Written Composition-Short story
The only true voyage of discovery … would be not to visit strange lands but to possess other eyes, to behold the universe through the eyes of another, of a hundred others, to behold the hundred universes that each of them beholds . . .” -Marcel Proust, Remembrance of Things Past, trans. C.K. Scott Moncrieff
THINK about what the world might look like through the eyes of a living being that is not human. What challenges does this creature face in its daily life? What are this creature’s thoughts, motivations, actions, and surroundings?
Write a fictional short story from the point of view of a nonhuman creature in which you relate a challenging experience in your (the creature’s) life and the insight you gain from the experience.
In your short story, be sure to:
maintain a clear focus on the main event of the story—the challenging experience in the narrator’s life
organize your short story in a logical way, including a beginning, middle, and end with a central conflict and resolution
use a consistent first-person point of view, in which the nonhuman narrator tells about.the challenging experience in his or her life
develop your story with appropriate details, using dialogue and description that moves the plot forward
clearly express the insight the narrator gained from the challenging experience
think carefully about the words you choose to develop the characters, setting, and tone of the story /hen you have finishe ing, review your work for correct grammar, punctuation, spelling, id capitalization.
