Thursday, February 27, 2014

February 27, 2014

Check out The Great Gatsby.
Homework: read Gatsby. No page requirement, but finish chapter two for Monday (37 pages).
Take notes on Fitzgerald's style.

Take notes on Hemingway's style.
The Iceberg Effect
The short, short story genre.
Here's Hemingway's story: "For sale: baby shoes. Never worn."
Now, write your own short, short story. Remember, it needs a beginning, and middle, and an end and must have a controlling idea. Keep in mind that fiction deals with life themes, such as loss, redemption, the quest for knowledge, etc.
Here are some examples: Short, Short Stories

We will submit these stories to INK for publication. Make them good.
Due tomorrow. Typed. Feel free to hand in three or four of them.

Here's a google doc of the Fitzgerald Rewrite assignment. Take note of changes made at the end. I think I've clarified the way you should write the analysis.
Fitzgerald Rewrite

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