May 26- Character Journal

Today we began our character journal. We will be working on them for the next six days. Here's the outline for it:

The Crucible - Character Diary Project

Assignment:

Before you begin, it is important for you to realize that writing - other than religious poems and praises - was not allowed by the Puritans. It was considered a sin, and punishable as an offense. What if one of the characters in The Crucible kept a "forbidden diary," detailing their thoughts and insights on the events happening around them? Most importantly, this diary would reveal much about this person's inner feelings, motives, and reactions. 

This project will allow you to "become" one of these people, and demonstrate to me your expert understanding of his or her character.

Now that we have completed reading Act I, II, and III we have been introduced to most of the major characters in The Crucible.  Here is your task for this project:

1.      Pick one character that intrigues you

2.      Create a personal diary or journal for that character, which depicts the major events happening in the story - both "seen" and "unseen" in the play itself. You are writing as if you are that character, from their viewpoint and perspective, in the first person narrative form.  

Here are the types of entries:

A descriptive entry, using strong visual and sensory images to create a 

lasting impression on your reader.  Anything can be vividly described - a room, a place, an object, a person, or an event which was significant to your character.

A narrative entry, detailing a short story of a significant event including setting, characters, time sequence, brief plot, and dialogue.

A persuasive entry - this entry will reflect your character's wishes for something (an action or person), and how they might write to obtain their wish. For example, what might Abigail write to John Proctor to convince him that she is his one an only true love? What might Reverend Hale (or any number of people) write to an authority figure, to convince them to stop the trials?

A reflective entry - describing in detail what a significant event has 

meant to your character personally, how it has changed him or her personally, what important lesson did he or she learn from it, how will they apply it later in life?

·    You must write 6 entries-one each of: descriptive, narrative, persuasive, reflective-plus two other entries of any combination of those types

·    Each entry should be 200 words or longer