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PICK ONE OF THE FOLLOWING TO ANSWER!
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Lion: How does Stephen King develop a symbol over the course of “The Man in the Black Suit?” Use relevant and specific detail and evidence from the text to support your answer….
Snow Leopard – Explain why ‘The Devil’, if that is what it was, tells Gary his mother was dead in “The Man in the Black Suit.” Use relevant and specific detail and evidence from the text to support your answer….
Cheetah: How does Stephen King develop a theme over the course of “The Man in the Black Suit?” Use relevant and specific detail and evidence from the text to support your answer….
Sabertooth – How does Stephen King develop a motif over the course of “The Man in the Black Suit?” Use relevant and specific detail and evidence from the text to support your answer….
Jaguar: Explain how the tone is created in “The Man in the Black Suit.” Use relevant and specific detail and evidence from the text to support your answer….
Puma: Why does Stephen King structure the story in a flashback that 90-something Gary has in the retirement home rather than have it be told by 9 year old Gary? How would the story told by 9 year old Gary differ? Would the theme differ? ( this may be what you want to focus on, the theme)
Bobcat” Explain why Stephen King chose first person narration for “The Man in the Black Suit” Use relevant and specific detail and evidence from the text to support your answer….
Lynx: In Stephen King’s “The Man in the black Suit,” explain the irony in Gary saying out of all of the Pslams he memorized for his youth fellowship, the only one he remembered was the 23rd Psalm ( need to read that Psalm to do this).
Mr. Maslanka 
The Man in the Black Suit Tone Response
Irony is displayed in the story of “The Man in the Black Suit”. One moment of irony was the contradiction between Gary remembering a specific verse from the Bible, while in the woods with the devil. Another moment of irony is when Gary leaves his fishing rod behind in fear after seeing this man in a black suit.
Gary remembers this verse about fearing no evil, but does the opposite. Instead of trusting that God will protect him in the mist of all of this, he fears the devil. On top of that, Gary believes what he says even when the devil is known for his lies and schemes. Gary specifically remembers the verse of Psalm 23 “I shall fear no evil, for You are with me,” out of all verses. But why? Why would he remember this verse, but yet here he is, fearing evil? Gary had won as being the champion of remembering the most psalms in his church, and in this moment, Psalm 23 is the only verse he seems to remember. “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil, for You are with me.”
In the story, the author wrote, “I’d set out just to bring my New Testament, which I had won for memorizing the most psalms in the Thursday night Youth Fellowship competition (I managed eight, although most of them except the Twenty-third had floated out of my mind in a week’s time), but the little Testament didn’t seem like enough when you were maybe going to face the Devil himself, not even when the words of Jesus were marked out in red ink.” Gary says that not even the words of Jesus that were marked out in ink, seemed like enough when he was possibly going to face the devil. This shows Gary’s lack of trust in God’s word when in the face of the beast, even though he knows he should trust in God but doesn’t.
Another part in Psalm 23 says ,“Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.” Steven King explains when he writes, “When we got there, my dad dropped to one knee and examined the place where we’d found my rod.” When focusing on the word “rod” you can make connections back to the fishing rod Gary had. Stephan King used the rod as a symbol of Gary’s comfort and when Gary ran, he left the fishing rod, leaving his comfort behind.
Throughout the story of “The Man of the Black Suit,” irony is evident. It was ironic that Gary suddenly remembered a specific verse from the Bible while he was in the woods with the devil. The irony continues when Gary leaves his fishing rod behind in fear when he sees the man in the black suit.