The Lagoon by Joseph Conrad - Biography and Pre-Quiz Details

 
“The Lagoon”
 by Joseph Conrad
 
Presented By: Dillon Kumontoy, Khayyam Saleem, Anuraag
Shankar
 
Pre-Quiz
 
1.
Who was the main character (the
one telling the story)?
a.
Arsat
b.
Tuan
c.
Diamelen
d.
Mara
2.
Where does the story take place?
a.
New Zealand
b.
Boca Raton
c.
Malay Peninsula
d.
Senegal
3.
Who is sick/dying in the beginning?
a.
Diamelen
b.
Tuan
c.
Arsat
d.
John
 
4.     How did Arsat’s brother die?
a.
Suicide
b.
Tuberculosis
c.
He was killed while Arsat was trying
to escape
d.
Nonsense! Arsat’s brother did not
die!
5.     What happens to Diamelen in the end?
a.
She lives happily with Arsat
b.
She runs away and goes back to
Inchi Miday
c.
She marries John.
d.
She dies.
 
 
Biography
 
Jozef Teodor Konrad Nalecz Korzeniowski
December 3rd, 1857-August 3rd, 1924
Berdiczew, Poland (Russian Occupation)
1862- Father was taken into penal exile
Romantic nationalists
Organized the secret Polish National Committee
Family became very sick
Mother died of TB
Father also contracted TB
 
Biography
 
Taught at home by his father (poet/playwright/translator)
Frailty, and loneliness
Escaped through books
May, 1869- Father died
Taken into the care of his uncle
October, 1874- Merchant Marine for the french
three voyages (West Indies)
 
 
Biography
 
After a suicide attempt- English merchant navy
1886- 
The Black Mate
First story (Magazine competition)
Praised by Henry James H.G. Wells
1896- 
An Outcast of the Islands
 and Jessie George
 
Biography
 
1899- 
Heart of Darkness
Published in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine
1902-
Typhoon and Youth
collection of short stories
1900s- A shift in the subject of his work
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The Secret Agent
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Under Western Eyes
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Biography
 
Mainstream popularity with 
Chance
Due to strong advertising campaign in America (New York Harbor)
Financial security and fame
Other works
1920-
The Rescue
1923-
The Rover
 (Last Novel)
Last Essay
 (Published posthumously)
 
Location of Story
 
Literary Terms
 
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Creates a vivid mental picture in the reader’s mind
Collectively referred to in a story as the imagery
 
In 
The Lagoon
“slanting beams of sunset touched the broadside of the canoe with a fiery
glow, throwing the slender and distorted shadows of its crew upon the
streaked glitter of the river”
“receded from the marshy bank, leaving a level strip of bright-green, reedy
grass to frame the reflected blueness of the sky. A fleecy pink cloud drifted
high above”
 
PASSAGE
 
“The forests, 
somber and dull
, stood 
motionless
 and 
silent
 on each side of the broad
stream. At the foot of big, towering trees, trunkless nipa palms rose from the mud of the
bank, in bunches of leaves enormous and heavy, that hung 
unstirring
 over the brown
swirl of eddies. In the 
stillness
 of the air every tree, every leaf, every bough, every tendril
of creeper and every petal of minute blossoms seemed to have been 
bewitched into an
immobility
 perfect and final. 
Nothing moved
 on the river but the eight paddles that rose
flashing regularly, dipped together with a single splash; while the steersman swept right and
left with a periodic and sudden flourish of his blade describing a glinting semicircle above
his head. The churned up water frothed alongside with a 
confused murmur
. And the
white man's canoe, advancing upstream in the 
short-lived disturbance of its own
making
, seemed to enter the portals of a
 land from which the very memory of motion
had for ever departed.”
 
Literary Terms (cont.)
 
Character
A person who figures in the action of a literary work
Types
o
Protagonist/Main Character 
 - central figure in a literary work
o
Minor Characters
 - ones who play lesser roles
 
In 
The Lagoon
Main character - Arsat
Minor Characters - Diamelen, Tuan, Ichi Miday
 
ACTIVITY
 
R
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O
R
S
E
and
I
M
A
G
E
R
Y
 
Post-Quiz
 
1)
Define the term “imagery” within the context of the story?
2)
How did the subject of his writings change in the 1900s?
a)
 from ________________ to ________________
3)
Name another one of Joseph Conrad’s most famous works.
4)
TRUE or FALSE: Arsat was satisfied with how he lived his life at the end of
the story.
5)
In what mental state does Joseph Conrad supposedly perform his best?
 
Bibliography
 
Gaydosik, Victoria. "Conrad, Joseph." 
Facts On File Companion to the British Novel: 20th Century
, vol.
2. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2006. 
Bloom's Literature
. Facts On File, Inc. Web. 12 May 2015
<http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?ItemID=WE54&WID=17319&SID=5&iPin=CBNII113&SingleR
ecord=True>.
Brackett, Virginia. "Conrad, Joseph." 
Facts On File Companion to the British Novel: Beginnings
through the 19th Century
, vol. 1. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2006. 
Bloom's Literature
. Facts On
File, Inc. Web. 12 May 2015
<http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?ItemID=WE54&WID=17319&SID=5&iPin=CBNI065&SingleR
ecord=True>.
Bloom, Harold, ed. "Conrad, Joseph." 
Joseph Conrad
, Bloom's Major Short Story Writers.
Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishing, 2000. 
Bloom's Literature
. Facts On File, Inc. Web. 12 May
2015
<http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?ItemID=WE54&WID=17319&SID=5&iPin=BMSSJCo02&Singl
eRecord=True>.
 
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  1. The Lagoon by Joseph Conrad Presented By: Dillon Kumontoy, Khayyam Saleem, Anuraag Shankar

  2. Pre-Quiz 1. Who was the main character (the one telling the story)? a. Arsat b. Tuan c. Diamelen d. Mara Where does the story take place? a. New Zealand b. Boca Raton c. Malay Peninsula d. Senegal Who is sick/dying in the beginning? a. Diamelen b. Tuan c. Arsat d. John 4. How did Arsat s brother die? a. Suicide b. Tuberculosis c. He was killed while Arsat was trying to escape d. Nonsense! Arsat s brother did not die! 5. What happens to Diamelen in the end? a. She lives happily with Arsat b. She runs away and goes back to Inchi Miday c. She marries John. d. She dies. 2. 3.

  3. Biography Jozef Teodor Konrad Nalecz Korzeniowski December 3rd, 1857-August 3rd, 1924 Berdiczew, Poland (Russian Occupation) 1862- Father was taken into penal exile Romantic nationalists Organized the secret Polish National Committee Family became very sick Mother died of TB Father also contracted TB

  4. Biography Taught at home by his father (poet/playwright/translator) Frailty, and loneliness Escaped through books May, 1869- Father died Taken into the care of his uncle October, 1874- Merchant Marine for the french three voyages (West Indies)

  5. Biography After a suicide attempt- English merchant navy 1886- The Black Mate First story (Magazine competition) Praised by Henry James H.G. Wells 1896- An Outcast of the Islands and Jessie George

  6. Biography 1899- Heart of Darkness Published in Blackwood s Edinburgh Magazine 1902-Typhoon and Youth collection of short stories 1900s- A shift in the subject of his work experiences at sea => politics Nostromo (1904) The Secret Agent (1907) Under Western Eyes (1911)

  7. Biography Still lived an uneasy life Plagued with money and health problems Apparently, he could not work effectively unless he were close to breakdown, on the edge of psychic disorders, ill in body and mind The inner disorder was far greater, and when it was at its most intense, he function the most effectively artistically - Frederick R. Karl 1910- Nervous breakdown (persisted)

  8. Biography Mainstream popularity with Chance Due to strong advertising campaign in America (New York Harbor) Financial security and fame Other works 1920-The Rescue 1923-The Rover (Last Novel) Last Essay (Published posthumously)

  9. Location of Story

  10. Literary Terms Image Language that creates a concrete representation of an object or an experience Creates a vivid mental picture in the reader s mind Collectively referred to in a story as the imagery In The Lagoon slanting beams of sunset touched the broadside of the canoe with a fiery glow, throwing the slender and distorted shadows of its crew upon the streaked glitter of the river receded from the marshy bank, leaving a level strip of bright-green, reedy grass to frame the reflected blueness of the sky. A fleecy pink cloud drifted high above

  11. PASSAGE The forests, somber and dull, stood motionless and silent on each side of the broad stream. At the foot of big, towering trees, trunkless nipa palms rose from the mud of the bank, in bunches of leaves enormous and heavy, that hung unstirring over the brown swirl of eddies. In the stillness of the air every tree, every leaf, every bough, every tendril of creeper and every petal of minute blossoms seemed to have been bewitched into an immobility perfect and final. Nothing moved on the river but the eight paddles that rose flashing regularly, dipped together with a single splash; while the steersman swept right and left with a periodic and sudden flourish of his blade describing a glinting semicircle above his head. The churned up water frothed alongside with a confused murmur. And the white man's canoe, advancing upstream in the short-lived disturbance of its own making, seemed to enter the portals of a land from which the very memory of motion had for ever departed.

  12. Literary Terms (cont.) Character A person who figures in the action of a literary work Types o Protagonist/Main Character - central figure in a literary work o Minor Characters - ones who play lesser roles In The Lagoon Main character - Arsat Minor Characters - Diamelen, Tuan, Ichi Miday

  13. ACTIVITY REMORSE and IMAGERY

  14. Post-Quiz 1) Define the term imagery within the context of the story? 2) How did the subject of his writings change in the 1900s? a) from ________________ to ________________ 3) Name another one of Joseph Conrad s most famous works. 4) TRUE or FALSE: Arsat was satisfied with how he lived his life at the end of the story. 5) In what mental state does Joseph Conrad supposedly perform his best?

  15. Bibliography Gaydosik, Victoria. "Conrad, Joseph." Facts On File Companion to the British Novel: 20th Century, vol. 2. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2006. Bloom's Literature. Facts On File, Inc. Web. 12 May 2015 <http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?ItemID=WE54&WID=17319&SID=5&iPin=CBNII113&SingleR ecord=True>. Brackett, Virginia. "Conrad, Joseph." Facts On File Companion to the British Novel: Beginnings through the 19th Century, vol. 1. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2006. Bloom's Literature. Facts On File, Inc. Web. 12 May 2015 <http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?ItemID=WE54&WID=17319&SID=5&iPin=CBNI065&SingleR ecord=True>. Bloom, Harold, ed. "Conrad, Joseph." Joseph Conrad, Bloom's Major Short Story Writers. Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishing, 2000. Bloom's Literature. Facts On File, Inc. Web. 12 May 2015 <http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?ItemID=WE54&WID=17319&SID=5&iPin=BMSSJCo02&Singl eRecord=True>.

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