MAIN EVENT – Individual Notes

Poem/Song:
Author:

THEME STATEMENT:

Explanation
Point (Device/Technique + (Effect – HOW the literary
Proof (Quotation)
IDEA) device/technique contributes
to constructing the meaning)

The speaker’s perspective of the

world is shown to be negative
Personification suggests “Got this feeling that today through his suggestion that the
that when people feel doesn’t like me… and the day and his car are upset with
him. Since neither of these things
purposeless, they see the car has a list of
can actually feel, it is impossible
world in a negative complaints.” for them to dislike anyone. It is
perspective. only from a feeling of
purposeless that people are able
to convince themselves that the
world is intentionally cruel.
 Explanation
(Effect – how the device
Point (Device/Technique) Proof (Quotation)
contributes to constructing
the meaning)