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Comparison of Literary Devices

Simon Birch and The Scarlet Ibis
Indiana Common Core Standards:
Analyze the representation of a subject or a key scene in two different artistic mediums, including what is emphasized or absent in
each treatment.
Analyze various accounts of a subject told in different mediums, determining which details are emphasized in each account.
Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences are drawn from the
text.
Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and
refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
Part One Directions: Use the following criteria to compare the film Simon Birch to the short story The Scarlet Ibis.

Simon Birch Scarlet Ibis Similarities/

Differences
Characters Simon killed joes mother Parents care abt him There both born small
Main characters Parents dont care abt Thought he couldnt walk There both have conditions
Protagonist/Antagonist
him
Round/Flat
Static/Dynamic
Evidence—use a quote
from the text AND a line
from the story to back up
your answer
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Plot Best friends one is a Child born with a serious They were voth expected to die
Setting impact on the plot miracle and everyone condition who trys to but both survived
(if any) overcome it
doesnt want him around
Events
Evidence

Point of view First person (joe) First persons (brother) There both and first person and
First or third person? Limited Limited limited
Limited (only tell you
about what they saw or
experienced) or omniscient
(“All-knowing” can jump
around to any character in a
story.)?
Evidence

Symbols Graveyard Coffin Tehy botg had a vehicle to pull

Symbols in story quarry/swimming hole The ibis the other
Symbols in movie Side car Old womans swamp
Symbols that are similar in Baseball Barn loft
both Left handed The cocart
Anything left out? Deer
Evidence Armadillo
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Theme You can overcome it Theres even miracles in life Nothing last forever
The theme of the movie
The theme of the story
Similarities in the theme?
Differences in the theme?
Evidence

Setting 1960s North carolina Both in 1900s

The setting of the story Gravestone maine 1918
The setting of the movie
Similarities in the setting?
Differences in the setting?
Evidence

Foreshadowing -Showed simons grave

Foreshadowing present in died at 12 old
the story
-Joe describes simon as
Foreshadowing present in
the movie the instrument of my
Similarities mothers death
Differences
Evidence

Part Two Directions: Answer the following in complete sentences:

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What is a symbol in the short story coincided with a symbol from the movie? Explain.

What are the themes from the movie that are similar to themes from the short story? Explain how the movie expresses theme through
characters, events, symbols, etc.

Which did you like better—the book or the movie—and explain why you preferred one over the other?