- Please create an evaluative question based upon "Games at Twilight."
- Then, rewrite that question into a theme statement.
- Next, find one passage from the story to support your idea.
- Introduce the quote by discussing the literal level of the quote--summarize the situation of the quote to help us see your reading comprehension. Include the person who said it and what the subject of the quote is.
- After explaining the quote, try to analyze the quote--think about how the author writes it. You can talk about the figurative language, the word choice, the tone of the language, or even the rhetorical elements like pathos, ethos, or logos. Try to make a connection between the way the quote is written and the message the quote has.
- Lastly, discuss what this passage helps us understand and learn as readers regarding your theme. See here for a sample
Thursday, August 30, 2018
"Games at Twilight" Evaluative Question and Theme Paragraph
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ReplyDeleteThey all forgot about roby while they were playing the game.
ReplyDelete"They stared, wondering at his reappearance,"
Once they found everyone besides roby they started to play a different game and forgot about roby, but once he showed himself to them.
what´s the most waying on a mentel a mental fortitude.
ReplyDelete¨ Games at Twilight¨ by Anita Desai is illustrating what being forgotten by your friends and family is like.
the narrator describes what happens after the game, He would not follow them, he would not be included in this funereal game. He had wanted victory and triumph - not a funeral. (page 10)
not a furnaril is referring to how sad and how badly e=he wanted to win as it is what they call a sadness. the fact that they never tryed to find him and he won but not in the same game.
Evaluative Question: What can this story teach us about how a child's emotions change based on the reaction they get from the people around them?
ReplyDeleteThematic Thesis: "Games at Twilight" by Anita Desai illustrates that children's emotions vary based on the emotions of the people they are surrounded with.
Quotation: "...so helplessly, that Ravi could not bear it. He would not follow them, he would not be included in this funereal game. He had wanted victory and triumph - not a funeral. But he had been forgotten, left out and he would not join them now." (Desai 8)
Recall: At the end of the game, Ravi finally comes out of his hiding spot to touch the based. When he does, none of his friends or family cares and they just want to continue on the game that they were playing before. After they express very little interest, his emotions change to sadness instead of happiness and ignorer to be included he must forget about whats important to him and he refuses to do that so he sits there alone again.
Analyze: The language in the quote helps us determine the tone and meaning of it. The words "helplessly" and the use of the phrase "but he had been forgotton" helps us understand the feelings of Ravi in the moment. These words also displayed a negative tone in this part of the story that brings sadness and disappointment into a sea of other feelings.
Evaluate: Lastly, this passage helps the reader understand that a child's emotions can change very fast if they find that no one else feels the same way. This shows that a lack of maturity can lead to the inability to control their emotions and the want to be like the other/older people they are surround by.
Evaluative Question- How can people forget about a person they are with all the time?
ReplyDeleteThematic Question- In the short story "Games at Twilight" by Anita Desai shows how the kids forget about one of their siblings, even though they spent the majority of the day together.
Quote- "They had begun to play again, sing and chant. All this time no one had remembered Ravi. Having disappeared from the scene, he had disappeared from their minds. Clean. (Desai Pg 7-8)
This quote, shows how even though they were playing with Ravi the whole day, inside or outside, they still ended up forgetting about him, because Raghu didn't find him in the game, and that made Ravi feel upset at the end, because he felt forgotten.
I don't think the author ended up using any figurative language. I think the tone of the language is kind of sad, and shows that no one cared about Ravi.
This passage helps you understand the theme, because it shows how Ravi was forgotten, and no one noticed, or seemed to care.
how can you forget about your loved ones so easy?
ReplyDelete"games at Twilight" by anila desai ilistaties that your family even your brother or sister can forget about you so easy.
Quat:"laughing. But what about the game? What had happened? Could it be over? How could it when he was still not found?"
ravie is hiding and amigaging he can here the kids laughing.
ravie vanished from his family's mind, they didn't even know he was gone. ravie must feel forgotten
Evaluative Question: Do young children having bad things happen to them, prepare them for the real world or just hurt them?
ReplyDeleteThesis Statement: Young children having bad things happen to them will hurt them.
Quote that supports this: "Ravi could not bear it. He would not follow them... he had been forgotten, left out and he would not join them now. The ignominy of being forgotten - how could he face it? He felt his heart go heavy and ache inside him unbearably. He lay down... by a terrible sense of his insignificance."(Desai)
Literal level: This quote is saying that Ravi has been deeply hurt by what happened. He feels insignificant because they could forget him. This is by the author and the subject is Ravi.
Analysis of Quote: The author uses big words like ignominy (shame) and insignificance to make the reader feel sympathy and empathy for Ravi because the author assumes the reader has been in this situation before, the tone is despairing and uses phrases like "he felt his heart go heavy and ache inside him unbearably." (Desai) to show it. This part is definitely pathos. There is no figurative language. The way the quote is written, sends a message to the readers to remind them of things that hurt them as a child and maybe to have them try not to hurt any children in that way.
Theme to Reader Connection: This passage helps readers to understand and learn that young children are ignorant of unfairness in the world and that it's better to help them through life before letting go of their hand. It's better to teach them in a safe environment, of the world's dangers before letting them see the world as it is instead of telling them to not cry and to act more mature than they are. To not act how Ravi's mother did).
How does Raghu feel about losing his youngest brother? Raghu was to focused on finding all of the other kids, but how could he forget about Ravi? Raghu is the biggest brother he should be in charge of watching the younger ones. "They had quite forgotten him. Raghu had found all the others long ago. There had been a fight about who was to be It next. It had been so fierce that their mother had emerged from her bath and made them change to another game." Raghu should've known how many kids he was playing with, and how many he caught at the end.
ReplyDeleteWhat does the game hide and seek represent in this story?
ReplyDeleteThe game hide and seek represents the hard facts of life that everyone can't be the best and win everything and be rewarded for it. "‘I know I have to, idiot,' Raghu said, superciliously kicking tim with his toe. 'You're dead,' he said with satisfaction, licking the beads of perspiration off his upper lip, and then stalked off in search of worthier prey, whistling spiritedly so that the hiders should hear and tremble." The wording of this quote causes Raghu to seem very powerful and like an alpha of the children causing the other children to fear him.
Question: What does this story show us about childhood?
ReplyDeleteThesis: “Games at Twilight” by Anita Desai shows us children need to be outside in order to have freedom.
Quotation: "The children, too, felt released. They too began tumbling, shoving, pushing against each other, frantic to start. Start what? Start their business. The business of the children's day which is— play."
Recall: As they soon as the mother releases them from the house they run out with cries of joy, and as they run they all push and shove to try and be the first out. Each child eager to start playing a game. They feel a sense of freedom when they are released from the house.
Analyze: The language in this quotation help us understand what the author is trying to say. When she uses the word released, and the phrase “frantic to start” shows that the children were eager to get outside and finally play. These words also show that the children felt a sense of freedom when they were outside.
Evaluate: This passage shows us that children need to be outside in order to feel a sense of freedom instead of being cooped up inside all day. They children were obviously anxious to be outside enjoying the time they had to play.
What does this story teach us about the innocence of childhood?
ReplyDeletethematic thesis - "Games at Twilight" by Anita Desai displays the way children lose innocence in the coming of age and when defeated
quotation - As the narrator of the story, "Games at Twilight", states about Ravi towards the end of the story: "And the arc of thin arms trembled in the twilight, and the heads were bowed so sadly, and their feet tramped to that melancholy refrain so mournfully, so helplessly, that Ravi could not bear it. He would not follow them, he would not be included in this funereal game. He had wanted victory and triumph - not a funeral. But he had been forgotten, left out and he would not join them now. The ignominy of being forgotten - how could he face it? He felt his heart go heavy and ache inside him unbearably. He lay down full length on the damp grass, crushing his face into it, no longer crying, silenced by a terrible sense of his insignificance."
recall - This passage is explains to the reader how affected Ravi was when he realized that no one else cared about him winning the game. It accurately illustrates the moment we lose that little bit of innocence as a child, how helpless we feel
analysis - As used in this passage, the words melancholy, helplessly, heavy, ache, and forgotten along with the uses of the phrase "the ignominy of being forgotten - how could he face it?" tell the reader that the way the game ended not only meant that Ravi felt insignificant, but tell us that the little piece of innocence we have inside us as a child, was gone
Evaluative Question: How does hiding from your problems affect your everyday life?
ReplyDeleteThesis: "Games at Twilight" by Anita Desai illustrated Ravi feeling forgotten after hiding for hours without anyone noticing his disappearance.
Passage: “It took them a minute to grasp what he was saying, even who he was. They had quite forgotten him. Raghu had found all the others long ago” (Desai 7).
This passage means that all the children and the mother had forgotten about Ravi. The text says “They had quite forgotten him” (Desai 7). The thought of Ravi felt unimportant to the other characters and slipped there mind.
Analysing the quote: The author uses very specific word choice in this quote to describe the situation. They use the words “quite forgotten” as a way to empathize how forgotten Ravi truly was.
This passage helps readers understand that if you are to afraid to live life , you may be forgotten and left out.
Question- What'd does this story tell us about achievements in life?
ReplyDelete"Game at Twilight" by Anita Desai illustrates that if people don't show recognition to your achievements there is no meaning to the accomplishment. .."But Ravi would not let them. He tore himself out of his mother's grasp and pounded across the lawn into their midst, charging at them with his head lowered so that they scattered in surprise. 'I won, I won, I won,' he bawled, shaking his head so that the big tears flew. 'Raghu didn't find me. I won, I won—'
It took them a minute to grasp what he was saying, even who he was. They had quite forgotten him." In this quote Ravi is in disbelief and rage that his fellow brothers and friends had forgotten about him. The word choice that the author used in this were to show the true emotion of Ravi like pounded across the lawn and charged at them really capture how angry Ravi was. This Passage helps understand how people around can either show great accomplishment in life or absolutely not recognize you in your achievements.
Evaluated Question: What lessons does this story teach us through siblings?
ReplyDeleteThesis Statement: “Games At Twilight” By: Anita Desai demonstrates the connection through siblings to connect with everyone who has a sibling.
Quotation: “'I won, I won, I won,' he bawled, shaking his head so that the big tears flew. 'Raghu didn't find me. I won, I won—'” (pg. 8 par. 3)
Introduction of quote: When Ravi and Raghu were playing hide and seek there was a goal to win the game, which created a brotherly rival. This started angry and competitiveness throughout the brothers which tension grew. As Ravi won he wanted to make sure that Raghu knew it so he could also feel the power of his brother too. (quote goes here)
Analyzation: The quote demonstrates that brothers will always want to have more power over each other so they can get more attention from their family and feel as if they are the significant brother. I can relate to this since my older brother and I were also fighting to be better and rubbed everything in eachothers faces to feel the power over one another, like Ravi and Raghu. The language in the story also is very intense and kind of aggressive which helps elevate the feelings and tension throughout the story.
Conclusions: Lastly the short story demonstrates different feelings and connections to relate to one another who is reading this story to feel other character emotions. Being able to have your own connections in a story helps a person understand a story more and since there is so much to connect to in childhood, this story does a great job at helping, and involving the readers in this story.
Is it bad to have too much competitiveness in children's games? "Games at Twilight" by Anita Desai demonstrates that too much competitiveness in children's games is often is a bad thing. After Ravi won the game, he was very happy with his victory. He then began to feel upset though because nobody seemed to care about him, and he thought to himself, "He had wanted victory and triumph - not a funeral. But he had been forgotten, left out and he would not join them now. The ignominy of being forgotten - how could he face it? He felt his heart go heavy and ache inside him unbearably." Ravi just thought that if he won he would be happy, but that turned out to be false. The whole game, Ravi was overly competitive to win the game, but he still ended up sad even though he won. The quote was written to show that it’s not always about winning. It shows that the other kids were happy because they had fun, but Ravi was sad because he was only focused on winning. I have experienced similar times when I was only focused on winning, and I can definitely say I would’ve been happier if I would’ve focused on having fun. From this story, we can all learn that when playing a game with friends, it’s ok to try to win, but the main goal is just to have fun.
ReplyDeleteQuestion: Why do kids take simple games so seriously?
ReplyDeleteThesis: In "Games at Twilight" by Anita Desai, demonstrates how seriously children take games that are because of the way that they act while playing.
for example, In the story, "Games at Twilight" by Anita Desai, the kids are about to play hide and seek and they need to decide who is it. All the kids start arguing over who has to be it. Eventually it gets to the point where they are wrestling each other over who is going to be it. "'Let's play hide-and-seek.'
'Who'll be It?' 'You be It.' 'Why should I? You be—' 'You're the eldest—' ‘That doesn't mean—' The shoves became harder. Some kicked out. The motherly Mira intervened. She pulled the boys roughly apart." The quote narrates how all the kids really don't want to be it almost no matter what.
This passage helps us see my theme because the ids got very violent over not being it in hide and seek, showing how seriously they take the game.
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ReplyDeleteThesis "Games at Twilight" by Anita Desai illustrates that children suffer if mothers are too hands off.
Evaluated Question: What effects do we notice in children when their mother is distant?
Introduction of quote: When Ravi and Raghu were playing hide and go seek there were goals which created a sibling conflict. “They had begun to play again, sing and chant. All this time no one had remembered Ravi. Having disappeared from the scene, he had disappeared from their minds. Clean.”
Analyzation: As used in the passage the quote is stating that siblings get into conflict within each other sometimes. I can relate to this, me and my older sister fight all the time which has got aggressive in the past.
All and all the short story shows different feelings within how some siblings feel. This short story teaches us that we need to pay more attention within things.
Evaluative Question: What can this story teach us about being the youngest?
ReplyDeleteThematic Thesis: “Games at Twilight” by Anita Desai shows us that children can be very mean to each other and get hurt especially if you are the youngest.
Quote: “And the arc of thin arms trembled in the twilight, and the heads were bowed so sadly, and their feet tramped to that melancholy refrain so mournfully, so helplessly, that Ravi could not bear it. He would not follow them, he would not be included in this funereal game. He had wanted victory and triumph - not a funeral”
Analysis:The choice of words Ravi uses such as “could not bear it” and “wanted a victory and triumph”, really makes you realize how frustrated Ravi was that the older kids seemed to not care even a little bit about Ravi
As readers this teaches us how in the real world younger kids may feel in different situations based on maybe their ages.
Evaluation Question - What is the story saying regarding a deeper meaning toward child and adulthood morals ?
ReplyDeleteThematic Thesis - "Games at Twilight" by Anita Desai has a deeper meaning hidden in the story, it is saying childhood morals should be kept and followed throughout your entire life.
Introduction of Quote - When Ravi finally won the game he quickly realized that wanting to win so badly wasn't worth it. The other kids had forgotten he was even playing, no one cared as much as he did. “But he had been forgotten, left out and he would not join them now. The ignominy of being forgotten - how could he face it? He felt his heart go heavy and ache inside him unbearably. He lay down full length on the damp grass, crushing his face into it, no longer crying, silenced by a terrible sense of his insignificance.”
Analyzation - This quote was written with very descriptive language because the author wanted the readers to be heavily impacted by it. The words “ignominy, unbearably, crushing, silenced, and insignificance” are all words indicating how deep the author wanted it to hit the readers. It also explains the tone of the content by looking at what the definitions of the words are which leads me to believe the author wanted it to be read in a sort of sad/depressing mood.
Evaluate - With my understanding this quatation hints toward a deeper meaning. I believe the deeper meaning is about life as a whole and how people feel plus what they go through. At some point in everyone’s life time, we’re all going to experience happiness, sadness, pain and excitement it’s bound to happen at some point. Everyone should have to or at least try to stick to their morals. I think this story is just focusing on the emotion of feeling alone plus being depressed and showing how much your morals can either push you towards success or bring you down. When Ravi won no one cared so he threw a fit because he worked very hard to win. Although Ravi didn’t get the satisfaction of winning from everyone else it was his morals that threw him down. By looking at the story a very important moral he had was to win and when he first won he was excited, he then realized no one cared. In this case his morals both pushed him to success and threw him down.
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ReplyDeleteEvaluative question: What can this story teach us about the variety of childhood experiences and lessons that we go through as children?
Thematic Thesis: The story "Games at Twilight" by Anita Desai illustrates the different experiences and lessons that we goo through as children.
Introduction of Quote: In this story, Ravi is forgotten by all of the children that are playing hide and seek and he becomes sad and disappointed. He has to learn how to pick himself up and be independent when something upsets him just like all children do.
The quote,"All this time no one had remembered Ravi. Having disappeared from the scene, he had disappeared from their minds. Clean." said by the narrator of the story shows the situation that Ravi was in. It is similar to want many people may have experienced and have learned valuable life lessons from.
Analyzation: This quote does not ready contain any figurative language but it is still really powerful. It has a deep impact when describing how Ravi had disappeared from the other children's minds after they had finished their hide and seek game. The quote really has a pathos appeal because it deals a lot with feelings. It creates an emotional feeling because it describes what had happened to Ravi. It made me as the reader feel the emotion of that situation when I read it.
Evaluation: This passage describes a situation that helps children learn a very important skill in life. That skill is independence and the ability to pick yourself back up when something bad has happened. Even though Ravi does not learn his lesson in the story, he demonstrates a situation where one might learn to be independent without someone to hold their hand through hard times. Ravi's situation and how he handles it helps us understand that as children we all have to go through experiences whether they are tough or easy to overcome and learn important valuable lessons from them.
Question: Could a mother be so selfish to forget a child?
ReplyDeleteTheme "Games at Twilight" by Anita Desai portrays that mothers that have too much on their plates, children could be hurt and too independent if they are not cared for.
Quote: “hey wailed so horrendously that she actually let down the bolt of the front door so that they burst out like seeds from a crackling, over-ripe pod into the veranda, with such wild, maniacal yells that she retreated to her bath and the shower of talcum powder and the fresh sari that were to help ; her face the summer evening.”
This quote shows that the mother was practically fed up with her children and did not care enough about what they were doing as long as they stayed within the area that was told. She did not watched them.
Genuinely, there was nothing figurative about this. Everyone was pretty straight up about how they felt.
Both the stories “Games at Twilight” by Anita Desai’s and “The Scream” by H. Briscoe argues that a lack of parental supervision causes sibling rivalry. In “Games at Twilight” the description of the mother is very nonchalant as she “retreated to her bath and the shower of talcum powder and the fresh sari that were to help ; her face the summer evening.” (1) The author shows how once the children was out playing, she very easily relaxed without a care. This creates a perfect opportunity for sibling rivalry to occur. Ravi, very excited to win “sat back on the harsh edge of the tub, deciding to hold out a bit longer. What fun if they were all found and caught - he alone left unconquered! He had never known that sensation.” (5) We first see the rivalry forming as Ravi itches to win and has the desire to hold out. On the other hand Rague is trying to find him and the other children. The rivalry of who will be victorious first is shown. Much like the story “The Scream” by H. Briscoe the mother’s absence, while while getting ice cream for the girl forms the perfect setting for sibling rivalry. Mary, when supposedly getting off the ride and walking to Anna, says “"But Anna ... Anna I've lost the bag." (7) Anna, now very panicked said to Mary “Just look after this bag, okay, and I'm going to go and find the rucksack."(8) Mary, well knowing that the bad was not lost let Anna go up the ramp onto the terrifying roller coaster to pull a prank. In both stories sibling rivalry is clearly demonstrated from a lack of parental supervision.
ReplyDeletewhat do you think that the story is telling us about kids emotions and why.
ReplyDeleteIn "Games at Twilight" by Anita Desai we can see that kids emotions are based on all the people around them and how they act tordes the kid.
"Their mother rose from her basket chair and came towards him, worried, annoyed, saying, 'Stop it, stop it, Ravi. Don't be a baby. Have you hurt yourself?'
Seeing him attended to, the children went back to clasping their hands and chanting "The grass is green, the rose is red. ...'"
All of the kids were playing together all day but they still forgot about Ravi in the garage so it made him feel forgotten and disliked.
In the quote it shows that even his mom is not very sorry for him being forgotten.
This article helps us understand that the attitude of kids is affected by the people around them. If the people are happy and helpful then they will be happy.
ReplyDeleteHow do our experiences as a child good or bad effect and shape us as people?
Games at Twilight is a short story that follows the perspective of a child named Ravi as he plays a game of hide and seek with his siblings. He finds a hiding spot that is good enough so that his siblings forgot he was even there. After hours of waiting he came to find that his siblings completely forgot about him and crushed him. This may seem kind of unimportant but this could have been a big push for him in growing up and letting go of unimportant things.'Don't be a fool,' Raghu said roughly, pushing him aside, and even Mira said, 'Stop howling, Ravi. If you want to play, you can stand at the end of the line,' This is one of the reactions from his siblings after he returned to them. In a harsh way they explained that these things don’t matter and to move on. That’s a big lesson in life to learn, what really matters in life. The author brought the intensity of the story up to drop when Ravi faced his siblings. All of the excitement was gone. This passage helps us to understand that every experience we have throughout our lives especial as children have a big impact on us in ways we probably don’t even notice. Every little things is a push to becoming who we are.