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Fiction Project Midterm

Ellington, David

Park University

FICTION 9

TOPIC PROPOSAL

The form your project will take

I'm going to write a short story that mimics the shape, vocabulary, and themes of the literature we've been studying in class.

Your aim or focus

The aim is to make a story out of the various elements we've gathered from our readings. My proposal is to write a murder mystery based on a fairytale. I'd like to take a traditional fairytale and add a twist by introducing darkness. Real murder will be committed by fuzzy fairytale characters, whom other animals will then pursue to locate the suspect. I'll try to model personalities after real-life animal traits.

The readings from class that inspired your project

· Arthur Conan Doyle (1892) "The Adventure of the Speckled Band"

· Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm "The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage"

Any supporting ideas and/or examples

As in most fairytales, the story will be told in the third person omniscient.

How the project will demonstrate your understanding of/engagement with the readings and ideas from class

Creating my own stories, specifically dark fairytales and crime/mystery fiction would illustrate the ideas and concepts I've learned from the readings. I really try to focus on sound because I've heard a lot about how to paint a picture with words, and it's not something I'm especially good at.

How the project will help your classmates see the reading(s) in a new way.

I believe that using a well-known fairytale as a foundation is the best way to make my classmates see the readings in a new light. They will be familiar with the gist of the material and will be able to notice the variations I introduce as well as the elements and inclusion of other fiction genres.

The sources you anticipate using

i) The Grimm Brothers' Children's and Household Tales website ( https:// www.pitt.edu/~dash/grimmtales.html )

ii) How to write a fairy tale - https://writeshop.com/genres-how-to-write-a-fairy-tale/

iii) Writing in third person omniscient - https:// www.scribophile.com/academy/using- third- person-omniscient-pov

iv) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - https:// www.gutenberg.org/files/1661/1661- h/1661-h.htm#8

Any questions or concerns you might have.

What is the minimum length requirement for a short story?

Tentative timeline for completing the different aspects of your project.

Creative Project –

Reflection –

Presentation –

CREATIVE PROJECT

On the surface, Ernest Hemmingway's A Farewell to Arms and Jack London's To Build a Fire seem to have little in common. Each narrative is about something completely different and takes place at separate times in history. However, Frederico Henry in A Farewell to Arms and the man in To Create a Fire have a personality trait in common: they both have a knack for embracing their circumstances.

Federico Henry, the protagonist of A Farewell to Arms, is an American Lieutenant serving in the Italian Army during WWI. His knee injury was severe, and after three doctors told him he'd have to spend six months in bed recovering before being operated on, he sought the second opinion of Dr. Valentino, who operated on the knee just 24 hours after seeing the three other doctors who said he couldn't be operated on before six months. He spent much less time in the hospital after seeking a second opinion than he had been told. Federico was reassigned to the front lines of the war after he had recovered, despite the fact that he had fallen madly in love with Catherine Barkley and she had become pregnant during this period. Federico has a deep sense of obligation, and despite being killed in the line of duty, he goes out of his way to dispel any notions that he acted heroically. Federico spends several months in a Milan hospital following his injury. His knee injury was severe, and after three doctors told him he'd have to spend six months in bed recovering before being worked on, he looked for the second assessment of Dr. Valentino, who worked on the knee only 24 hours in the wake of seeing the three different specialists who said he was unable to be worked on before a half year. He invested significantly less energy in the clinic after seeking a second opinion than he had been told. Federico was reassigned to the front lines of the war after he had recovered, despite the fact that he had fallen frantically in love with Catherine Barkley and she had gotten pregnant during this period.

Federico never complained about his situation during his "adventure." He never complained about being wounded at first, about his injuries, or about getting back to the cutting edges to work, despite the fact that it implied being isolated from his affection. He stated what he experienced as reality, but the story's structure leads the reader to believe that something exciting will occur at some stage.

In To Build a Fire, the protagonist has chosen to fly to his destination despite being warned. Regardless of the harsh weather conditions, the man persists in driving through the subzero temperatures in the hopes of reaching his goal before succumbing to the cold. The man narrates his story almost robotically as he walks. He tells himself numerous times that he was warned about the circumstances, but he does not dwell on it. Rather, he attempts to turn his thoughts away from how cold it is. The man never imagined that he would die. He moved on in the story with a single-minded determination to reach his final destination and be reunited with his sons. This was his haven, and he'd done everything he could to get there. But, as luck would have it, fate was not on his side, and he died peacefully. However, the most significant thing is that the man never complained about his situation.

It is important to appreciate the heroes to comprehend the content. The two stories highlight two in number willed men who are both going through a horrible encounter. One needed to battle War and Love, while the other needed to battle his psyche to confront the cold and the circumstance he had placed himself in. To the peruser, it appears to be that something awful will happen to these men sooner or later, yet the actual men are uninterested about what will occur straightaway. They live in the present and are concerned with current events. They get over each stumbling block without complaining; they state their situation as factually and casually as possible.

The acknowledgment that increasingly more of his body is freezing sends the man escaping again. The man sits discreetly after the last time he falls, thinking about how he met his demise with poise. He accepts he has been acting sporadically instead of recognizing the unavoidable. He gets sluggish. He envisions the young men finding his body the following day on the path. He feels confined from himself and notices his body in the snow through the eyes of the young men. He mumbles to the more established man at Sulfur Creek that he was right: no man could move alone in these temperatures. At last, the man floats off to rest calmly. The dog gazes at the man, astounded by his inertia until it smells passing and draws nearer (London, 2019).

The tale ends in To Build a Fire when the man is surpassed and succumbs to the cold. It begs the question of how Federico can cope with his problems. The commitment by the character, regardless of the challenges, is seen throughout the text. There are circumstances in life that necessitate our undivided commitment to serve other than to choose our personal convenience. Whenever duty calls, it is expected of use to be responsible and responsive to the call of duty.

References

Hemingway, E. (1935). A farewell to arms. London: Wyman.

London, J. (2019, January 12). To Build a Fire. Retrieved April 20, 2020, from https://americanliterature.com/author/jack-london/short-story/to-build-a-fire

Reflection

Throughout the fiction unit, I've learned a lot about the importance of a story's perspective. The tale is told in this accent, which can switch between first, second, and third. The pacing of a fiction story refers to how quickly or slowly a story unfolds, providing a conflict and a resolution, and the TALES acronym, which stands for thoughts, actions, looks, effects, and speech, was also important. Finally, I believe that a strong tone, good use of syntax and dialogue, and considerable detail are critical components of a good fiction tale. Regarding the re-reading of my fiction before the presentation, it went off without a hitch! In my view, the experience of writing each story was much more difficult than the experience of writing poetry. I always enjoyed putting my thoughts and feelings down on paper because I have a proclivity.

At the initial stages of the project, I concentrated on getting all of the explanations out of the way and instead added more descriptive significant information. I also had a lot of preconceived notions that weren't appropriate for this piece. It was preferable to be direct and succinct. As a result, I was able to add more depth to the project while still keeping it at an observational level rather than a novel. This was more of a descriptive scenery that I described in the best and most accurate way I could from where I was sitting, rather than a plot.

I decided to build on the story in the first-person point of view for the second fiction revision because I felt it made the story feel more at home and personal. When reading going through the stories, I pictured myself in the main characters of the various texts. I further explained that the characters had to endure hardship with my personal experience in life and situation where I have had to choose hardship over soft life for the better. In some parts of the story, I wrote my experience in the characters' voices. While reassessing this piece, I felt stronger. It honestly saddened me that I had written about this earlier in the semester because I was so angry. Overall, I built on the first-person perspective and added diction that reflected my new thoughts and feelings about the situation rather than the flimsy ideas I had previously written.

My decision to settle on the topic of enduring in the line of duty to demonstrate responsibility, as demonstrated by Frederico Henry in A Farewell to Arms, is greatly inspired by my curiosity to understand the balance that we need to have between the line of duty and personal convenience. The choice of military hardship and love provides this scenario at its best because of the precise way it provides the contrast. I managed to show this by telling how Federico never complained about his situation during his "adventure." He felt it was his responsibility to serve, and he never complained about being injured right away, about his wounds, or about having to get back to the bleeding edges to operate, despite the fact that it meant being separated from the adoration for his life. And, In To Build a Fire, the protagonist has decided to travel to his destination regardless of being warned. Regardless of the harsh weather conditions, the man persists in driving through the subzero temperatures in the hopes of reaching his goal before succumbing to the cold. The man narrates his story almost robotically as he walks. He tells himself numerous times that he was warned about the circumstances, but he does not dwell on it. Rather, he attempts to turn his thoughts away from how cold it is. The man never imagined that he would die. He moved on in the story with a single-minded determination to reach his final destination and be reunited with his sons

I got great help from persons around me. I took everything I could from what my classmates had written in our workshop papers and put it to good use. I put all of those details into practice and tweaked what I thought worked. The insight provides by the course director played a crucial role in helping shape my thought and even, in fact, develop an interest in the project. Class works and discussions further enabled me to locate topics of interest and develop the interest in researching further enduring tales.

Lastly, I corrected some grammatical errors that I had in the story before finishing the project. I had to ensure that I have had an informative storyline and eye-opening to the reader. It is deliberate that the pieces are provided in concise, precise, and readily understandable language to engage them effectively. Since completing the project and going through the whole process, I think I gained a new outlook on many things and made adjustments to the parts of my fiction writings that needed improvement or that I now felt differently about.