The Open Window

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The Open Window
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Author Information

• Saki
• (1870-1916)
• Pen name of Hector Hugh Munro
• British parents
• Lived in England most of his life
• Wrote political satires for the newspaper before
  starting to write fiction
• Know for witty, sometimes cruel short stories
  with humorous surprise endings

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Victorian-Edwardian Period

• In the United Kingdom
• Known for its prestige and elegant fashion
• society was segregated by economic standing
• Aristocracy- highest
• Bourgeoisie- working class
• Poor
• People in upper class looked down at those below
  them
• Polite, but had cruelty and tension
• Greeted newcomers with hatred

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Think-pair-share

• How would you define the following words?
• Honesty
• Deception
• Think about a time when you made up or created a
  story, why did you do so?
• How did the person perceive your story?

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In the story

• Sometimes reality can appear to be different from
  different people, depending on the way they see
  the world.

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Vocabulary

• Endeavored
• Falteringly
• Delusion

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Other vocabulary

• These will be on test
• Total effect- a principle that says that a writer
  should know the desired impact before starting to
  write
• Indirect presentation- presentation of a
  character through the action and speech of other
  characters and himself
• Direct presentation- presentation of a character
  through statement or explanation by the narrator

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Irony and paradox

• Three types of irony
• Verbal
• Situational
• Dramatic
• Paradox- a statement or situation that seems
  contradictory