What makes an empathic answer worthwhile... that is, the reader, a.k.a. the hapless Cathy who has to plough through pages and pages of your delightful scribbles wondering, often, where you were during the lesson :).
First of all, take off your shoes [hold your nose in case they stink, and definitely don't do this in my room - this is why it is given to you as HOMEwork].
As observed by Noor, "How can Linda take Willy's shoes off, ewwwww!" Well, as long as they are off, sieze the opportunity and put them on!
Metaphorically speaking, that's what an empathic answer is all about - getting into a character's shoes. This is, as you know, an expression which means you can thereafter, hopefully, experience life as s/he experiences it. Of course, under any circumstances, this is a difficult task. However, it should not be daunting. In order to be able to think and feel like a character, you could do the following:
1. Make a careful note of the VOCABULARY the character uses - would Willy use the term "piss off", asked Chirag - well, read through the selected portion and keep a look-out if he does or not. Otherwise you are slipping from Willy to Chirag.
2. Refer to EVENTS that are mentioned in the extract.
3. Refer to OTHER CHARACTERS in the extract - this should reflect the attitude of the character that you are writing as towards the other characters. For example, Willy's mixture of irritation, love, guilt and gratitude towards Linda is very evident. His pride in Biff as well as the deep disappointment comes through quite clearly.
4. Use a TONE that is appropriate to the character. Willy, as is evident, is losing his mind - so the narrative you write does not need to follow a logical or chronological sequence.
Have a look at the rubric below: (C) IGCSE
P.S. Leave a comment if you have a query.
The googlegroup should be ready as soon as everyone sends me their email ids.
BTW: This assignment was due YESTERDAY!!!!
First of all, take off your shoes [hold your nose in case they stink, and definitely don't do this in my room - this is why it is given to you as HOMEwork].
As observed by Noor, "How can Linda take Willy's shoes off, ewwwww!" Well, as long as they are off, sieze the opportunity and put them on!
Metaphorically speaking, that's what an empathic answer is all about - getting into a character's shoes. This is, as you know, an expression which means you can thereafter, hopefully, experience life as s/he experiences it. Of course, under any circumstances, this is a difficult task. However, it should not be daunting. In order to be able to think and feel like a character, you could do the following:
1. Make a careful note of the VOCABULARY the character uses - would Willy use the term "piss off", asked Chirag - well, read through the selected portion and keep a look-out if he does or not. Otherwise you are slipping from Willy to Chirag.
2. Refer to EVENTS that are mentioned in the extract.
3. Refer to OTHER CHARACTERS in the extract - this should reflect the attitude of the character that you are writing as towards the other characters. For example, Willy's mixture of irritation, love, guilt and gratitude towards Linda is very evident. His pride in Biff as well as the deep disappointment comes through quite clearly.
4. Use a TONE that is appropriate to the character. Willy, as is evident, is losing his mind - so the narrative you write does not need to follow a logical or chronological sequence.
Have a look at the rubric below: (C) IGCSE
P.S. Leave a comment if you have a query.
The googlegroup should be ready as soon as everyone sends me their email ids.
BTW: This assignment was due YESTERDAY!!!!
what hapened to the background?
ReplyDeleteFor some reason the text became invisible! So changed it to this one. But doesn't this DARK background rather suit Willy?
ReplyDeletehahahah it sure does!
ReplyDeletebut the background was pretty cool!