Paula Browns New Snow Suit Essay Memo

Question 1

Introduction?

Answer 1

• paula brown’s new snowsuit is a short story by sylvia plath
• summary of extract
• even more interesting as its through an eye of a child

Question 2

2nd paragraph?
(There’s 3 quotes)

Answer 2

• my mecca my Jerusalem’
  (Explain how she finds comfort like its follower)
• ‘shooting stars’
  (Symbol of hope she also believes in sueprman)
• playing superman games with David they are both ‘outlaws’
• she loves airport and flight, flight is symbol of freedom and she loves the airport lights

Question 3

Paragraph 3
(1 quote)
(Uncle frank)

Answer 3

• narrator thinks uncle Frank = her superman
  ‘ he bore an extraordinary resembles to superman incognito’
  (Explain how she feels safe and that good beats evil alot and how she is blinded by this naive mindset that she will always be protected)

Question 4

4th paragraph?
(Turning point, 1 quote)

Answer 4

• narrator is now exposed to the bad things she used to be shielded from. Losing her inoccence
• ‘vomited up cake and ice cream’ (say how this is related to kids and their happiness)
• all she sees now is a grey world as she matures

Question 5

5th paragraph?
(1 quote)
(After incident)

Answer 5

-After the incident she us wrongfully accused of ruining Paula’s new snow suit

-she’s lost all hope and trust in her superman, uncle Frank cuz he wasn’t coming to the narrators rescue

-‘before I went to sleep, no crusading blue figures came roaming down’
(Explain how this means she’s growing up and how she wouldn’t be saved if she was in touble)

Question 6

Conclusion?

Answer 6

• author shows the theme of lose of innocence as she used symbolism to show and describe feelings and the narrators mind set through the story using things like weather colour and dreams.

-its clear that these events are very impactful for the narrator

• this once naive girl now a wary mature girl trying to get over being betrayed

-this is a very effective way to describe the lose of innocence in a subtle way