The Mountain By: Charles Mungoshi
The Mountain
by Charles Mungoshi
Include an image of the author or of a symbol from the story.
Settting:
S = Setting
Define setting as it applies to literature:
Note when the setting is describe in the story. (Bullet points are okay. Be sure to provide quotes and/or page numbers to support your examples).
How does the setting affect the characters here? How does it influence story events?
Conflict:
C = Conflict
Define conflict as it applies to literature:
Note when conflict occurs in the story, whether Nharo experiences an internal or external conflict.
What internal or external conflict does Nharo experience? What does this conflict reveal about his character?
Interpretive Questions: Be sure to answer all questions in complete sentences using quotes to support.1.) Why is Nharo unable to keep himself from being afraid?
2.) Why does Nharo say that he could not be CHemai’s friend “without catching his fever”? (p. 144)
3.) Why does Nharo say, “But it would not help us to show Chemai that I was frightened too”? (p. 146)
4.) Why does Nharo ask Chemai why the road couldn’t be constructed across the mountain if Nharo has already heard the reason?
5.) After Chemai accuses Nharo of insulting the goat, why does Nharo think, “It was no use pretending I didn’t know what I was doing. I knew these goats. Lost spirits”? (p. 149)
6.) Over the course of the story, does Narho’s attitude about the mountain change?
7.) At the beginning of the story, why does Nharo say he likes to think of their path “as a question, marked by the mountain”? (p. 143)
8.) Why does Nharo think that only “someone who had gone to school” could be friend with him? (p. 144)
9.) Why does Nharo feel “safe and warm” in his grandmother’s hut if his grandmother reminds him of his childhood nightmares? (p. 151)
10.) At the end of the story, what does Nharo mean when he says that “somebody who knew” was taking care of things? (p. 151)
Vocabulary:
1.) Tolerated (p. 143)
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2.) Irritating (p. 144)
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3.) Appease (p. 149)
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4.) Vigorously (p. 149)
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Thinking Map:
Use textual evidence to show examples of when Nharo seems superstitious or when Nharo seems logical. Include 5 examples and support with page numbers and opinion for each column.
Nharo seems SUPERSTITIOUS V. Nharo seems LOGICAL
by Charles Mungoshi
Include an image of the author or of a symbol from the story.
Settting:
S = Setting
Define setting as it applies to literature:
Note when the setting is describe in the story. (Bullet points are okay. Be sure to provide quotes and/or page numbers to support your examples).
How does the setting affect the characters here? How does it influence story events?
Conflict:
C = Conflict
Define conflict as it applies to literature:
Note when conflict occurs in the story, whether Nharo experiences an internal or external conflict.
What internal or external conflict does Nharo experience? What does this conflict reveal about his character?
Interpretive Questions: Be sure to answer all questions in complete sentences using quotes to support.1.) Why is Nharo unable to keep himself from being afraid?
2.) Why does Nharo say that he could not be CHemai’s friend “without catching his fever”? (p. 144)
3.) Why does Nharo say, “But it would not help us to show Chemai that I was frightened too”? (p. 146)
4.) Why does Nharo ask Chemai why the road couldn’t be constructed across the mountain if Nharo has already heard the reason?
5.) After Chemai accuses Nharo of insulting the goat, why does Nharo think, “It was no use pretending I didn’t know what I was doing. I knew these goats. Lost spirits”? (p. 149)
6.) Over the course of the story, does Narho’s attitude about the mountain change?
7.) At the beginning of the story, why does Nharo say he likes to think of their path “as a question, marked by the mountain”? (p. 143)
8.) Why does Nharo think that only “someone who had gone to school” could be friend with him? (p. 144)
9.) Why does Nharo feel “safe and warm” in his grandmother’s hut if his grandmother reminds him of his childhood nightmares? (p. 151)
10.) At the end of the story, what does Nharo mean when he says that “somebody who knew” was taking care of things? (p. 151)
Vocabulary:
1.) Tolerated (p. 143)
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2.) Irritating (p. 144)
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3.) Appease (p. 149)
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4.) Vigorously (p. 149)
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Thinking Map:
Use textual evidence to show examples of when Nharo seems superstitious or when Nharo seems logical. Include 5 examples and support with page numbers and opinion for each column.
Nharo seems SUPERSTITIOUS V. Nharo seems LOGICAL