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Be prepared to identify the events leading up to the climax
Climax: The point in which the main conflict is resolved one way or the other. Day 11 Be prepared to identify the events leading up to the climax Exposition: Characters, Setting, Main Conflict Day 1 Three Skeleton Key
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Language that appeals to the senses
IMAGERY Language that appeals to the senses
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When you finish reading...
4 sounds you would hear… 4 sights you would see 4 odors you would smell 4 images you could almost touch or feel Identify IMAGERY
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