W14 Project Action Plan
Decide question: From a piece of fiction (short story, section of novel, or a play) choose a female character on whom to focus, and create a project that discusses some of the following questions:
A plausible thesis would change based on which female I choose, so I’m not sure I want to create a solid one yet, without knowing who I’ll choose. I need to gather the evidence for each of the two girls to make the final decision.
- What is the author’s attitude towards her? (how can you tell?)
- What is your attitude towards her?
- How do (at least 2) other characters view her?
- How does she view herself?
In order to do this prompt effectively, I need to first decide the female character who I’d like to write about. I feel that writing about either Mary Ann or DeDe will be the easiest, since there is many changes of them through the story and views from other characters. They also have a well established view of themselves, and they are the most covered throughout the book.
Determining the authors attitude will be a bit difficult, since he does not insert himself into the story, since it’s shifting first person points of view. It may have to be how the author writes about what she does and how he wishes for her to move throughout the book.
My attitude towards her might be interesting to write about, I feel Mary Ann may be easier, since my opinion to DeDe dramatically changed through the story.
I’d like to use one of the girls to view the other girl, or just another female character, and then use how a male character views her for the strongest views from other characters.
Viewing herself will be the easiest part I feel, since there is much introspection from the characters and I can find quotes that establish the views.
I only plan to use Tales of the City for this project, and I do not feel that I would need outside sources. Since it’s just on a female character, it may be extraneous to try to outsource.
For devices and elements to look for, I want to look for language usage and monologues to find the best quotes to pick out. I’m not sure what other ones to look for, since this is mostly character interaction and storyteller for this project, perhaps I’ll think of more later.
To attack this project, I’ll want to go about introducing my story, and then the female character of my choice. That should cover the introduction and maybe a additional paragraph. Next I want to possibly put my and the authors opinions In the same paragraph, since they are both “outside” points of view. The following paragraphs will be other characters and her own view in their own paragraphs, since they’re each important to discuss. To conclude I’ll want to wrap together the overall view from the story about this character and what we might learn from her.
A plausible thesis would change based on which female I choose, so I’m not sure I want to create a solid one yet, without knowing who I’ll choose. I need to gather the evidence for each of the two girls to make the final decision.
Hi Michelle,
ReplyDeleteIt seems like you had a good book to do this writing prompt on, since you have at least two women to choose from. Did the author include anything, perhaps in his introduction, that can give us an idea of his thoughts on these women, other than how he wrote the characters into the book? Otherwise you seem to have a good outline for how you’ll approach this project. I think including the author’s point of view and how he feels about your chosen character with yours will probably be a good idea to help with the length of the paragraph. I agree that from what you’ve said it seems like there won’t be a ton to work with from the author’s perspective. I’m intrigued to read your project, I’m interested in how you’ll formulate your thesis. Good luck! I look forward to seeing what you come up with.
Best,
Corine
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DeleteHi Michelle,
ReplyDeleteI feel that it's great that you chose this story because of the female impact. As far as the authors attitude, even though it doesn't show it directly I think you get the attitude by the way he/she talks about the characters. You can kind of understand where they are coming from if they describe the characters in a soft, nice manner or if they're harsh with their words. Just an example. I think you have a great idea of what you are writing about and you already have a great start. I'm sure you'll do fine and i'm looking forward to reading more.
It looks as though you are very prepared for your next essay. It seems that you have a set idea about each part of the question except for the one about the author's opinion. I think perhaps, that a great way to approach this question, especially since the author doesn't inflict his viewpoints into the story, is to analyze perhaps why he created this fictional character. Did he create the characters as a foil, a protagonist, an antagonist *BONUS: all literary terms* and why do you think that he did that? Did the character pair well with another character, is the character competitive or has a personality trait that drives the story or another character? If you can determine that, then you can also see the author's though process in creating the character itself. While you may think outside sources are unnecessary, id use the time to research the author's character creation or maybe literary devices connected to character to help you with that portion.
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