User:Atcovi/Responses to Shelley’s Writing Style in Frankenstein

TASK 1
Select and write about an issue from Frankenstein that is relevant today.
 * Brainstorm
 * Gender roles? (Elizabeth only confined to "beauty" and being a stereotypical "nurse" vs. Victor going out of the country and studying, interested in science) - see Evolution of Women: From Frankenstein to Present-Day for base

TASK 2
Ask your family members/friends if they’ve had an experience with the issue you’ve chosen from Frankenstein then interview them (have them tell their story) - take accurate, thoughtful, and thorough notes.
 * Friends
 * Manny Oommen (adult)

TASK 3
WRITE a draft of your person’s story. It must have human-interest appeal.

Q: Have you ever felt discriminated against/made fun of for your gender and were you pressured to subscribe to a certain way simply because of your gender?

A: I was in middle school at and I was 13 years old, Grade 7 at the time being. This was in the study hall at the end of the school day. I was sitting down at my table and I was reading a book. Then in the distance, I heard a “he’s reading a girl’s book” from the same table. I look up and I see a group of girls my age were making fun of me for the book I was reading. I was reading a book titled “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants”. As soon as I heard these girls mocking me, I queried as to what they found humorous in me reading a book for an English project. They responded in a demeaning manner, stating “Why are you reading a girl’s book?”. I was taken away by the rudeness of my peers. I did not respond to their crude comment and I moved to a different table as a result of the bullying. Hearing those girls made me feel horrible for doing the things I liked and it made me ponder as to why our society subscribes certain roles to certain genders. I dismissed those girls’ childish actions as extreme immaturity and my nose was revealed as well because their stench no longer infiltrated my nostrils. The following day after this incident, I was in gym class playing 4 corners. A group of males similar to my age and I were playing 4 corners, when I noticed that they came up to our group and asked if they could join. Me, feeling that I had to teach them a lesson, told them that they could not join “a boy’s game”. Immediately, I can tell I struck a nerve with them as their faces turned from a querying individual to a melancholy, disappointed person. They reported my response to the teacher, to which I told him that I was only teaching them a lesson about respect and that sexism has no place in our society. The teacher understood my point and view and he pulled the girls outside for a small talk about treating others with respect. After their talk, they ended up apologizing to me about the incident, citing that they understood what I went through when they made fun of me for reading a book for my English project and they didn’t want to inflict that offense on anybody else. I accepted their apology and the feeling of offense that glittered me for the past couple of hours were gone in an instance.

TASK 4
Review draft with the person whose story you retold in order to clarify, gain further insight, or restructure the narrative.

To introduce the story create a letter, interview, etc. in the style of Narrative Journalism.

TASK 5
Finalize essay and submit final draft by Sunday 31 January- TEST & QUIZ GRADE

Q: Have you ever felt discriminated against/made fun of for your gender and were you pressured to subscribe to a certain way simply because of your gender?

A: I was in middle school at Quioccasin and I was 13 years old, Grade 7 at the time being. This was in the study hall at the end of the school day. I was sitting down at my table and I was reading a book. Then in the distance, I heard a “he’s reading a girl’s book” from the same table. I look up and I see a group of girls my age were making fun of me for the book I was reading. I was reading a book titled “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants”. As soon as I heard these girls mocking me, I queried as to what they found humorous in me reading a book for an English project. They responded in a demeaning manner, stating “Why are you reading a girl’s book?”. Their words felt like an explosion in my heart. I did not respond to their crude comment and I moved to a different table to calm my soul of the jaw-dropping sexism I was facing. Hearing those girls made me feel horrible for doing the things I liked and it made me ponder as to why our society subscribes certain roles to certain genders. I dismissed those girls’ childish actions as extreme immaturity and my nose was revealed as well because their stench no longer attacked my nostrils. The following day after this incident, I was in gym class playing 4 corners. A group of males similar to my age and I were playing 4 corners, when I noticed that they came up to our group and asked if they could join. Since I felt the need to teach the girls a lesson, I told them that they can’t play with us because it’s “a boy’s game”. Immediately, I can tell I struck a nerve with them as their faces turned from a querying individual to a melancholy, disappointed person. They reported my response to the teacher, to which I told him that I was only teaching them a lesson about respect and that sexism has no place in our society. My teacher knew I said something mean to the girls, yet he forgave me because I taught them a lesson. Subsequently, the teacher had a private talk with them. Afterwards, they ended up apologizing to me about the incident, citing that they understood what I went through when they made fun of me for reading a book for my English project and they didn’t want to inflict that offense on anybody else. I accepted their apology and the feeling of offense that glittered me for the past couple of hours were gone in an instance. It felt like being free from a jailhouse; indeed, I was free! I was allowed to do the things I wanted to do without bowing down to the judgement of an ignorant minority.