Daniel Serrallonga’s Madness in a Novel
Daniel Serrallonga: A Character Study
Main Characters
Daniel Serrallonga: The protagonist around whom the novel revolves, and whose descent into madness is central to the story.
Narrator: We do not know his name or age. We learn about him through the limited information provided by other characters. He was a student and subsequently a law apprentice. He is married to Matildeta and has children. His primary function is to relay information from others.
Armengol: A friend of both the narrator and the
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Cole Matthews’ Journey: Part One – A Timeline
From a Troubled Past to a Path of Healing (Oldest to Newest)
- Comes from a wealthy family; mother cares a lot about her social image.
- Cole’s father physically abuses him.
- Abusive father and alcoholic mother.
- Parents divorce.
- Cole breaks into a hardware store and brags about it.
- Peter Driscal informs authorities about Cole’s crime.
- Cole severely beats Peter, smashing his head into the sidewalk, causing permanent brain and speech damage.
- Cole is sent to a juvenile
Narrative Voices and Perspectives in Storytelling
Narrator Types
Within the Story
- Character identifiable within it
- It will use first-person pronouns
- I
- We
- Potential
- To be the protagonist of the story
- Player first-person narrator
- Being a minor character in the story. A witness to the events
- Witness first-person narrator
- To be the protagonist of the story
Out of History
- Mainly uses the third-person pronouns (he, she, they, them)
- There is a character who acts in the narrative
- Potential
- Omniscient third-person narrator
- Knows what the characters think and feel
- Third-person observer narrator
- Accounts only
- Omniscient third-person narrator
House Fire and Paragliding Adventure: Two Unforgettable Experiences
My Most Frightening Experience
Last year, I went to my *grandparents’* house because my parents were at work. I had to sleep there. The weather was terrible, raining with thunderstorms. As my grandparents and I were eating dinner, a bolt of lightning hit a tree that was just under the kitchen window. The tree caught fire immediately. Since the kitchen curtain was flying outside because of the wind, it soon caught fire too, and in a split second, flames were dancing all around the kitchen. We could
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English Grammar Tenses
Present Simple: For permanent actions, present actions, and repeated actions. Subject + verb + complement (affirmative). Subject + do/does not + verb + complement (negative). Do/Does + subject + verb + complement (interrogative).
Past Simple: To express something that finished and was completed. For regular verbs (can add -ed or -d), add -ed or -d to the infinitive. Use ‘Did’ for questions.
Past Perfect: had + past participle (3rd column). Subject + had + past participle (e.g.
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The Nawab and Douglas
Douglas’s granddaughter recounted a conversation with the Nawab. The Nawab congratulated Douglas following an incident where a woman was coerced by her family into self-immolation with her husband’s corpse. Douglas had arrested the deceased woman’s family. The Nawab was present because he was visiting Olivia and stated he wouldn’t leave until Douglas returned home.
March 30th: Inder Lal and Douglas’s Granddaughter
Inder Lal and Douglas’s granddaughter had a discussion. Inder Lal
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