The house on mango street: "Hips" juxtaposition
Opening Activity: The following pictures are examples of juxtaposition. Study the images and discuss in your group what you think juxtaposition means.
Instruction and Guided Practice:
Juxtaposition: the arrangement of two or more ideas, characters, actions, settings, phrases, or words side-by-side or in similar narrative moments for comparison.
Juxtaposition: the arrangement of two or more ideas, characters, actions, settings, phrases, or words side-by-side or in similar narrative moments for comparison.
The juxtaposition of....and....really makes us think about/see/feel/consider....
Write a word down on a post it which best describes the impact of juxtaposition.
Consider the impact of juxtaposition in this short film.
Consider the impact of juxtaposition in this short film.
Heavyweight from Joe Sparkes on Vimeo.
Consider the impact of juxtaposition in this Dickens classic A Tale of Two Cities.
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way…”
"Hips" - What is being juxtaposed in this vignette? Why?
Independent Practice: Write for 15 minutes about a time in your childhood where you felt like something changed because you were growing up. Include details like your age, where you were, what you were doing, how you felt, whether you left "someone behind" or were "left behind." Use juxtaposition in your description.