CONFLICT IN LITERATURE – NOTES Please have your TIRP novel, paper, and a pen or pencil out to record notes as we go …

1. MAKE A WORKS CITED ENTRY FOR YOUR NOVEL. Author’s last name, first name, followed by a period Book title in italics, followed by a period City of publication, followed by a colon Publisher, followed by a comma Year of publication, followed by a period The medium of publication, followed by a period Print Kindle file Nook file EPUB file PDF file Digital file Steinbeck, John. Of Mice and Men. New York: Penguin Books, Print.

2. REMIND YOURSELF ABOUT IN-TEXT CITATIONS Steinbeck, John. Of Mice and Men. New York: Penguin Books, Print. = (Steinbeck 100) Steinbeck, John. Of Mice and Men. New York: Penguin Books, Kindle file. = (Steinbeck, ch. 4) *See me for specific rules if your book is an exception!*

3. THINK OF ALL THE THINGS YOU’D NEED TO TELL SOMEONE FOR YOUR NOVEL TO MAKE SENSE. Book title and author’s name Character names, relationships, and key personality traits Major conflicts and topics How the novel resolves The author’s theme, or message about life (particularly focused on your issue or the teenage population in general) Any pertinent information regarding awards the novel has won, how the novel is organized, etc.

4. CHOOSE THE BEST QUOTES TO HIGHLIGHT HOW YOUR AUTHOR ADDRESSED YOUR TEEN ISSUE. Choose anywhere between 2-5 quotes Chronological order Analysis or insight into character’s thought process, not summary Look for ways to shorten to only include key wording (i.e. the “heart” of the passage) – summarize the rest in your lead ins!

5. PLAN YOUR QUOTES AND GET WRITING! Conflict in Literature draft due FRIDAY!!! Typed, MLA format (font size, margins, and spacing) Present tense No contractions Third person point of view Attention to quote lead ins and proper quote integration (QUO-PAR-PUNC) REMEMBER Your focus in this section is to answer HOW your author addressed the CONFLICT of your issue in LITERATURE!

In Suicide Notes, Michael Thomas Ford gives readers a first-person account in a diary-style format of a boy struggling with suicidal thoughts. The book begins with Jeff, the quick-thinking, sarcastic protagonist, waking up in a mental facility. He is confused and annoyed at first with the constant attention from the nurses, but he soon realizes that he is in a mental facility, and that his attempt to take his life has failed. From the start, Jeff strongly believes that he is perfectly normal, saying, “‘I don’t belong in here’” (Ford 31). Jeff treats his suicide attempt with a surprising amount of carelessness, saying he “just felt like it” and that there is not any particular reason why he did what he did. He angrily tells the nurses and the doctors to leave him alone, and desperately wants to get away from all the attention. What Jeff does not realize is that, though he is not alone in his suicidal thoughts, suicide is not something to be treated lightly.

In Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden, Eliza (Liza) Winthrop is a teenage girl growing up in New York City. She cares about her school and tries to overall act like a good person. She is the average, normal girl. Until she meets Annie Kenyon. Annie is a free- spirit; she is her own person. She is fearless. The two immediately become friends and spend a lot of time together. Suddenly Liza is having feelings for Annie. Feelings she thinks she should not be having. Feelings that are not right. Liza is not the only one feeling an attraction; Annie feels it too. The first time Annie kisses Liza, Liza describes her feelings and how, “It was like a war inside me; I couldn’t even recognize all the sides. There was the one that said, ‘No, this is wrong; you know it’s wrong and bad and sinful,’ and there was another that said, “nothing has ever felt so right and natural and true and good’” (Garden 93). Liza knows that these are feelings she should not feel. But how can something so wrong feel so right?