THE BOOK THIEF

• CHARACTER: Liesel , Narrator (death)
• SETTING: Real WWII , Real Germany , Real third Reich , unreal Molching
• STRUCTURE: Linear , Chronological – FORESHADOWING (retelling from unreliable source)
• POINT OF VIEW: Third person , unreliable
• LANGUAGE: Realism

THE LIFE OF PI

• CHARACTER: Pi , Narrator (journalist)
• SETTING: Real ocean , Real ship , Unreal Island , uncertain animals
• STRUCTURE:
• POINT OF VIEW: Retelling
• LANGUAGE: Realism (facts sensory information logic creating reality)

WHY?- what is it for and how does it work ?

• To force a reader to think again
• a way to present an idea in a new light
• alters reality in order to expose an idea readers may not have otherwise apprehended
• challenges readers preconceptions
• realistic narrative that contains a surreal element
• forces us to re think our world
• lies to you
• to challenge the suspension of disbelief

undefined, rationality, reality

encase a lie in truth