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John Galsworthy
Presenter: Group 9
Instructor: Tran Thi Nguyet Thanh
Biography
English novelist and playwright, winner of the
Nobel Prize for Literature in 1932.
- Exposition
- Rising action
- Climax
- Falling action
- Resolution
Plot
Exposition
Showing the character of Mr.
Gessler
Where they lived, their shop locations,
what their job is, their phisical
features, ...what boots look like
Plot
Rising action
Mr. Gessler compete
with a Big Firm
- The competition from Big Firms
- The declining demand for quality
craftsmanship
- Gessler’s struggle to advertise his
business
Plot
Climax
Mr.Gessler lose one of his shop
ATMOSPHER
E
PLACE TIME
setting
SETTING OF PLACE
• “ …in a small by street…now no more….”
Mr. Gessler
Main Minor
Elder Mr.
characters Gessler
characters
The narrator Englishman
1. MAIN characters
a) Mr. Gessler
“Id is an Ardt!”.
ARTIST The bootmaker regards boot
design as an art rather than a
job.
1. MAIN characters
a) Mr. Gessler
• Characteristics
“Mr. Gessler, that last pair of
RESPONSIBILIT town walking-boots, creaked,
you know.”
Y -> “If I can do noding wid dem,
I dake dem off your bill”.
1. MAIN characters
a) Mr. Gessler
• Characteristics
- Entirely believed in quality
Consistence - Struggled with the use of advertisement
Tone
Tone
Symbols
Symbols Voice and
style
The gessler’s boots