Essay or Presentation / Character Cards / Character Essay
(oral: 2-10 minutes or written: 8 paragraphs)
1. & 2. : Introduction
3. & 4. : Cite 1-2 examples from Catch-22
5. : Synthesize
6. : Conclude
Create 50 Cards(for 25 points) with PERTINENT INFO about each character, i.e. what they do, say, etc. Find a picture from a magazine that you feel best represents the character.
Use them to study from and get a picture of what the different characters are setting
out to do--and what they're choosing to do--EVERY ACTION IS A CHOICE.
For example:
Be creative and write at least a five-paragraph essay that talks about Catch-22, existentialism,
values, choices and priorities. Relate your introduction to the character you have chosen to discuss in depth. Conclude by
pointing out how this character or perhaps all of us sabotage our own goals by our contradictory actions.
You might do it this way:
The conflict of individuality versus our desire to be loved and accepted by others.
The conflict of our personal wants versus the acceptance of societal rules.
Or, is he trapped in a cyclical Catch-22?
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