The Darkness Out There

Question 1

1st paragraph

Answer 1

Title, genre, Penelope lively theme: the darkness in us all, how setting plays a part

Question 2

Paragraph 2

Answer 2

Summary 
Packers end, good neighbors club
Characters
Mrs rutters initial impression 
Climax

Question 3

Paragraph 3

Answer 3

How setting sets the mood

Question 4

First quote for paragraph 3

Answer 4

“She walked through flowers, the girl… polleny summer grass that glinted in The sun”
Mood is high
Setting and mood are innocent and simple
Reflects Sandra’s character

Question 5

Second quote for paragraph 3

Answer 5

“The light suddenly shutting off the bare wide sky of the field. Packers End “
Mood shifts as she aproches packers end
Sense of oppression, foreboding
Short sentence structure shows how scary it is

Question 6

How do you end every paragraph?

Answer 6

By telling us how this shows setting is important to what you talked about

Question 7

Paragraph 4

Answer 7

How does mrs Rutter’s house show her character

Question 8

First Quote for paragraph 4

Answer 8

“The walls were cluttered with old calanders and pictures torn from magazines: there was a smell of old cabbage”
Very typical of an elderly person
Paints her as a simple old lady
Creates more shock

Question 9

Second Quote for paragraph 4

Answer 9

“Stumps of spent vegetables and a matted flower bed and a square of shaggy grass”
Sense of unease
Unkempt garden creates sense of loneliness and isolation
Makes her seem frail
Adds to stereotype

Question 10

What is setting used to do in paragraph 4?

Answer 10

Set up mrs Rutter as stereotypical old woman to add to shock value, helps show main theme

Question 11

Paragraph 5

Answer 11

How the change in setting has an effect

Question 12

First Quote for paragraph 5

Answer 12

"Dot held the lantern up so we could see"
Use of lantern shows change in time 
Shows its dark
Contrasts opening 
Sets mood

Question 13

Second Quote for paragraph 5

Answer 13

“Not that we were laughing at the time…rain teeming down, raw November night and that sight under our noses”

Mrs Rutter isn’t happy but is more bothered about the weather than the dying man which is shown in how it is described (analysis description)

Question 14

Paragraph 6

Answer 14

Final paragraph and its use of setting

Question 15

First Quote for paragraph 6

Answer 15

“One moment you were walking in long grass with the sun in your hair and birds singing and the next you glimpsed darkness”
Setting used to create contrast
Show theme and reflect characters
Reflects intro and sandras world veiw

Question 16

Second Quote for paragraph 6

Answer 16

“Flowers sparkle and birds sing, but everything is not as it appears, oh no
Summers day is used to contrast to mood and characters as they reflect on events
Shows theme as there is darkness even on a bright summers day

Question 17

Conclusion

Answer 17

Title, author, genre, how it uses setting,
Impressive: use of setting in many ways
Surprise: climax of the story, well set up, stereotypes subverted
Lesson: don’t trust because of stereotypes
Story we can all learn from