I denne study guide kan du få hjælp til at analysere novellen "This Is All Mostly True" af Kathy Stevens, som har været brugt til skriftlig eksamen i Engelsk A på STX den 4. december 2018. Udover analysehjælpen kan du finde et summary af teksten samt idéer til fortolkning og perspektivering.
Eksamensspørgsmål
Write an analytical essay (900-1200 words) in which you analyse and interpret Kathy Stevens’ short story “This Is All Mostly True”.
Part of your essay must focus on the main conflict and on the role of fiction in the story.
Præsentation af teksten
Titel: “This Is All Mostly True” (2017)
Forfatter: Kathy Stevens
Genre: Short story
Kathy Stevens (f. 1991) er en engelsk forfatter. Hun har studeret litteratur ved Bath Spa University og Creative Writing ved University of East Anglia.
Hendes novelle "This Is All Mostly True" vandt the International Bath Short Story Award i 2017.
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Title
The title of the short story “This Is All Mostly True” written by Kathy Stevens does not immediately indicate what the story is about.
Elsie is a teenage girl with an unspecified illness, which manifests itself in “episodes” that include something resembling seizures, where she loses control of her body (ll. 179-182). She also has trouble remembering basic things (ll. 41-42) and states that she is confused (ll. 123-125).
One of her main concerns seems to be the difference between truth and lies, and the different types of lies one can tell – throughout the story, she points out how different statements are lies or different types of lies. The words “lie” or “lies” repeatedly appear in the story, becoming more frequent towards the end of the story: “What is it, says Dad. Don’t know, I say. This is a lie. (..) The mug says: BEST DAD IN THE WORLD. This is a lie. (…) Have you taken your meds, he says. Yes, I say. This is a lie.” (ll. 155-175). The phrase “This is a lie” connects the story with the title and underlines the difference between the facts and the lies told by Elsie in the story.
