Tag: Characterization

For this week’s forum, respond to ONE of the following questions:

1. Choose one word that describes how Smith characterizes himself and discuss whether or not that self-characterization remains consistent or is complicated by the events he narrates.

2. Explain how the text advances certain values that are consistent with the project of colonization or the settlers themselves. What qualities or beliefs does Smith’s text value, either implicitly or explicitly?

3. How does Smith view the Native Americans with whom he deals? Explain how this view influences his account of one or more events in the text.

4. How does Smith establish and maintain a relationship with is audience(s) in The Generall Historie? Give examples to support your viewpoint.

5. Smith includes the now legendary tale of his “rescue” by Pocahontas during captivity, which subsequent historians and scholars have cast into doubt. What purpose do you believe this story served for Smith and his audience(s)?

Title your paragraph with the title of the poem.

In a well-developed paragraph, explain:

Why are you interested in exploring this poem?

What literary elements (such as imagery, symbolism, metaphor, simile, etc.) do you see the author using in the poem?

What approach might you take in analyzing this poem? Example approaches include a discussion of the poem’s use of imagery, symbolism, theme, or characterization.

What questions do you have for the instructor about the upcoming essay assignment?

Characterization In Short Fiction

Essay has no word limit it’s covering the story “The House of Asterion” by Jorge Luis Borges.
Identify and discuss at least three ways that author Jorge Luis Borges attempts to humanize the Minotaur in “The House of Asterion”.