The Last Temptation
This assignment focuses on your ability to:
Learn how to identify the plot devices of a piece of literature; craft your own creative piece with similar plot devices.
The purpose of completing this assignment is: as a student and a career professional, you will need to read and summarize many different forms of literature. Very often, you will need to report out on those summaries. This is a good practice in developing those skills.
Prompt
After reading the short stories in the unit, select one story to write an analysis of the plot on. Answer the following question about that short short story in one paragraph:
What is the plot of the story? Include a breakdown of the sequence of events for the story.
How does the plot influence the overall story?
Both “The Invisible String” and “Swan of the Gods” deal with the question of what connects us to other people and to the universe?
Be it strings we cannot see or stars that we each look at throughout time, connections are one of the main things that drive human interactions and help us navigate the world.
Create your own short story with a clear plot or sequence of events that
focuses on the invisible or visible connections that exist in the world.
The story should be no more than 500 words in length. You may organize the story into however many paragraphs you would like, but make sure not to go over 500
words.
The subject of your short short story is entirely up to you, but make sure it is appropriate for an academic setting. Your story should have clear characters, a conflict, and a resolution.
Instructions (how to get it done):
Write your response that details the prompt above. Be sure to analyze one of the short short stories and then create your own short short story.
