Jóvenes 5 B menores - Prof. Ma. Laura del Rio

Our project was based on the story “A Unicorn in the Garden” by James THURBER (http://english.glendale.cc.ca.us/unicorn1.html). In November students read the story and worked with some comprehension question on the Internet. After working with the story, they watched a video on You-Tube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADFCzrseP4o. On this video they learnt about the different parts of a story. Then they analyzed the story “A unicorn in the garden” following the structure of the video.

Here you can read an example of their analyses:

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PARTS OF A STORY

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SETTING
-Time: morning
-Place: a house
-Weather: sunny

PLOT
-Introduction: a sunny morning a man who was having breakfast saw a unicorn in his garden.
-Rising action: the man told his wife about the unicorn
-Climax: she didn´t believe him and wanted to lock him up in a mental institution, so she called the police and a psychiatrist.
-Falling action: the police and the psychiatrist arrived at the marriage's house and asked some questions. They listened to the wife and started to look each other.
-Denouement: Finally they thought the wife was the crazy one and they took her with them. 

CONFLICT
Man vs Woman

CHARACTERS
- Main characters: the man and his wife
Supporting characters: the unicorn, the police and the psychiatrist
-Antagonist: woman
Protagonist: man 
-Traits and motivations: The man wanted his wife to believe him, and he felt frustrated when she didn't.
-Relationships: The relationship husband-wife didn´t seem to be very good.
-Changes: at first the man seems to be weak, but at the end of the story he takes revenge and makes the others believe his wife was the crazy one and not him.

POINT OF VIEW
3rd person point of view.

(Priscila - Jóvenes 5 B menores)

They wrote a short paragraph about their own interpretation of the story:

INTERPRETATION

In my opinion the man did see the unicorn, but he got mad when his wife didn´t believe him. She treated him badly when she called him "booby". They didn´t seem to have a good relationship.
When she threatened him with the booby-hatch he saw the opportunity of taking revenge. When the police and the psychiatrist arrived, he acted normally and made the others believe she was the crazy one.

(Priscila - Jóvenes 5 B menores)