Title: Jesus Shaves Author: David Sedaris (Identify sentences/words/phrases in the story to support your information.) Title (Significance?): The title “Jesus Shaves”, demonstrates the difficulty that the narrator and the students in the story have in learning French. (Saves = Shaves) Setting (Time, Place, Social Context-(Significance?)): The story “Jesus Shaves”, takes places during a French class discussion over holidays. Point of view (significance?): David Sedaris uses his own life and the absurdities of the everyday life for his stories. The story Jesus Shaves is narrated in 1st person. The author included several characters from different backgrounds, so that the reader can understand that other cultures do not recognize the same religious traditions. …show more content…
(Flat and Static) • Moroccan Women: She knows French, but enrolled in the class to improve her spelling. She participates in class discussion; her shoulder had given out on her because she had raised her hand many of times. She did not know about the concept of Easter. She is motivated by answering as much answers that she can. ( Round and Static) • The Polish: Has a wrong thought about the true meaning of Easter. ( Flat and Static) • The Teacher: Gives descriptions about the different holidays, and goes into details about Easter. (Flat and Static) -Protagonist: The teacher is the protagonist in the story because she tries to teach her students that other cultures do not recognize the same religious traditions. -Antagonist: The students in the class are the Antagonist, because they do not understand the meaning of Easter. -Narrator: The Narrator is David