This novel set in Montana focuses on fly fishing and the relationship between two brothers who try to answer most of life's problems by taking each other fishing.
 

Due dates: Workshop: Oct. 3; Final draft: Oct. 10

Purpose:

• . This 3-page, double-spaced, typed project will give you the chance to respond to Norman Maclean's life stories and to tell one of yours that makes and dramatizes a point through concrete narration and description. More specifically, you'll explore a relationship or a place that has helped shaped you. Your goal will be to assert and support a thesis (either explicit or implicit) for an audience of educated readers in piece of writing that offers its central insight in a concrete, complex, fresh, and interesting way.

Audience: You will assume an educated general audience eager to understand your core beliefs and values.

Craft topics:   To revisit: audience, "confusable" words,  dialogue; To introduce: comma splices, comparison/contrast, definition, development, fragments, narrative

Format: After stating your thesis in terms of a belief statement, you may explain your reasons in essay style or develop a narrative that makes your point. 

• Divide the novel into four sections.
• Read each one, underlining significant sections.
• As you read, keep a running commentary in a reader's log jotting down questions you have about the unfolding action, notes about what the point/purpose seems to be, and personal responses.
• Respond to the questions listed below--one for each section. Bring your responses to class the day that they are due.