The Spinning Heart Comparative Study Guide

A 182 page companion guide to The Spinning Heart for Comparative Study. For use in the classroom or for focussed independent study.Section 1Outline summary for each chapter.Notes and Questions on each mode for each chapter.Modes include: Cultural Context/Social Setting Literary Genre General Vision and Viewpoint Relationships and Hero/Heroine/Villain.Section 2Notes looking at each mode as a whole across the entire text.Accompanying questions for each mode.Section 3Comparing your texts: Questions on each mode to compare Brooklyn and your other chosen Comparative Study texts.This book is a companion guide for the Comparative Study of The Spinning Heart by Donal Ryan. Ideally it accompanies a second detailed viewing and study of the film.Each chapter contains an outline summary a brief note on Cultural Context/Social Setting Literary Genre General Vision and Viewpoint Relationships and Hero/Heroine/Villain and a set of questions on Cultural Context/Social Setting Literary Genre General Vision and Viewpoint Relationships and Hero/Heroine/Villain. The brief note is intended as a starting point for students to provide something concrete for each mode that can be developed and built on by exploring the relevant mode-based questions for each part.Towards the back of the book there are short notes looking at each mode as a whole across the entire novel and accompanying questions (please note there may be some similarity with earlier questions to draw attention to key ideas).Lastly there is a section of questions on each mode designed to prompt comparisons between The Spinning Heart and other Comparative Study texts.