Point of View Essay
Prompt (what are you writing about?):
Choose any of the literature that you have read in this course and respond to the following prompt: In 2 pages or more, write an alternate part of the story from a different character’s perspective (example: write from Fortunato’s perspective as he is being walled up in to the catacombs, or perhaps from the perspective of Cory as he is listening to Troy and Rose argue).
Instructions (how to get it done):
• Choose any of the short stories or plays you have read in this course.
• Write a 2 or more page response in which you write an alternate part of the story from a different character’s perspective or a character’s different point of view.
• Your audience for this response will be people who have read the stories. Requirements:
• Your response should be a minimum of 2 pages.
• Your response should have a properly APA formatted title page.
• It should also be double spaced, written in Times New Roman, in 12 point font and with 1 inch margins.
• You should have a reference page that includes the piece of literature you chose.
• Please be cautious about plagiarism.
Sources: All of the short stories and plays you have read so far in this course
Short Stories short stories to choose from :
Alvarez, J. (2017). Snow. In L. Kirszner & S. Mandell (Eds.), Portable literature: Reading, reacting, writing, 9thed (pp. 82-83). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning. (Original work published 1984)
Cisneros, S. (2017). Pilon. In L. Kirszner & S. Mandell (Eds.), Portable literature: Reading, reacting, writing, 9thed (pp. 86-86). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning. (Original work published 2002)
Hemingway, E. (2017). Hills like white elephants. In L. Kirszner & S. Mandell (Eds.), Portable literature: Reading, reacting, writing, 9thed (pp. 74-79). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning. (Original work published 1927)
O’Brien, T. (2017) The things they carried . In L. Kirszner & S. Mandell (Eds.), Portable literature: Reading, reacting, writing, 9thed (pp. 310-326). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning. (Original work published 1986)
Jackson, S. (2017). The lottery. In L. Kirszner & S. Mandell (Eds.), Portable literature: Reading, reacting, writing, 9thed (pp. 334-343). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning. (Original work published 1948)
Walker, A. (2017). Everyday use. In L. Kirszner & S. Mandell (Eds.), Portable literature: Reading, reacting, writing, 9thed (pp. 344-352). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning. (Originally published in 1973)
