MY FIRST LOVE

INTENTION

• Write a unique love story
• One of his most truthful stories

CONTEXTUALISE

• Story is set in early 1900's
• In the small town of Drogedal

THEME

• Love
• Change

SENSE

• People change as time passes

STRUCTURE

• Enough detail
• Put in the right things and left out the less important details.
• First person

DICTION

• Def - the choice and use of words in speech and writing.
• Used basic words
• Easy to understand

IMAGERY AND FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

• Afrikaans influences
• Bushveld
• Pre 1940's

CHARACTERS AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT

• Schalk Lourens
• Emotional development of the character
• Lettie de Bruin
• Mr Herklaas Huysmans
• Father of Schalk
• Arnoldus de Bruin

QUESTIONS

• Name the two main themes of the story?
• Where is the story set?