With regards to at least two literary works, show how the setting both influences the characters and reflects the author's own context.

Lesson Plan:Texts: 'Translations' and 'Things Fall Apart'.Revision of political, historical and personal contexts of the texts (student and teacher):'Translations' reflects the conflict in the 1830s between British and Irish nationalists also seen during Friel's own time throughout 'The Troubles'. Discuss with the student his or her own knowledge of specific examples of the consequences of colonialism on Friel's own life in Northern Ireland as an Irish nationalist in the 1980s.Satrapi's views on the veil in 'Persepolis' reflect her own secular and liberal upbringing in Iran. Discuss with the student his or her own knowledge of specific examples of Iranian Shiite laws and how they influenced policy that affected women.Task (student): Find examples from both texts that reflect the power exerted by British colonialists and the Islamic Regime. For example, Satrapi's encounter with the Guardians of the Revolution. Discuss the means by which colonialists and fundamentalists exert this power over the characters in the texts, with specific focus on graphic novel features, dramatic techniques and language.Task (student and teacher):Develop analysis of how the writers use stylistic features to express the power exerted, with modelled example.Task (student):Choose two examples from each text and write a short paragraph for each, explaining:how the context of the setting (i.e. Iranian Revolution and British colonialism) influences the characters' choices in the texthow the characters' choices may or may not reflect the writers' own personal biases how the writers' personal biases may be influenced by the contexts in which they were writing (i.e. The Troubles/France)Task (student and teacher):Using the student's responses above, the student should plan a response to the essay task, using the PEACE structure (point, evidence, analysis, context and evaluation) to structure his or her ideas.Task (student and teacher): review the essay plan and amend as appropriate.Task (student): brief verbal summary of the main ways that setting both influences the characters and reflects the authors' own contexts.