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The Prompt

The Prompt. Prompt: Although your main characters in “Harrison Bergeron” and “Story of an Hour” are different, the authors still seem to create similar themes.

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The Prompt

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  1. The Prompt • Prompt: Although your main characters in “Harrison Bergeron” and “Story of an Hour” are different, the authors still seem to create similar themes. • In an essay thematically link both short stories by comparing 2 elements of a novel: the setting, character development, OR conflict.

  2. What is our task? 1. To compare 2. Compare H.B. & S. of H. 3. We are showing similarities between the two stories 4. Link the stories thematically a. Setting b. Character development c. Conflict

  3. Thematic Ideas: Harrison Bergeron Individualism Freedom through individuality Don’t let others keep you down or from being you

  4. Thematic ideas: Story of an Hour Individualism Freedom through individuality Don’t let others keep you down or from being you

  5. Setting • Time/place • Social Condition • Mood

  6. Setting: Social Condition H.B. • HB is being held back • HB – he is stronger, smarter, more athletic than everyone else • HB – constraints – government, wears huge earphone to scatter his thoughts, thick wavy glasses to give him headaches, shaved his eyebrows, wore shards of metal (300lbs.) wore black caps on his teeth and clown nose.

  7. Setting: Social Condition S. of H. • LM is being held back • LM – she is a woman who has no social power because she is a woman • LM – constraint – her marriage, her husband, her gender, the time period

  8. Thesis • In both ______________________ and _____________________, the authors are able to convey the importance of (thematic idea) through setting, character development, and conflict. • In both “Harrison Bergeron” and “Story of an Hour,” the authors are able to convey the importance of freedom through setting, character development and conflict.

  9. Outline • I. Introduction: • A. Thesis: • II. Body: Setting • A. Story of an Hour: Setting • a. Quote from Story of an Hour • B. Harrison Bergeron: Setting • a. Quote from Harrison Bergeron • C. Overall links between Story of an Hour and H. B. for Setting • III. Body: Character Development • A. Story of an Hour: Character development a. Quote from Story of an Hour • B. Harrison Bergeron: Character development a. Quote from Harrison Bergeron • Overall links between Story of an Hour and Harrison Bergeron for character development

  10. Outline • IV. Body: Conflict • A. Story of an Hour: Conflict a. Quote from Story of an Hour • B. Harrison Bergeron: Conflict a. Quote from Harrison Bergeron • C. Overall link between Story of an Hour and Harrison Bergeron for Conflict • V. Conclusion: • A. Thesis Restatement • B. Significance of your discussion

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