You all asked your world languages teacher about parts of speech and grammar rules in your wiki project. You also reflected on if/why grammar rules are necessary after completing the project. Most of you responded that grammar rules are necessary to make sense of chaos — and to help you read and write correctly.
Now, I want you to contemplate rules in a broader sense.
1) Answer the following question in the context of the short story you read in small groups:
What societal rule was followed or broken by the protagonist in the story you read?
To answer that question, you'll need to know what a "protagonist" is, as well as a "societal rule." Be clear in your answer as to which character is the protagonist and explain what societal rule (or rules) were central to the short story you read.
2) I also want you to describe how you would have acted if you were in the protagonist's place in that story. Would you have done the same thing--or something different--and why?
This is due by Friday, Sept. 26 at 1 p.m.
17 comments:
The societal rule that the protagonist broke was killing his friend. He hung him by his hands in his wine cellar then putting a wall in front of him so no one would be able to find him and he would suffocate. It's not acceptable to take your anger out one someone by harming them. When you kill someone you aren't just affecting them. You are harming all of their family and friends in the process.
If I were put in the protagonist's place I would talk to the person who offended me and simple told im why what he said or did bothered me. Hopefully that person would appologize and try to make up for their mistake. I would go about it this way because hurts way less people and you don't run the risk of getting cought.
my story was hard to under stand so im not sure but why did this guy die from cheese
the rule the protagonist broke was he comitted the murder and coverd it up he also took advantage of him by getting him drunk and tempting him the a special wine.
i i were in the protagonists shoes i would have simply explained why i was mad and try to work it out
The societal rule for my story "Invalid" is that I dont think it has one because the story really doesnt have a point really because the guy says that he is going to die from the bad smell of the cheese that he tought it was a body. If I were in the protaginists shoes i would have stood outside of the train so i didnt have to smell the cheese.
Mathidel was the protagonist.I would say she broke the rule of honesty because instead of telling the women the truth about how she lost the necklace then the women probley would have said it was ok since it was false.If i was Mathidel i would have told the women that i lost the necklace and tried to find it but couldn't.I would have offerd to replace it if wanted.
The protagonist in the “Cask of Amontillado” was Montresor. He killed this guy, Fortunato, because Fortunato insulted him. He chained him in up in these catacombs and built a brick wall so he couldn’t get out, and left him to die.
I think the societal rule would be, don’t kill a guy if he just insulted you because, well, it’s just a little insane to take something that serious. He could’ve just brushed it off, or just talked to the guy. You don’t need to go and kill him, even if you are mad, it’s just not right.
In my story "The Necklace" the protagonist broke the societal rule of not telling the truth about losing the necklace. Then, she ended up paying 10years of service to pay off the "Replacement" one. It turns out the one she lost was a fake, and she replaced it with an expensive one.
If I was in her shoes I would have told the truth and see where it would get me. Maybe if Maddam Mousel did, she could have spent a better 10years and stayed beautiful. Always tell the truth.
If i were the protagonist in "The gift of Magi," I would have thought of what I could do to get the guy his present for christmas the easiest way: i would gamble my hair instead of sell it for the present. I think the societal rule is that you should try your hardest when you love someone and be glad with what someone tries to get you even if you cant use it. i would have done the same thing as the protagonist by saying that i liked the present and that i could use it once i got my hair back, because its true and i know that he worked hard to get me the present.
the perotagonest was the wife and her husben. the rule that they where following was to give a gift on chrismas. They both gave things away to give the other a gift. I don't know if I would have been so selfless as they were.
im agreeing with paul. we read that same story and got the same message out of it. we would both fix the problem by just talking to the person about it.
In "The Necklace", the societal rule was that followed was that she returned the necklace even if it was a real or fake one. The protagonist is the lady who borrowed the necklace.
If I were the lady, I would have gone to the person she borrowed the necklace from and told her I lost it and asked how much I needed to pay her back for it.
the rule is that she should have admit to her friend that she lost the necklas and if she did that she would have saved her self from having to buy another one witch took her 5 years to pay off, and the neckles was a fake.
The social rule in "The Gift of Magi" was that they both were happy with what they got each other, It was broken when they exchanged gifts and realized how now they both couldn't use their gift.
If I was put in the protagonists place, I would have still gotten them something, and reacted the same way because I showed that I was grateful for it, and it was the thought that counts.
in The gift of the Magi the people were both happy and the rule was broken when they gave each other their gifts. They both couldn't use it because they gave away what they gained from each other, if that makes any sense. If I was the protagonist I would still give the gift but be more thankful for the thing that I received.
The protaganast was the wife and husband And she brok the sosiety rule of telling the truth right off and seved 10 years for it
In my book the protagonist comes home to a note that his friend died and he had to take his body back to his parents he gets on a train ect. then the "body" starts to stink long story short it is actually cheese and he died of staying out in the cold to avoid the stench. on the part of how would i deal with this well i dont know because that is a dificult situation to even think of.
i think mathidel should have told her friend the truth instead off hiding it and maybe she wouldnt of had such a hard life and her friend would have forgiven her
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