~ My Daddy's a Diver ~

1.

-Title

- Tells the story of an event (the father of the child in the story looses his wife, as he kills fish for a living to survive. He will never kill a fish that has a mate so the other fish is never alone and doesn’t have to suffer like he did)– it isn’t just a piece of reflective writing: there is a moral behind the story

- Has a 24-hour time period (as he goes fishing and then makes dinner)

- Meets the pattern of a short story (when he shoots the fish he reaches his goal)

- Have a restricted number of characters – Lizzie the daughter, Mother, father and deckhands.

- Dialogue (fits the type of story and the is subtle)

- Balances the showing and telling

- Uses characterization to achieve his goal

- Imagery

- Figurative language

- Changes sentence structure

2. - The story connects with the reader very effectively as the symbolic meaning of not killing the fish represents the mother and his loss of his wife.

- He doesn’t ever kill a fish with a partner, as it is a metaphor for his loss of his wife.

- The story connects to the reader via the use of empathy. The reader puts themselves in the mans shoes as he is unhappy/sad and we can all relate to this. The emotions and thoughts that come out of this story are of sadness, self-realisation and happiness. "Daddy, do fish cry? Life has moments of truth. This was one".

3. - Some of the ideas, attitudes and values that underpin this text are of self-realization. Without the man realising "Thou shalt not destroy companionship" the story would have no base and nothing to go on.

4. -Both inner and physical. Physical because his goal is to catch a fish for the human need of hunger, inner because he compares himself to the mated fish and by killing one he is evidentially condemning it to the same situation he is in now as he has lost his beloved wife.

5. - The story as a whole is very effective. It gets the point across in under 850 words and the author has used despair and love to play with the readers feelings making them want to read more. The imagery in this text is very vivid and strong. "Coarse sand patch tawny reef", the use of many adjectives in this quote help us get a proper image of the kind of conditions he was swimming in.

My Daddy’s a Diver Paragraph

The brief, yet poignant physical and inner journey of a single father, James Cameron’s, My Daddy’s a Diver is a representative of the requirement of the short story genre. Through the use of short story techniques Cameron has brought the story alive about a man and the panicle of his life, his daughter. The title My Daddy’s Diver plays a major role in the importance of the relationship between the two characters, exemplifying how Cameron demonstrates his traits and attributes to the audience. The significance of the word ‘Daddy’ in the title reveals how this is said from a little girl’s point of view, even though the story is narrated from the father.

My Daddy’s a Diver shows the relationship that is shown through the fish, it is a metaphor for the relationship between the father and deceased mother. Through the journey Cameron reveals the feelings of the father and how he reacts to the situation. Using short story techniques it shows how Cameron has made the major climax of the story subtle. This is done by the fathers morals being broken by killing the matted fish, being a metaphor for never killing those who love one another.