Today’s Prompt! “Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude,” said Martin Luther King Jr. Imagine a character who needs to forgive.

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Today’s Prompt! “Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude,” said Martin Luther King Jr. Imagine a character who needs to forgive someone. Who does he or she need to forgive? What was the nature of the injury? What were its implications? Does forgiveness come easily to your character, or is retaliation a more natural impulse? Does your character try and fail to forgive initially? See how your character’s desire to forgive creates obstacles and ultimately fuels your plot.

Today’s Reading! Babylon Revisited by F. Scott Fitzgerald As you read the story, please write down the following. Your group will be handing in a paper. Pick out three examples of characterization where the reader has to “infer” something about the character based on what is said. Two things you learned from Fitzgerald’s writing One example of “showing” rather than “telling”