The Prompt

• Prompt: Although your main character in your novel and the main character in the short story are different, the author still seems to create similar themes.

• In an essay thematically link your novel to your selected short story through comparing and contrasting the setting, character development, and conflict.

What is my task?

• Write an essay

• An essay that compares AND contrasts

• C&C the short story and the novel

• And linking them through their thematic idea

• Using setting, character development and conflict

Short StoryStory of an Hour

Harrison Bergeron

Similarities Differences NovelPurple Hibiscus

Thematic Idea

SH- Individuality is gained through freedom

HB – Individuality through freedom

Individuality is gained through freedom

Individuality is gained through freedom

SettingTime/Place

Social Condition

Mood

Character DevelopmentCharacter

STEAL Method

ConflictWhat are the conflicts?

What type/kind of conflict?

External/Internal

Short Story

Story of an hour

Similarities Differences Novel

Purple hibiscus

Thematic Idea

Individual freedom

Search for the inner self

New Beginnings

True freedom is attained only through death

True freedom is attained only through death

True freedom is attained only through death

Individual freedom

SettingTime/Place

Social Condition

Mood

Social Condition: women couldn’t be unmarried, couldn’t own property, were not educated, had no skills (other than wife and mother)

Women took a submissive role

Religion dominated the culture, men dominated the family, women assumed role of caretaker and mother.

Character DevelopmentCharacter

STEAL Method

ConflictWhat are the conflicts?

What type/kind of conflict?

External/Internal

» S. of an H H.B• Thematic Idea Individuality through freedom Individuality through freedom

• Character Mrs. Mallard Harrison Bergeron

• Setting (Soc. Cond.) Social Restraint Social Restraint• Gender Physicality• Social requirements (wife/woman) Intellectuality• She is held back by her husband He is held back by

the gov’t

• Character reserved independent• Accepting rebellious• Optimistic optimistic

• Conflict Internal External• She struggles with the Man vs. society

Obligations a wife has to He is struggling against (gov’tHer husband and the being equal-he wants to

• Obligations she has to be able to show how is herself different from everyone

Thesis

In both ______________________ and _____________________, the authors are

able to convey the importance of

(thematic idea) through setting, character development, and conflict.

The Outline I. Introduction: A. Thesis:

II. Body: Setting A. Novel: Setting

a. Quote from Novel B. Short Story: Setting

a. Quote from Short Story C. Overall links between Novel and Short Story for Setting

III. Body: Character Development A. Novel: Character development

a. Quote from Novel B. Short Story: Character development

a. Quote from Short Story C. Overall links between Novel and Short Story for character

development

The Outline

IV. Body: Conflict A. Novel: Conflict

a. Quote from Novel B. Short Story: Conflict

a. Quote from Short Story C. Overall link between Novel and Short Story for Conflict

V. Conclusion: A. Thesis Restatement

a. Significance of your discussion