• My Primary Source: The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness [slide 2]

• Overview and Background Info:

  • Main Themes: consciousness, societal influence, masculinity, othering [slide 3]

  • Setting: Prentisstown [slide 4]

  • Noise Illustrated [slide 5]

  • Characters: Todd, Viola, Spackle [slide 6]

  • Main Premise of the Novel [slide 7]

• The Scholarly Conversation [slide 8]

• My Argument [slide 9]

Noise illustrates the spread of toxic masculinity at a societal level, which results in oppression of women and Spackle. However, through personal encounters with a female (Viola) and an indigenous being (a Spackle), Todd resists falling into the societal trap of toxic masculinity by learning how to prioritize care over trying to prove his manhood.

• Elements to Analyze (Methodology): [slides 10-11]

Worldbuilding and Character Development

• Building My Argument:

  • Societal Toxic Masculinity [slide 12]

  • Linking Noise and Societal Influence [slide 13]

  • Personal Encounters [slide 14]

  • Todd's Character Development [slide 15]

• Significance [slide 16]

• Bibliography [slide 17]