Literary Theory Graphic Organizer

“On the Rainy River”

For this particular activity choose only one theory.
Theory Evidence from the text Analysis (What does this theory
reveal about the text that you might
not otherwise notice?)
Reader - This is one story I've never - The feeling that Tim felt at the
Response told before. Not to anyone. Not beginning of the story reminded
to my parents, not to my me of a time I did so poorly on a
brother or sister, not even to test that I was too embarrassed
my wife (1) to tell my parents as I was
scared as to what would

happen. Feeling a sense of

embarrassment surely makes it
hard to tell someone what you
have done.


- I saw no unity of purpose, no - Last year when we were online
consensus on matters of for school every high school
philosophy or history or law. student felt as if there was no
The very facts were shrouded purpose in doing the schoolwork
in uncertainty: Was it a civil as our marks would not go
war? A war of national down. We were also left in
liberation or simple constant uncertainty as to what
aggression? (2) was going to happen and when
things would get better.

- Mean girls, Regina George is
- A million things all at once - I
was too good for this war. Too what instantly came to my mind.
smart, too compassionate, too She has Main Character
everything. It couldn't happen Syndrome where she thinks she
(4) is too good for anyone or to do
work that others do.

- I felt isolated; I spent a lot of -
time alone (6)
This is how I felt during the very
first lockdown when we couldn’t
do anything, we couldn’t leave
or couldn’t see anybody. It left
me caught up in my own mind
and thoughts.
 - In the Book of Negros, the main
- The emotions went from character, Aminata when she is
outrage to terror to taken advantage of by the
bewilderment to guilt to Medicine Man. The man took
sorrow and then back again to her innocence leading her
outrage (11)
through the roller-coaster of
emotions feeling angry for what
he did, scared for what had
happened, guilty that her
innocence was taken and sad
that she was taken advantage of
by a grown man as a kid.


- He offered exactly what I - With working a part time job in
needed, without questions, retail, we often have many
without any words at all. (17) people who come in and you can
just tell that they are coming
into to get one thing and get
out, so we often tell them
exactly where it is without small
talk.



- This is often how my brother
- After supper one evening I
feels when stressed about tests
vomited and went back to my
that he stresses himself out so
cabin and lay down for a few
much he is often sick to his
moments and then vomited
stomach.
again (27)

- When babysitting the kids next

- We forgot wages. Those odd
jobs you done. What we have door as a favour to help out
to do, we have to figure out their mom while she’s working, I
what your time's worth (36) often don’t expect to be paid
but she often pays me as she
feels as if she should because it
was my time she used.

 - I think he meant to bring me - This often happens when
up against the realities, to parents want us to make the
guide me across the river and right decisions, they show us
to take me to the edge and to what would happen if we made
stand a kind of vigil as I chose the wrong choice compared to
a life for myself. (52) the right one.

- I tried to will myself - I feel as if we had all had this
overboard. I gripped the edge feeling when we reach our
of the boat and leaned forward breaking point and need an
and thought, now. escape especially during these
difficult times of the pandemic.





- The Hunger Games is movie that
- I survived, but it's not a ends in this way, the victors
happy ending. I was a survived but there not happy
coward. I went to the war. with what happened having to
kill allies or innocent little kids.