Quote 3
Thematic Analysis of the Power of One
Group Members:______
Each group will be asked to look at a different aspect of the novel The Power of One. Think about how the idea below impacts the reader and potentially helps to establish a theme in the novel.
Below you will find a quotation from the novel. Your group will read and discuss each of the questions pertaining to the quotation. Each group member will complete their own sheet using complete sentences. Be prepared to present your responses during class discussion tomorrow. You will turn in your responses by the close of class today.
On page 40 of the novel, Pisskop states the following,
“The camouflage was intact and I’d moved up into the next evolutionary stage. From knowing how to hide my brains I had learned how to use them. Granpa Chook and I were one step further away from the sea.”
- What is the context of this quotation? What is happening in this particular part of the novel that is prompting Pisskop to make these statements?
- Why must Pisskop adopt such camouflage?
- How might this quotation relate to a theme in the novel?
- What is the overall comment that Bryce Courtenay is trying to make to his readers through this particular moment in the text?
Quote 1
Thematic Analysis of the Power of One
Group Members:______
Each group will be asked to look at a different aspect of the novel The Power of One. Think about how the idea below impacts the reader and potentially helps to establish a theme in the novel.
Below you will find a quotation from the novel. Your group will read and discuss each of the questions pertaining to the quotation. Each group member will complete their own sheet using complete sentences. Be prepared to present your responses during class discussion tomorrow. You will turn in your responses by the close of class today.
On page 18 of the novel, Pisskop states the following,
“Granpa Chook was the first living creature over which I held power, and now this not-so-dumb cluck had found a way of getting back on even terms, which was damned annoying if you ask me.”
- What is the context of this quotation? What is happening in this particular part of the novel that is prompting Pisskop to make these statements?
- What does Pisskop learn about power in this moment? What is power?
- How might this quotation relate to a theme in the novel?
- What is the overall comment that Bryce Courtenay is trying to make to his readers through this particular moment in the text?
Quote 2
Thematic Analysis of the Power of One
Group Members:______
Each group will be asked to look at a different aspect of the novel The Power of One. Think about how the idea below impacts the reader and potentially helps to establish a theme in the novel.
Below you will find a quotation from the novel. Your group will read and discuss each of the questions pertaining to the quotation. Each group member will complete their own sheet using complete sentences. Be prepared to present your responses during class discussion tomorrow. You will turn in your responses by the close of class today.
On page 29 of the novel, Pisskop states the following,
“The toughest damn chicken in the world had survived. He had beaten the executor by adapting perfectly and we were safely together again.”
- What is the context of this quotation? What is happening in this particular part of the novel that is prompting Pisskop to make these statements?
- What does Pisskop learn about the power of learning to adapt?
- How might this quotation relate to a theme in the novel?
- What is the overall comment that Bryce Courtenay is trying to make to his readers through this particular moment in the text?
Quote 4
Thematic Analysis of the Power of One
Group Members:______
Each group will be asked to look at a different aspect of the novel The Power of One. Think about how the idea below impacts the reader and potentially helps to establish a theme in the novel.
Below you will find a quotation from the novel. Your group will read and discuss each of the questions pertaining to the quotation. Each group member will complete their own sheet using complete sentences. Be prepared to present your responses during class discussion tomorrow. You will turn in your responses by the close of class today.
On page 86 of the novel, Hoppie talks to Peekay,
Hoppie came over to me, and, kneeling down so that his head was almost the same height as my own, he clasped me to his chest…”I’m not going to say the English haven’t got a lot to answer for, Peekay, because they have, but that’s past history, many. You can’t go feeding your hate on the past, it’s not natural.”
- What is the context of this quotation? What is happening in this particular part of the novel that is prompting Hoppie to make these statements?
- What does Pisskop learn about hate? Do all Afrikaans hate the English?
- How might this quotation relate to a theme in the novel?
- What is the overall comment that Bryce Courtenay is trying to make to his readers through this particular moment in the text?
Quote 5
Thematic Analysis of the Power of One
Group Members:______
Each group will be asked to look at a different aspect of the novel The Power of One. Think about how the idea below impacts the reader and potentially helps to establish a theme in the novel.
Below you will find a quotation from the novel. Your group will read and discuss each of the questions pertaining to the quotation. Each group member will complete their own sheet using complete sentences. Be prepared to present your responses during class discussion tomorrow. You will turn in your responses by the close of class today.
On page 98 of the novel, Peekay states the following,
In my excitement I was jumping up and down and yelling my head off. It was the greatest moment of my life. I had hope. I had witnessed small triumph over big. I was not powerless.
- What is the context of this quotation? What is happening in this particular part of the novel that is prompting Peekay to make these statements?
- What does Pisskop learn about power?
- How might this quotation relate to a theme in the novel?
- What is the overall comment that Bryce Courtenay is trying to make to his readers through this particular moment in the text?
Quote 6
Thematic Analysis of the Power of One
Group Members:______
Each group will be asked to look at a different aspect of the novel The Power of One. Think about how the idea below impacts the reader and potentially helps to establish a theme in the novel.
Below you will find a quotation from the novel. Your group will read and discuss each of the questions pertaining to the quotation. Each group member will complete their own sheet using complete sentences. Be prepared to present your responses during class discussion tomorrow. You will turn in your responses by the close of class today.
On page 100 of the novel, Peekay talks to Hoppie,
“I’ll never forget, first with the head and then with the heart.” I hugged him around the top of his legs.
- What is the context of this quotation? What is happening in this particular part of the novel that is prompting Peekay to make these statements to Hoppie?
- What does Hoppie’s plan mean – “first with the head and then with the heart” ?
- How might this quotation relate to a theme in the novel?
- What is the overall comment that Bryce Courtenay is trying to make to his readers through this particular moment in the text?