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Summary The Dream House
- Course
- English
- Institution
- HeronBridge College
A good summary made from many class notes, study guides and directly from the book.
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The DreamHouse
16
, Introduction
Setting:
- An old farm in KZN called Dwaleni
- The farm has been bought by developers
o To be developed into an up-market estate
A ‘gated’ community
- “The landscape of the farm is in transition and in a middle space
between ruin and regeneration, which can be considered a fitting
image for contemporary South Africa”
- It is a ‘post-apartheid’ novel
o Takes place approximately 2010-2014
Narrative style:
- Perspective moves from one character to another
- Chapters are short and each is a different perspective
- The story flows by characters picking up where others left off
o Insightful and shifts understanding accordingly
Device is called ‘attacked third person’
Gives writer freedom to move around
Allows for more than one author
Allows for more authority over what is happening
- Allows for the reader to work things out for themselves
Structure:
- Part 1: The Exposition
o Setting, character development and conflict introduced
- Part 2: Rising Action
o Leads the reader to the climax
o Complications arise
- Part 3: The Climax
o Turning pint
o The highest amount of suspense
- Part 4: Falling Action
o Opposite of rising action
o Story is coming to an end
o Last details and plot twists
- Part 5: Resolution
o Final outcome of drama
o Moral lesson
17
, Characters
18
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