This session was an exploration of the FIRST SIX CHAPTERS of the SECOND SECTION of the novel. Particular focus was placed upon the character of STEPHEN BLACKPOOL. Students were asked to consider the significance of....
- The savage attack on the factory owners at the beginning of the second section.
- The representation of James Harthouse and how Dickens feels about this character. This character aspires to be an MP...how does Dickens view the morality of this character?
- SLACKBRIDGE and the way that Dickens presents the Trade Union.
- The reason why Stephen refuses to join the Union.
- When Stephen is asked to meet Bounderby, how does Stephen represent the people that seem to have alienated him? Why does Dickens represent Stephen as such a decent and compassionate man? What does Stephen represent?
- Louisa's reaction when she enters the dwelling of Stephen Blackpool.
- The KEY moment when Dickens removes any pretence that this is a third person narrative and introduces the incredible paragraph in Chapter Six that warns that 'REALITY WILL TAKE A WOLFISH TURN, AND MAKE AN END OF YOU.'
HOMEWORK: Continue to digest the resources posted to previous blog entries, read the whole of the second section, and produce a paragraph of written work that illustrates the KEY NOTE from the novel thus far.
The paragraph needs to clearly explain why you feel that your KEY MOMENT is so significant and students must clearly explain how and why this moment allows Dickens to express his ideas.
Paragraph structure:
- OPINION
- TEXTUAL REFERENCE
- EXPLAIN SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TEXTUAL REFERENCE
- CLEARLY STATE WHY THIS IS SUCH A SIGNIFICANT MOMENT AND LINK TO AUTHOR'S AIM. THERE ALSO NEEDS TO BE SOME REFERENCE TO HISTORICAL CONTEXT AND REFERENCE TO THE VIEW OF A CRITIC. Read the notes I have provided.
Below is a link to a decent article about the novel. Well worth a read.
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