Seeing is Believing Activity 3.11

Learning Targets

• Identify literal and figurative meanings in multiple texts.

• Write a character analysis, analyzing a character in relation to a motif of the novel

# 1 Imagery

The verse below uses the imagery of sight and blindness. How is the use of this imagery similar to the use of the imagery in Tangerine?

Amazing grace! how sweet the sound That sav’d a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am

found, Was blind, but now I see.

# 2 Imagery

What are the literal meanings of the imagery of sight and blindness? What are possible figurative or symbolic meanings?

Literal:

Figurative:

# 3 Flashback

Reread the flashback at the end of Paul’s entry for October 5 (page 167, 4th paragraph) starting with “I stared hard into the backyard.” When is Paul referring to “seeing” in a literal sense, and when do you think he is being figurative? Literal: Figurative:

# 4 Who Sees? Who Doesn’t See?

Think about the word see and its meanings, both literal and figurative, and how it is used as a motif in the novel. Your teacher will either assign a character from the novel Tangerine or ask you to choose one. In one lens of the glasses, list or draw the things the character sees or understands; in the other lens, list or draw the things the character does not see or understand (or refuses to see).

# 4 Who Sees? Who Doesn’t See?