Exploring Themes in Liar & Spy

Exploring Themes in Liar & Spy

Exploring Themes in Liar & Spy

by Brandon Willmore

Multiple Choice

Is this poster accurate?

• Yes

• No

• Kind of

Multiple Choice

What can we say about Georges' opinion of the tongue map?

• He thinks it is silly that we're studying a debunked poster

• He wants the tongue map to be true despite knowing that it is wrong

• He doesn't like the tounge map

• He wants to eat a large quantity of cake to test the theory

​Georges is not a fan of chaos & confusion

​...I'm looking at the false tongue poster, and I'm kind of wishing it wasn't wrong. There's something nice about those thick black arrows: sour here, salty there, like there's a right place for everything, instead of the total confusion the human tongue actually turns out to be. ( pg. 2)

​How themes are incorporated

• ​themes are often "under the surface"

• ​If we think about certain quotes and passages that a character says, we may see these recurring "motifs" that point to a larger theme

• ​themes will often play out in the form of a conflict and resolution

​Georges Seurat

• ​lived from 1859 - 1891

• ​French painter and draftsman

• ​Embracing a movement of French artists called Neo-Impressionism, Georges mastered a technique called pointilism

• ​went on to have a great influence on other artists like Vincent Van Gough

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​Mom teaches Georges a lesson...

​"Mom says that our Seurat poster reminds her to look at the big picture. Like when it hurts to think about selling the house, she tells herself how that bad feeling is just one dot in the giant Seurat painting of our lives" (pg.11)

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Poll

Do you think that George is overly concerned about the small details of life?

• Yes

• No

• Not sure

Poll

Do you have a better understanding of theme than you did 10 minutes ago?

• Yes

• No

• kinda-sorta

• not at all.