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Ti-Jean and His Brothers

TI-JEAN AND HIS BROTHERS BY DERECK WALCOTT

GENRE: TRAGIC COMEDY
NARRATIVE: FRAME NARRATIVE
STRUCTURE: TRIPARTITE-THREE SCENES REPRESENT THREE BROTHERS
SPEECH: DIALECT
FABLE

CHARACTERS:

  • GRO-JEAN: ELDEST, STRONGEST, REFERS TO HIMSELF AS THE MAN WITH THE IRON FIST. 
  • MI-JEAN: THE SECOND CHILD WHO IS BOOK SMART, HOWEVER, HE IS  NOT STREET SMART
  • TI-JEAN: THE YOUNGEST CHILD WHO IS SMART AND FOLLOWS HIS INSTINCTS IN ORDER TO OVERCOME THE DEVIL. 
  OTHER CHARACTERS:
  • PAPA BOIS/ THE DEVIL/OLD MAN/BOLOM
  • FROG, FIREFLY, CRICKET, AND BIRD
  • THE MOTHER

SETTING:  

  • THE FOREST/TRINIDAD


PLOT:

PROLOGUE: 
  • THE FROG IS RELAYING THE STORY OF TI-JEAN AND HIS BROTHERS TO THE OTHER CREATURES IN THE FOREST. 
  • THE DEVIL OFFERS TI-JEAN AND HIS BROTHERS A DEAL, WHERE IF THEY GET HIM UPSET THEN THEY WILL GET TO LIVE IN WEALTH FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES; HOWEVER IF THE DEVIL GETS THEM UPSET THEY WILL BE EATEN. 
SCENE ONE:
  • GROS-JEAN LEAVES HOME TO WORK ON A PLANTATION. 
  • HE MEETS THE DEVIL WHO TAKES ON THE FORM OF A PLANTER.
  • HE REFUSES TO LEARN GROS-JEANS NAME, WHICH ANGERS HIM AND RESULTED IN HIM BEING EATEN.
SCENE TWO:
  • MI-JEAN WHO WANTS TO BE A LAWYER LEAVES HOME AND LIKE GRO-JEAN MEETS THE DEVIL WHO DISGUISES HIMSELF AS A PLANTER. 
  • MI-JEAN PLANS TO BEAT THE DEVIL WITH SILENCE AND SMILES, WHICH FRUSTRATED THE DEVIL AT FIRST. 
  • THE DEVIL ANGERS MI-JEAN BY COMPARING HIS INTELLIGENCE TO THAT OF THE GOAT. HE WAS THEN EATEN. 
SCENE THREE: 
  • TI-JEAN WHO IS THE YOUNGEST DEFIES HIS MOTHER'S REQUEST AND LEAVES HOME. 
  • HE HAS FAITH IN GOD AND IS NOT AFRAID OF THE DEVIL. 
  • HE MADE THE DEVIL CRY, LAUGH AND ANGRY. 
  • AFTER WINNING THE BET AGAINST THE DEVIL, HE ASKED FOR THE BOLOM TO BE BORN. 
THEMES: 
  • GOOD VERSUS EVIL
  • IDENTITY
  • COLONIZATION
PROPS:


  • FISHING LINE
  • BOOK
  • BUNDLE OF WOOD
  • FIRE

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  1. Unknown22 October 2018 at 15:54

    I want a summary on the devil

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  2. Unknown22 September 2019 at 16:48

    You need to put descriptive words to describe animals and characters

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    1. English_Lovers23 September 2019 at 18:20

      Thank you for the feedback! :) I will update ASAP.

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  3. Unknown24 October 2019 at 17:56

    Need a better summary about the conflict between good and evil in the story

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  4. Shannon22 November 2019 at 01:10

    comment on the importance of the setting

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  5. Shannon22 November 2019 at 01:10

    comment on the importance of the setting

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