Grade 10 Lesson 12: The Inspiration of Mr. Budd (Part 4) Dorothy L. Sayers

Pre-Reading:1. What do people do stand out (to be easily seen) in a crowd? 2. Would you want to stand out in a crowd or would you rather be unnoticed? Explain your answer? 3. What is the most effective way to make a shop visible to customers? An example is using neon lights and sandwich men. Please watch this video lecture to answer the questions.The Inspiration of Mr. Budd 4 Reading:1. Why did the wireless operator laugh and say the line “The Old Man’d better have this, I suppose.”? The operator laughed at a co-worker's joke. The operator found something funny at the message he received. The operator remembered something funny in a movie he saw. The operator was laughing at swarming mosquitoes. 2.What was the role of message transmitters at this point? What do you know about the Morse code? 3. What is the meaning of the expression “hold your tongue”? to touch the tongue with your hands to start making noises to be quiet to follow an order 4. Based on the details, what was Mr. Strickland trying to do in the cabin? Mr. Strickland was carefully cleaning up the cabin since guests are arriving. Mr. Strickland was panicking by walking around the cabin noisily and using water to wash something. Mr. Strickland was slowly moving around, so no one would hear him. Mr. Strickland was quietly waiting for a barber to come. 5. Based on the paragraph, what do people tend to do when think that “there is something up”? Most people tend to just go away from a scene. Most people tend to be curious about what was going on. Most people would not care a bit. Most people would close their eyes. 6. How did the German police approach the cabin? slowly and carefully quickly and noisily slowly and noisily quickly and carefully 7. Did the purser really send a barber? yes no we'll never know 8. Was someone shot? yes no we'll never know 9. What does “Strike me pink!” mean? It's an expression of exclamation. Wear a pink shirt. It's a proverb that means be careful It's actually "Stripe me pink." 10. What is the irony at the end of the story? Post-Reading:In essay form, include the following information in your discussion.1.What is the inspiration of Mr. Budd?2.What did he do to make the plan successful?3.Explain the connection of “Knowledge is Power”in the story. The essay should be around 200 words.