1. Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Today:
Discussion of themes in Chronicle…
Points of comparison
Your compare/contrast topics
Outline assignment
On your desk: all your materials for Compare/Contrast AND your book. 

2. Chronicle… Structure Style Message- Themes! Plot progression Timeline
Chapters
Style
Magical Realism
Use of figurative language
Narration/Voice
Characterization
Message- Themes!

3. Themes in Chronicle… & Like Water for Chocolate
Personal freedom (& lack of…), Fate, Predestination vs. Free will
Contradictions, ambiguity, deception, memory, unreliability, illusion, secrecy
Cultural traditions, moral & social order, honor, social pressures
Violence and Brutality
Gender Roles as prescribed by society (female or male)
Religion and spirituality

4. In pairs Find someone who has a similar topic as you.
Work together to complete the chart.
Use your resources.
You will use this page to create your outline, for homework and on Wednesday
Include page numbers for supporting passages, when possible.

5. Structuring your Essay/Outline
1. Whole-to-Whole/Block
2. Point by point
3. Similarities to Differences
Both authors address the theme of limited personal freedom, but they do it in different ways.
FYI: (WEAK THESIS)

6. Structuring your Essay/Outline
1. “Whole-to-Whole”/”Block”/”Subject-to-Subject”
Intro
Literary Work #1
1st standard of comparison
2nd standard of comparison
3rd standard of comparison
Literary Work #2
Conclusion

7. Structuring your Essay/Outline
1. “Whole-to-Whole”/”Block”/”Subject-to-Subject”
Intro
Like Water for Chocolate
rigid family/social rules
characterization of women
characterization of men
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Conclusion

8. Structuring your Essay/Outline
2. “Point-by-point”
Intro
1st Standard of Comparison
Literary Work #1
Literary Work #2
2nd Standard of Comparison
3rd Standard of comparison
Conclusion

9. Structuring your Essay/Outline
2. “Point-by-point”
Intro
Rigid Family/Social Rules
Chronicle of a Death Foretold examples
Like Water for Chocolate examples
Characterization of Women
Characterization of Men
Conclusion

10. Both authors address the theme of limited personal freedom, but they do it in different ways.
Points of comparison:
1. Both are set within restrictive family and social settings.
Example from Chronicle
Example from LWFC
2. Both portray female characters who are forced into situations against their will.
Tita/Angela- arranged marriages
3. GGM includes male characters who are forced into situations against their will, while Esquivel keeps the focus on female characters.
Pedro & Pablo Vicario, Santiago Nasar
Tita, Rosaura, Mama Elena, Nacha, etc.

11. So what????
What has this comparison showed us about the ways in which personal freedom can be affected by one’s environment?

12. Essays focusing on a theme
Both authors address __________ , but they do it in different ways.
Points of comparison:
Both have _______
Both do _________
But one does ___________ and the other does _________________.
Then, “So what?”

13. Structuring your Essay/Outline
“Similarities to Differences”
Intro
All the similarities
All the differences
Conclusion

14. Structuring your Essay/Outline
“Similarities to Differences”
Intro
LWFC & Chronicle both have limiting family duties and social norms. Female characters are portrayed similarly. Etc.
LWFC & Chronicle differ in that, in Chronicle, the main characters are men, not women, and the men also suffer from limiting social pressures…..
Conclusion

15. Structure Chronicle… Non-linear plot
Like Water…
Non-linear plot (past, present & future woven together)
Semi-chronological over course of book
Starts with 1st person
Follows Tita through 3rd person
Recipes
Chapters- months, but not consecutive in a year.
Chronicle…
Non-linear plot
Warped timeline (not chronological)
1st person narration
Omniscient point of view
Chapter breaks- 5 times through the story

16. Style- Figurative Language
Imagery
Chronicle: ghostly, surreal, dreamlike
LWFC: food-related, sensual (all senses), temperature (hot/cold)

17. Homework Finish reading Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Complete Grid for Compare-Contrast Essay/Begin Outline. Follow guidelines in C/C handout. DUE at the end of NEXT CLASS: Please type if possible.
Reminder: bring both texts to class until we complete the essay process.