Body Biographies From The Night Circus Honors 9

Body Biographies From The Night Circus Honors 9 th Literature and Composition

Body Biography On A Character You will be plotting out the STEAL elements of characterization by drawing your assigned character from the novel. Character options: Then, using evidence from the book, you will provide quotes in MLA formatting to connect elements of your drawing to Morgenstern's characterization methods. 1. Bailey Clark 2. Celia Bowen 3. Hector Bowen 4. Mr. A. H-- 5. Tsukiko 6. Isobel Martin 7. Marco Alisdair 8. Herr Friedrick Theissen 9. Tara Burgess 10. Poppet Murray 11. Widget Murray 12. Ethan Barris

Include: 1. In your body biography you must use at least eight of the suggestions of your Choosing. 2. The choices you make should be based on and supported by the text as you will be verbally explaining (in a sense, defending) your drawing to other students. 3. Make sure you have a visual element on the body for each of your points. 4. Your biography will have at least two important quotes from the text (either dialogue or exposition) relating to your character written somewhere on the drawing. These two quotes are general and do not count toward providing text evidence for the individual elements.

Suggestions 1. The area where your character’s heart would be might be a good place for illustrating the important relationships within the character’s life. 2. The hands might refer to actions or accomplishments of the character. 3. The eyes might reflect what they see and how they feel about it or react to it. 4. In their mind you could write what they have been thinking or their rational behind their actions. questions are the spine. How can you illustrate these elements? 7. Virtues and vices- what are your character’s most admirable qualities? Their worst? How can you make the rest of us visualize them? 8. Color- colors are often symbolic. What color(s) do you most associate with your character? Why? How can you effectively weave those colors into you presentation? 5. Reactions to what is going on around them, solutions to thoughts, or specific quotes could go on the mouth. 9. Symbols- what objects can you associate with you character that illustrate their essence? Are their objectives listed within the work itself that your could use? If not, choose objects that seem to correspond with the character and explain why you chose them. 6. Spine- the character’s spine is their objective within the novel. What is their most important goal? What drives their thoughts and actions? The answers to these 10. Changes- how has your character changed within the work? How can you trace these changes within your art work?