Be sure to post-it note any passage which literally or symbolically represents the character's search for identity or society's imposition of identity onto the character, i.e. all blue eyed folk must and all women must or all Christians must, etc. We are looking at the ways people are influenced by family, friends, religion, culture and/or society. What makes you unique? Are you similar to your parents? Your grandparents? Your church friends? Your soccer mates? Is it possible to be human and an individual? Is there a cost to belonging? Is there a price to pay for standing up for your own beliefs? Is a hermit content? Must we pay a price for belonging?
These are the questions several writers address.
You will be writing an essay using your novel and the stories we have read.
Then, you will think about the topic, come up with your own answers and create fictitious characters, a conflict and a setting (a story) to dramatize your beliefs. We will be practicing the technique of showing not telling, unique details, motif and symbol.
Today, we presented and discussed the story, "The Sound of the Hollyhocks" and then we read "Two Fisherman".
