IB Language A HL

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Love in the Time of Cholera
 Agenda Objectives
Students will be able to...

❖ Analysis of tattoos ❖ Demonstrate

as symbols understanding of
❖ Exploration of the and Evaluate the
parrot as a symbol effect of
❖ Analyze a symbol symbolism
in the novel
Daily Schedule: Week 4
Week 4: 2/26-3/2

Date Reading to complete for today

Monday 2/26 165-177

Tuesday 2/27 177-189
Wednesday 2/28 189-201
Thursday 3/1 201-213
Friday 3/2 213-224
 FREE WRITE
Respond to all or some of the following questions in
your notebook (4 min.)

➔ Why do people get tattoos?

➔ What kinds of ideas do tattoos
communicate?
➔ If you have a tattoo, what does your tattoo
represent to you? Or, if you know someone
with a tattoo, what does their tattoo mean to
them?
 Literal Language
Language that uses the primary
meaning of a term or expression

Ex: “I’m hungry!”

Figurative Language
Language that uses figures of speech

FIGURES OF SPEECH
Expressive use of language
in which words are used in other than their literal sense
in order to suggest a picture or image,
or for other special effect

Ex: “I’m starving!”

 SYMBOL
An image or mark that
represents a greater
idea
 SYMBOLISM
➔ A literary device that contains several layers of meaning, often
concealed at first sight
➔ Representative of several other aspects, concepts, or traits than
those that are visible in the literal translation alone
➔ Using an object or action that means something more than its literal
meaning
➔ Often repeated throughout a text
The Parrot
Einstein
the parrot
The Parrot
“He was a deplumed, maniacal parrot who
did not speak when asked to but only when
it was least expected, but then he did so
with a clarity and rationality that were
uncommon among human beings. He had
been tutored by Dr. Urbino himself, which
afforded him privileges that no one else in
the family every had, not even the children
when they were young” (20).
“Every afternoon after his siesta, Dr. Urbino sat
with him on the terrace… and he had summoned
the most diligent reserves of his passion for
pedagogy until the parrot learned to speak
French like an academician. Then, just for the
love of the labor, he taught him the Latin
accompaniment to the Mass…” (20)
“But the day of his greatest glory was when the President of the
Republic, Don Marco Fidel Suárez, with his entourage of cabinet
members, visited the house in order to confirm the truth of his
reputation. They arrived at about three o’clock in the afternoon,
suffocating in the top hats and frock coats they had worn during the
three days of official visits under the burning August sky, and they
had to leave as curious as when they arrived, because for two
desperate hours the parrot refused to say a single syllable, ignoring
the pleas and threats and public humiliation of Dr. Urbino…
“The fact that the parrot could maintain his privileges after that
historic act of defiance was the ultimate proof of his sacred rights”
(21).
The Parrot
“‘Santísimo Sacramento!’ She shrieked. ‘You’ll kill
yourself!’

“Dr. Urbino caught the parrot around the neck

with a triumphant sight: ça y est. But he released
him immediately because the ladder from under
his feed and for an instant he was suspended in air
and then he realized that he had died without
Communion, without time to repent of anything or
to say goodbye to anyone, at seven minutes after
four on Pentecost Sunday” (42).
The Parrot
➔ What does the parrot represent in the
novel?
◆ Consider Dr. Urbino’s relationship with the
parrot during his life and his death as caused by
the parrot.
➔ Why do you think Márquez chose to
represent these ideas with the parrot?
➔ What do we learn in this novel through
the use of the parrot?
 Analyzing symbols
As a group, pick a symbol in the novel. Respond to these questions about the symbol:

1. Where does this symbol appear in the novel?

2. What ideas, emotions, and references are associated with this entity? (For
example, a parrot might be considered exotic, fascinating, trainable, stubborn,
beautiful, repetitive, wild, domesticated, impressionable, etc.)
3. Which of these associations seems most significant in the context of the novel?
4. What is the effect of this symbol in the novel? Use specific scenes and textual
evidence to explain your answer.
5. Why do you think Gabriel García Márquez chose to use this symbol in the novel?