Monday, August 4, 2008

Outline for Final Paper

I. Intro to stories and education
a. Stress is put on formal education 
b.  Literary Masterpieces are considered irrelevant
Thesis: Fiction may be more relevant and informative to someones life that academic material such as math or science

II. Self Identity
a. Great Expectations is about pip becomeing someone else and fogetting who he is.
b. Mister Pip is about Matilda finding out who she is through the character of Pip
c. Mister Pip is about about learning from other books

III. Connection Between Real and Imaginary
a. Dickens writes about being orphaned
b. matilda becomes, she things, an orphan
c. An imaginary character learns from a character created by a real person. who ever reads Mister Pip will learn too
IV. Representation
a. Matilda's mom represents those who don't believe in the art of storytelling
b. The bible is a story and the children learn from their parents through stories
c. why does a nonfiction story have any more power than a fiction story

V. Matilda learns to create
a. Matilda has survived through the power of being told stories and relating to characters.
b. Matilda will tell her own story and will find her voice.

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