Stranger Than Fiction Vocabulary – Define the following:

 

  1. This watch would become a catalyst for and entirely new life.

 

  1. You miscreant.

 

  1. . . . sharp reprimand

 

  1. . . . campaign discretionary funds

 

  1. Are you an anarchist?

 

  1. Cubicle fever

 

  1. Vaca-time

 

  1. The Immitigable path of fate

 

  1. Dramatic irony

 

  1. “Little did he know . . .” is what point of view?

 

  1. This seemingly innocuous act . . . .

 

  1. We’re not tested on tact or good manners.

 

  1. Harold was so elated that he exited the transit bus early.

 

  1. Your candor is paramount.

 

  1. Your narrator has a cursory knowledge of the city.

 

  1. Inclement weather

 

  1. What’s your favorite word?  Integer.

 

  1. Actually, I’m quite fastidious.

 

  1. Of the many transmutations Harold underwent . . . .

 

  1. And we must remember that all of these anomalies are here to save our lives.

 

 

Stranger Than Fiction

 

I - Answer the following:

 

1.        What various occupations are represented in the film?

 

 

 

 

 

2.       What is the career path each worker probably followed?

 

 

 

 

 

3.       What are the attitudes of the individual workers toward their specific occupations?

 

 

 

 

 

4.       What rewards do each of these individuals receive for their work?  Which of these rewards are intrinsic or extrinsic? 

 

 

 

 

 

5.       Who seems most satisfied with their occupation?

 

 

 

 

 

6.       Which of the workers in the film has the coolest job?  Why?

 

 

 

 

 

7.       How important is the right occupation to happiness?  Explain.

 

 

 

 

 

8.       The phrase “Little did he know” is significant.  Why?  What does it have to do with becoming happy?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

II - Now, write a 250 word review of Stranger Than Fiction that summarizes the film’s views on work and happiness and what you think it takes to achieve them.