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Details: Create a character, real or imagined, with a distinct manner of behaving or style of talking. Put this character in a situation where he or she plays a public role (the public persona shown to others) and contrast it with the character's private persona (the real character when no one is watching). Narrate your episode or vignette in first person point of view (as in the Bambara story) or in third person point of view (as in the Parker story). In this assignment you are creating a new character, not writing about a character in literature, movies, or TV.
Objective:
Discuss the concepts of point of view, symbolism, theme, and style.
Discuss the concepts of setting, character, and plot.

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Public Persona, third person:
Debra Manning pulls into the parking lot of the radio station and rushes into the station. It has been another hectic morning. She sees Dan already at his post and he laughs as she runs in and puts on her head set without even removing her coat, "Hi and welcome to Dee and Dan in the morning!" Debra's radio name "Dee" is known all over the city as commuters listen to her on their way to work. "It's been a crazy morning Dan!" She cackles and tries to shake off her coat as he responds. "Dee, I see that you were running in the building! What happened this morning, and if ...

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