Grover Dill: Please answer these questions about the story.
Grover Dill and the
Tasmanian Devil 3
Metaphors are a type of figurative language that authors use to appeal to the imagination by comparing two things that are essentially not alike. Jean Shepherd uses many metaphors to appeal to the reader’s emotions and senses.
In the story, the author compares “kid hood” to living in a jungle. A jungle can be a land densely overgrown with a tangle of trees and vegetation inhabited by tigers and panthers or it can represent a time of confusion when a person has to learn to make his or her way through the maze of life’s many obstacles, where lurks the worst animal of all for a kid…a bully.
Please write a paragraph to answer each question:
1. Why does the narrator talk about Tasmanian Devils? How does a Tasmanian devil fit into the story?
2. With a great deal of exaggeration, Ralph explains the weather of Northern Indiana. Without using metaphors, explain what the climate was like in Northern Indiana.
3. Why do you think that Ralph is so disturbed by his sudden blurting out of swear words during his fight?
4. Who is the narrator more afraid of, his father or his mother? How can you tell?
5. The narrator, Ralph, talks about the dangers that boys face while growing up, but thinks that girls are oblivious to “the Jungle.” What are your observations about girls and “the jungle?”
6. To classify things is to categorize things into some sort of arrangement. Ralph created the Bullies, the toadies, and the victims to explain the kids that he knew. Create a classification system for the people in your life and explain the classification system.
7. If this story were to continue on, predict what you think will happen between Ralph and Grover Dill.
Metaphors are a type of figurative language that authors use to appeal to the imagination by comparing two things that are essentially not alike. Jean Shepherd uses many metaphors to appeal to the reader’s emotions and senses.
In the story, the author compares “kid hood” to living in a jungle. A jungle can be a land densely overgrown with a tangle of trees and vegetation inhabited by tigers and panthers or it can represent a time of confusion when a person has to learn to make his or her way through the maze of life’s many obstacles, where lurks the worst animal of all for a kid…a bully.
Please write a paragraph to answer each question:
1. Why does the narrator talk about Tasmanian Devils? How does a Tasmanian devil fit into the story?
2. With a great deal of exaggeration, Ralph explains the weather of Northern Indiana. Without using metaphors, explain what the climate was like in Northern Indiana.
3. Why do you think that Ralph is so disturbed by his sudden blurting out of swear words during his fight?
4. Who is the narrator more afraid of, his father or his mother? How can you tell?
5. The narrator, Ralph, talks about the dangers that boys face while growing up, but thinks that girls are oblivious to “the Jungle.” What are your observations about girls and “the jungle?”
6. To classify things is to categorize things into some sort of arrangement. Ralph created the Bullies, the toadies, and the victims to explain the kids that he knew. Create a classification system for the people in your life and explain the classification system.
7. If this story were to continue on, predict what you think will happen between Ralph and Grover Dill.