"A DIll

PICkle"
short story by Katherine Mansfield
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 CONTENTS
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. OBJECTIVES

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BACKGROUND OF THE
STORY
AUTHOR'S
BACKGROUND

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STORY'S INSPIRATION
SETTING
THEME
CHARACTERS
BEFORE READING

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STORY PROPER
AFTER READING
REFERENCES
 OBJECTIVES
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At the end of this We will be able to Students will be able

Students will be
presentation will be know where the story to know who is the
able to know the
able to understand happen or what are author behind this
theme of the
what the story is all the settings of the amazing short story.
story.
about. story.
BACKGROUND OF THE
STORY
AUTHOR
KATHERINE MANSFIELD
OCTOBER 14, 1888

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 INSPIRATION
The "a dill pickle" was created as the result of the author's loneliness and
disillusionment in her writing. Her background years were burdened with loneliness,
illness, jealousy, and alienation. The story was created as she realizes that, as
Mansfield put it, the female's loneliness and disillusionment in reality, as well as
the author's apathetic, skeptical attitude toward love that the man and lady would
not have a happy ending since the lady was always the victim of the cold and
pompous person. In addition, the story was inspired by the author's real-life
experience, as she experience the loss of love with the man he loves.
SETTING

Cafe in England

Afternoon in Kew Gardens

Russia
 THEME
Strength
Self-Centeredness
Love
Selfishness
Empowerment
 CHARACTERS
Vera Man
- Female Protagonist - Vera's former love
- Passive woman - Self-centered
- The heroine - Insensitive man
BEFORE READING
 WHAT MAKES YOUR STORY
WHAT WERE YOUR THOUGHTS
UNIQUE? WHAT MAKES IT STAND
BEFORE READING THE PIECE?
OUT?

TITLE HOW DID THE AUTHOR CONVEY THE

STORY?
WHO COULD BE THE CHARACTERS OF THE
STORY
IN WHY THAT THE READERS COULD
RELATE TO THE STORY
MEANING WHAT COULD BE THE PLOT, CLIMAX,
AND ENDING OF THE STORY?
WHAT THIS STORY IS ALL ABOUT
WHERE DID THE AUTHOR COME UP WITH
THIS PIECE.

THEME
STORY PROPER
 SUMMARY

BEGINING MIDDLE END

 After a six-year hiatus, a man and a woman who used to be lovers or close friends meet in a
café. They reminisce about days gone by - the day they spent the Kew Gardens together;he
tells her about Russia and how class-free society is; about how he liked to talk to her. Despite
being poor and she being better-of (as when she would eat caviare), both of them regret not
being friends any more. At the café,the man indirectly insults her for still being alone. The man
tells her about his wonderful journeys and that he has accomplished the things they had said
they would have done when they were together.She seems to have lost her earlier high status.
Now the man seems to possess wealth however his manners and still reflects his low status.
He also claims or seems to perceive their love differently, for he thought that he loved her
more, however the woman taking notice of him from the manner in which he did something
shows the reader that she did love him. The man continues talking this time about how he
studied the mind while he was in Russia and is unable to complete his sentence because he
takes notice of his companion walking out on him.When it's time to pay he asks the waiter not
to charge him for the cream since it was untouched.
AFTER READING
WHAT WERE YOUR THOUGHTS
AFTER READING THE PIECE?
THE STORY TALKED ABOUT THE LOST
LOVE OF A MAN AND WOMAN WHO
WAS A LOVER FOR 6 YEARS.
THE PIECE MADE PEOPLE OR THE
READERS UNDERSTAND THAT LOVE DOES
NOT ALWAYS END UP HAPPY EVER
AFTER.
THE NOVEL PORTRAYS THE LONELINESS
AND DISILLUSIONMENT OF WOMEN IN
THE ACTUAL WORLD, AS WELL AS THE
AUTHOR'S VIEWS REGARDING HER
ATTITUDE TOWARD LOVE.
DID YOUR PREVIOUS PERCEPTION
OF THE STORY CHANGE?
MY PERCEPTION OF THE STORY DID REALLY
CHANGE BECAUSE OF:
THE STORY ITSELF
BASED ON THE EXPERIENCE OF THE AUTHOR
WELL CONVEYED
- MY PERCEPTION OF THE BOOK HAS CHANGED,
AND I FEEL THIS IS BECAUSE IT IS BASED ON THE
AUTHOR'S BITTER PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. DURING
THE JOURNEY OF THE NOVEL, THE AUTHOR ALSO
INFORMS US THAT FEMINISM PRESENTS A POINT
OF VIEW AND TEACHES US HOW TO DEVELOP OUR
INDIVIDUALITY.
 REFERENCES
A Dill Pickle. (n.d.). In americanliterature.com. Retrieved August 31, 2022, from
https://americanliterature.com/author/katherine-mansfield/short-story/a-dill-pickle
Lynley. (2018, December 4). A Dill Pickle by Katherine Mansfield Short Story Analysis.
LESSON 2
SLAP HAPPY LARRY. https://www.slaphappylarry.com/dill-pickle-katherine-mansfield/
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summary-analysis.html
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A Dill Pickle. (n.d.). In americanliterature.com.
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A Dill Pickle. (n.d.). Www.digital.library.upenn.edu.
http://www.digital.library.upenn.edu/women/mansfield/bliss/pickle.html
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