Nr. 1 Summary:
author/ title: John Mc Gahern, High Ground
perspective of the narrator: first- person- narrator (Moran)
setting (place/time): 1980's, rural Ireland, small village, deep countryside
major topic: Education, employment before Celtic Tiger
-at the shannon river
-a young man (moran) lives at the house of his parents
-one day a senator (regan) comes to his house and wants to talk to moran
-they have a conversation about the past of the senator
-the senaot offers that he wants to raise on the career-letter
-therefor the old master of the school has to go
-threedays before moran had a conversation with the master (leddy)
-moran was invited at his house for diner
-after diner they go to a pub in the town
-on the walk the master tells a lot of stuff (unwichtig)
-bag in the present the senaor offers the job of the master to moran
-he says staht he has to think about an the senaot goes
-bag home (das treffen war auf dem fluss aber iwie auf dem „grundstück“ von morans familie) his sister sends him to bring water out of a source in the nähe
-on the walk to the source he can listen to a conversation between the master and some of his former students
-they talk about what they made out of thiere lives.
The shortstory High Ground published in 1982 written by John McGahern is about a young man called moran who get an offer as a principal of school.
At the beginning of the story moran thinks about the last night with his girlfriend. Than Senator Regan, who often buys farms but never works, offers him to get principal of the school. His own old techer Master Leddy is the actually headmaster of this school and Regan wants that moran displaces Leddy.
Three days before moran visited his exteacher. He feasted moran very well an went then with him to a pub. At the way Leddy had to make a few breaks because of his great age. However Leddy gave Moran some advices for his future life.
Back in the present Muron trys to avoid the Senator and goes home. Because of having no water Moran goes to the well. At the way he hears voices from the pub. Leddy converse with some exstudents about the high intelligent of the village.It's because of the High Ground Leddy declairs.
Main characters/- traits:
-Moran: ’ young, well edjucated
-Senator Regan: ’ in love with himself, arrogant, unsympathetic, married with a young girl (father is the richest man in the region)
-Master Leddy: ’ symapthetic, lovely, honest, wise, intelligent, loyal, realist, well-likes, alcoholic
Places:
-on the Shannon River
-at the house of the master
-on the street to the pub
-arround the pub/moran outisde/ master and his stundents inside
-(house of moran)
Nr. 2
High Ground - Time structure
p.16 Senator Regans past
p.18 Three evenings -> talk with the master before
p.19 walk with the master
p.15 Building Fund Dance, August evening talk withe the senator ( Regan ask for a job)
p.21 walk to the well
p.22 overhears a talk between the master and a lot of his former students
Nr. 3
Contrast the language used by Senator Reegan and old Master Leddy, and analyse what it shows about their characters.
Reegan:
- speaks aggressively and impatiently; he gives orders and speaks in imperatives --> he is the boss
- doesn't care about non-practical matters, dismisses gratitude, talking about marrying he does not care about the girl herself, only about who her father is
- states his opinions directly; is sharp when talking
- his language and conversation suggest the aggression and impatience of modernization process
Leddy:
- talks affectionately, gently and slowly
- often talks about the past --> stands for a world that looks backwards into the past
- shows a fatherly attitude towards Moran
- his conversation represents the slightly "inefficient", patient, relaxes, outdated "old world" of rural life
Nr. 4
1)Problems of modernization:
-no loyality,no respect
-egoism
-only career is important
-tradition get lost
-performance society
2)main aspects:
-moral dilemma (deeper level)
-material aspect in life
-aspects of modernisation move to the countryside
3) "High Ground" nature symbolism
-morality
author/ title: John Mc Gahern, High Ground
perspective of the narrator: first- person- narrator (Moran)
setting (place/time): 1980's, rural Ireland, small village, deep countryside
major topic: Education, employment before Celtic Tiger
-at the shannon river
-a young man (moran) lives at the house of his parents
-one day a senator (regan) comes to his house and wants to talk to moran
-they have a conversation about the past of the senator
-the senaot offers that he wants to raise on the career-letter
-therefor the old master of the school has to go
-threedays before moran had a conversation with the master (leddy)
-moran was invited at his house for diner
-after diner they go to a pub in the town
-on the walk the master tells a lot of stuff (unwichtig)
-bag in the present the senaor offers the job of the master to moran
-he says staht he has to think about an the senaot goes
-bag home (das treffen war auf dem fluss aber iwie auf dem „grundstück“ von morans familie) his sister sends him to bring water out of a source in the nähe
-on the walk to the source he can listen to a conversation between the master and some of his former students
-they talk about what they made out of thiere lives.
The shortstory High Ground published in 1982 written by John McGahern is about a young man called moran who get an offer as a principal of school.
At the beginning of the story moran thinks about the last night with his girlfriend. Than Senator Regan, who often buys farms but never works, offers him to get principal of the school. His own old techer Master Leddy is the actually headmaster of this school and Regan wants that moran displaces Leddy.
Three days before moran visited his exteacher. He feasted moran very well an went then with him to a pub. At the way Leddy had to make a few breaks because of his great age. However Leddy gave Moran some advices for his future life.
Back in the present Muron trys to avoid the Senator and goes home. Because of having no water Moran goes to the well. At the way he hears voices from the pub. Leddy converse with some exstudents about the high intelligent of the village.It's because of the High Ground Leddy declairs.
Main characters/- traits:
-Moran: ’ young, well edjucated
-Senator Regan: ’ in love with himself, arrogant, unsympathetic, married with a young girl (father is the richest man in the region)
-Master Leddy: ’ symapthetic, lovely, honest, wise, intelligent, loyal, realist, well-likes, alcoholic
Places:
-on the Shannon River
-at the house of the master
-on the street to the pub
-arround the pub/moran outisde/ master and his stundents inside
-(house of moran)
Nr. 2
High Ground - Time structure
p.16 Senator Regans past
p.18 Three evenings -> talk with the master before
p.19 walk with the master
p.15 Building Fund Dance, August evening talk withe the senator ( Regan ask for a job)
p.21 walk to the well
p.22 overhears a talk between the master and a lot of his former students
Nr. 3
Contrast the language used by Senator Reegan and old Master Leddy, and analyse what it shows about their characters.
Reegan:
- speaks aggressively and impatiently; he gives orders and speaks in imperatives --> he is the boss
- doesn't care about non-practical matters, dismisses gratitude, talking about marrying he does not care about the girl herself, only about who her father is
- states his opinions directly; is sharp when talking
- his language and conversation suggest the aggression and impatience of modernization process
Leddy:
- talks affectionately, gently and slowly
- often talks about the past --> stands for a world that looks backwards into the past
- shows a fatherly attitude towards Moran
- his conversation represents the slightly "inefficient", patient, relaxes, outdated "old world" of rural life
Nr. 4
1)Problems of modernization:
-no loyality,no respect
-egoism
-only career is important
-tradition get lost
-performance society
2)main aspects:
-moral dilemma (deeper level)
-material aspect in life
-aspects of modernisation move to the countryside
3) "High Ground" nature symbolism
-morality
Hey,
wir mussten erklären, wofür der Titel "High Ground" stehen könnte.
Vielleicht hilft es ein paar Leuten ja ein wenig weiter..
allerdings habe ich den Aspekt der Moralität nicht berücksichtigt!! Ansonsten wurde mein Text auch von unserer Lehrerin korrigiert.
High Ground
The title 'High Ground' could stand for the high intelligent of the people in the village. At the end of the story Master Leddy talks with some people about the intelligent and the chances the people of the village could have taken. But on page 22 on line 35 we get to know that the people with the brains mostly stayed there, because they had to. They did not go to the cities and passed their brains on to the next generation.
The title 'High Ground' shows us how difficult it is to decide if to leave the village or not. The people know that their families need their support. They have to make a big/high decision.
They renounce their chance of getting a good job in a city.
wir mussten erklären, wofür der Titel "High Ground" stehen könnte.
Vielleicht hilft es ein paar Leuten ja ein wenig weiter..
allerdings habe ich den Aspekt der Moralität nicht berücksichtigt!! Ansonsten wurde mein Text auch von unserer Lehrerin korrigiert.
High Ground
The title 'High Ground' could stand for the high intelligent of the people in the village. At the end of the story Master Leddy talks with some people about the intelligent and the chances the people of the village could have taken. But on page 22 on line 35 we get to know that the people with the brains mostly stayed there, because they had to. They did not go to the cities and passed their brains on to the next generation.
The title 'High Ground' shows us how difficult it is to decide if to leave the village or not. The people know that their families need their support. They have to make a big/high decision.
They renounce their chance of getting a good job in a city.
Hallo,
weiß jemand Pro- & Kontra Argumente von Reegans Angebot? Mohan muss sich ja entscheiden und dann aus seiner Sicht Pro- & Kontraargumente. Pro vllt. dass er einen Job hat & Kontra, dass der Master sein Freund ist?
Ich hoffe, jemand kann mir da helfen
weiß jemand Pro- & Kontra Argumente von Reegans Angebot? Mohan muss sich ja entscheiden und dann aus seiner Sicht Pro- & Kontraargumente. Pro vllt. dass er einen Job hat & Kontra, dass der Master sein Freund ist?
Ich hoffe, jemand kann mir da helfen
Hallo,
weiß jemand Pro- & Kontra Argumente von Reegans Angebot? Mohan muss sich ja entscheiden und dann aus seiner Sicht Pro- & Kontraargumente. Pro vllt. dass er einen Job hat & Kontra, dass der Master sein Freund ist?
Ich hoffe, jemand kann mir da helfen
weiß jemand Pro- & Kontra Argumente von Reegans Angebot? Mohan muss sich ja entscheiden und dann aus seiner Sicht Pro- & Kontraargumente. Pro vllt. dass er einen Job hat & Kontra, dass der Master sein Freund ist?
Ich hoffe, jemand kann mir da helfen
Dieser Beitrag wurde vom abiunity-Team (downhearted) aus dem Thema Abi 2011 - GK Irish short stories - High Ground (Reegans offer) (Kategorie: Brauche Hilfe) aus dem Forum: Englisch hierher verschoben.
