ENG1517 Assignment 2 Notes
This document provides notes for Assignment 2 questions. It advice on how to
analyse the visual style related to this story: ‘A man who never lied.’ In addition it
discusses similarities between legends and myths and describes elements that make
the above story a legend. In relation to the story: ‘The Lion and the Jackal’, the
document provides examples of lessons children in the foundation phase can learn.
Furthermore, it explains story events that indicate conflict, climax and resolution.
Lastly the document describes characteristics of the trickster tale in the story.
For more information email:
, REMEMBER that it is important to read unit 3 and unit 4 of the study guide in order
to gain background information related to the concepts to be discussed hereunder.
Question 1
This question is based on a story titled: ‘The man who never lied’. The story
can be read online.
Question 1.1 (10 marks)
Write a paragraph in which you discuss whether the visuals in the story, ‘The
Man Who Never Lied,’ are likely or unlikely to appeal to children below the age
of six based on the colours used and style of the visuals. You must also
discuss how the visuals convey the story.
Here the first thing to do is to define the visuals and their purpose; you get marks for
this (don’t forget to reference). Focus is then turned to the story. First, look at the
style of the visual used. You will realise that it uses realism (check study guide for
definition). In reality most children would prefer cartoons to realism. This you will
mention in your response. Also mention that the visual uses a darker colour. This
colour will not appeal to children in this age group because according to the study
guide children’s imagination and interest is stimulated by bright colours. Now let us
look at how this visual (which is a portrait of a warrior) portrays the story. In
argument it doesn’t connect to the story because the main character, Mamad is not a
warrior but rather he sounds ordinary. Furthermore, nowhere in the story is there any
mention of warriors, or war. On the other hand we can argue that it conveys the story
for the reason that it represents the traditional king (since this is an African tale) who
in the story wants to manipulate Mamad into lying to the queen, so that Mamad’s
principle of being a person incapable of lying can be proved impossible. Here you
can go with one or both arguments regarding how the visual conveys the story.
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This document provides notes for Assignment 2 questions. It advice on how to
analyse the visual style related to this story: ‘A man who never lied.’ In addition it
discusses similarities between legends and myths and describes elements that make
the above story a legend. In relation to the story: ‘The Lion and the Jackal’, the
document provides examples of lessons children in the foundation phase can learn.
Furthermore, it explains story events that indicate conflict, climax and resolution.
Lastly the document describes characteristics of the trickster tale in the story.
For more information email:
, REMEMBER that it is important to read unit 3 and unit 4 of the study guide in order
to gain background information related to the concepts to be discussed hereunder.
Question 1
This question is based on a story titled: ‘The man who never lied’. The story
can be read online.
Question 1.1 (10 marks)
Write a paragraph in which you discuss whether the visuals in the story, ‘The
Man Who Never Lied,’ are likely or unlikely to appeal to children below the age
of six based on the colours used and style of the visuals. You must also
discuss how the visuals convey the story.
Here the first thing to do is to define the visuals and their purpose; you get marks for
this (don’t forget to reference). Focus is then turned to the story. First, look at the
style of the visual used. You will realise that it uses realism (check study guide for
definition). In reality most children would prefer cartoons to realism. This you will
mention in your response. Also mention that the visual uses a darker colour. This
colour will not appeal to children in this age group because according to the study
guide children’s imagination and interest is stimulated by bright colours. Now let us
look at how this visual (which is a portrait of a warrior) portrays the story. In
argument it doesn’t connect to the story because the main character, Mamad is not a
warrior but rather he sounds ordinary. Furthermore, nowhere in the story is there any
mention of warriors, or war. On the other hand we can argue that it conveys the story
for the reason that it represents the traditional king (since this is an African tale) who
in the story wants to manipulate Mamad into lying to the queen, so that Mamad’s
principle of being a person incapable of lying can be proved impossible. Here you
can go with one or both arguments regarding how the visual conveys the story.
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