Worksheet
Short Story Analysis Worksheet
Title of short story In the south
Author’s Name Salman Rushdie
Year of Publication 2009
Physical: Place & Time Place: South India, 4 blocks away from
(include clues which help Elliot’s beach
you determine this)
Time: 2004 (seen through the mentioning
of the tsunami) after Christmas, before
New Year’s eve, the day that Junior fell.
Mood: The mood of the story is bright, hot
and slow but overwhelming because all the
senses seem to be over-stimulated,
and it doesn’t feel very good. It feels like
you are struggling to get through the day,
and you are just tired of everything.
It is mentioned in the story that the main
characters are old, sick and slow. They
Setting
expect to die anytime.
One grumpy old man with a lot of family
and a very active life and one man who had
one boring job his entire life, led a
mediocre life and has no family but is still
full of life. It contrasts with each other
because on one side it seems like the city is
full of life, but the two
main characters are not. The effect is that
you feel conflicted too.
Social Context South Indian culture and the multiple
(include clues which help differences in social status of people in
you determine this)
Indian society
Short Story Analysis Worksheet
Title of short story In the south
Author’s Name Salman Rushdie
Year of Publication 2009
Physical: Place & Time Place: South India, 4 blocks away from
(include clues which help Elliot’s beach
you determine this)
Time: 2004 (seen through the mentioning
of the tsunami) after Christmas, before
New Year’s eve, the day that Junior fell.
Mood: The mood of the story is bright, hot
and slow but overwhelming because all the
senses seem to be over-stimulated,
and it doesn’t feel very good. It feels like
you are struggling to get through the day,
and you are just tired of everything.
It is mentioned in the story that the main
characters are old, sick and slow. They
Setting
expect to die anytime.
One grumpy old man with a lot of family
and a very active life and one man who had
one boring job his entire life, led a
mediocre life and has no family but is still
full of life. It contrasts with each other
because on one side it seems like the city is
full of life, but the two
main characters are not. The effect is that
you feel conflicted too.
Social Context South Indian culture and the multiple
(include clues which help differences in social status of people in
you determine this)
Indian society
