The Pupil

The PupilBy Henry JamesKyle Gunby, Conlan James, Stefanie ShahanThere is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor. The poor can think of nothing else. Oscar Wilde

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJOuOkEWE5w Inferiority ComplexWhat or Theme StatementThrough drastic contrast, irony and perspective, Henry James is able to characterize the actions of those with wealth and without, providing insight into the inferiority complex suffered by those lacking material means and the schisms present in families of wealth. Poor People want money that rich people have. Rich people dont have good family lives because of money. How devicesContrast IronyPerspectiveSyntax/DictionMetaphorEmphasisImageryTone

James shows the different mindsets of poor and rich through perspectiveThird Person Limited-Through PembertonThe poor young man hesitated and procrastinated: it cost him such an effort to broach the subject of terms, to speak of money to a person who spoke only of feelings and, as it were, of the aristocracy. Line 1Establishes importance of money to Pemberton.Oh, I can assure you that all that will be quite regular.-Line 70Establishes sense of financial superiority by family. James uses contrast to indicate the separate ideas of money Contrasting views on moneyAll throughout passage, Pemberton wants to bring up money, but family doesnt care to speak about it. Ex: approach the delicate subject of his remuneration.-Line 28 Ex: broach the subject of terms-Line 2Ex: what all that was to amount topeople had such different ideas.-line 72

Contrast can flow into imagery and metaphor

James uses emphasis,imagery and metaphors to characterize the dominance of Mrs. MoreenA description of the woman: The large, affable lady who sat there drawing a pair of soiled gants de suede through a fat, jewelled hand and, at once pressing and gliding-Line 7Emphasis on Mrs. Moreen no descriptions of Pemberton or his reactionsSimple imagery in quoteMetaphor is only actual description of Pemberton in passage

James uses Syntax and Diction to show both the personalities and how they affect the interactionsPemberton never speaks. in squeezing out a phrase about the rate of payment-Line 65Mrs. Moreen- large affable lady Fat Jewelled Hand Councious Smile Expensive IdentityMorgan Moreen- Cynical Confession Casual Observation Sickly Without Being Delicate Mocking Foreign EjaculationPemberton- Hesitated and Procrastinated Modest Even Timid Prove Cleverer Than Himself Nervousness Something Really Superior In The Way Of A Resident TutorJames uses irony to show how the poor are not really present in the midst of the richPemberton, protagonist, has no presencePemberton intellectually bullied by sickly kidChance that his small scholar might prove cleverer than himself had quite figured, to his nervousness- line 54

Kid-mom relationshipImagery through no descriptionJames uses tone Mocking tone Especially with Mrs. Moreen, who is portrayed as dramatic and cruel. She brushes off Pembertons timid question, and the author is sarcastic in tone: Conscious smile which seemed a reference to the ladys expensive identityShe became still more gracious to reply (Line 68). She repeated over and over everything but the thing he would have liked to hear (Like 11) Say some things about her son which it was better that a boy of eleven shouldnt catch (Line 30) Pembertons extreme timidity is almost laughable. Morgan is described as unpleasant and mocking as well as cynical. All characters are not necessarily likeable.The hesitant Pemberton grows a backbone: "reflected, somewhat grimly, that the first thing he should have to teach his little charge" (Line 20). However, he does nothing about this idea within the excerpt.

Real Life Connection99% movement (Occupy Wallstreet)Class struggle, oppression by the too 1%Opposite of passage- people are not being timid/hesitant anymore