Essential Question A.
Published on Jan 01, 2014
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How do the conflicts that the protagonist (hero) of your historical
FICTION NOVEL STRUGGLE AGAINST HELP MAKE THE PROTAGONIST HEROIC?
PROTAGONIST
THE LEAD CHARACTER, OR HERO.
HERO
a person who, in the opinion of others, has heroic qualities or has performed a heroic act
CONFLICT
TO NOT GET ALONG OR TO DISSAGREE
LIBBY WEST
LIBBY WEST IS THE PROTAGONIST OF MY NON-FICTION NOVEL
ABOUT LIBBY
- Libby is fourteen years old
- Libby is a female
PHYSICAL DISCRIPTION
- She has brown hair
- She has brown eyes
PASSAGES TO PROVE FEATURE
- Example: " I'm fourteen years of age and do not like being pinched."
- Page.4
HOW IS LIBBY THE PROTAGONIST?
- The book is her diary
- The book is read in her perspective
PASSAGES TO PROVE SHE IS THE PROTAGONIST
"I'M STILL IN THE ATIC, WRITING ON TOP OF AN OLD TRUNK." PAGE.5
CONFLICTS THAT LIBBY IS GOING THROUGH
- Libby's mother is sick often
- Libby and her family have to move away
- Libby and her family don't know where they are and they are hot
- Libby's father has a sore knee
PASSAGE TO PROVE CONFLICT
- "She was breathing hard and her eyes were open, but when I spoke she didn't answer . "
- "Three days of no rest and much worry."
- Page.50
PASSAGES TO PROVE CONFLICT
- "Tomorrow we go with Father and Pete to Cheyenne." Page.22
- "Union Pacific has built a station there and is sending little trains west with supplies for the work crews."
- Page.22
PASSAGE TO PROVE CONFLICT
- "We're somewhere in the middle of Wyoming."
- "The desert is scorching hot and the wind doesn't cool us off. "
- Page.74
HOW DO THE CONFLICTS MAKE THE PROTAGONIST HEROIC?
- Libby worries about her mother and makes sure she is okay
- Libby walks so her father dose not have to
PASSAGE TO PROVE THE CONFLICT IS HEROIC
- "Three days of no rest and much worry."
- "Last night I couldn't stand to be away from Mother any longer, so I lay in a blanket on the floor next to her. "
- Page.50
PASSAGE TO PROVE THE CONFLICT IS HEROIC
- "Joe will ride on the seat between her and father."
- "And I will walk with Pete."
- Page. 176 and 177
BIBLIOGRAPHY
- "Conflict." Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com, n.d. Web. 12 Dec. 2013
- Gregory, Kristiana. The Great Railroad Race: The Diary of Libby West. New York: Scholastic, 1999. Print.
- "Hero." Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com, n.d. Web. 12 Dec. 2013.
- "Protagonist." Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com, n.d. Web. 12 Dec. 2013.
