Brer Possum’s Dilemma Analysis

By: Alexa Curtis

Summary

• This story is about a very nice possum that would help anyone if he wanted to. Well there is a snake an evil snake at that but possum was trying to help the snake because a brick was on it, the snake was weak ,and he was cold.

Round and Flat

• The snake and possum are both around. They are not flat because we know a lot about both of the characters.

Static and Dynamic

• The possum changes because he learns his lesson will never help people he doesn’t know. The snake is doesn’t change because he still tries to get people to help him when he don’t really need it.

Internal and External Conflict

• The snake wanted to bite the possum.

P.O.V

• This is third person point of view.

Author’s Purpose

• The inform the reader and to entertain.

Intended Audience

• The intended audience is middle school and up.

Context Clues

• Persimmon- a safe place or comfortable place.

Predictions

• Snake- I think the snake will bite him and then keep doing it to other people that he can.

• Brer Possum- I think that he will never help people that he don’t trust so nothing will ever happen like that again.

Compare and Contrast

• They both are animals

• The possum is nice.• The snake is evil.

Inferences

• The author might have had a bad inferences with snakes.

Author’s Opinion

• I think that the Author might think that snakes are a bad thing.

Compare and Contrast Structure and organization

• Ol’

• ‘imself

• Git

• A-callin

Prefixes / Suffixes

• The words around the word you don’t know.

Mood / Tone

• At the start it was happy and jolly.

• At the end it was scary.

Connotation

• I snake is evil.

• A reptile.