In a good story, characters change. The creature is the best example. Step 1 – Read the text and look at the model curve. Step 2 – Build your own diagram. Step 3 – Write your answer.
When the creature first opens its eyes, it is like a new-born child: innocent and confused. It is curious about the world and, while it watches the De Lacey family, it even becomes gentle and hopeful. But every time it shows itself, people scream and run away. The pain of being rejected again and again slowly turns its sadness into anger and then into hate. After it kills Elizabeth, the creature feels powerful but empty. In the end, next to the dead Victor, it is full of regret.
This is how “human” and kind the creature is at each important moment. Study it carefully – you will need it for your own diagram.
The curve below is the same, but the points only have numbers. For every point, drag the correct stage (blue) and the correct feeling (red) into the two boxes. Then click Check.
Look at the curve. Is the creature born evil, or is it made evil? Write 4–6 sentences and use examples from the story.
At the beginning the creature is kind and only wants a friend. It is not born evil. People treat it badly because of its face, and this rejection changes it. So you can say the creature is made evil by the way everyone behaves towards it.
One last grammar recap before the big quiz. Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first, using the given keyword.
Rewrite the sentence so it keeps the same meaning and uses the given keyword unchanged. Use between two and six extra words – no more, no less.
Still unsure? Go back to Keyword Transformation in our Klasse 9 folder and practise more of these.