Please help :/// I’ll give you all my points

Part 1:

If you were to write your story about what it means to grow up in America, which genre

would you use? (poem, short story, essay, novel, play, song, movie)

Why would you choose this format? (What is it about that format that makes your story more

impactful?)

Part 2

What would you title your story?

What is the most important element of your "Growing Up American" story?

Consider: How could you make your story resonate (have a deep meaning) with the

readerviewer?

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Part 3

What is the author's purpose in writing this essay? Respond with a 6 to 8 sentence answer

I'd probably make it a coming of age story, like The Catcher In The Rye. Lots of references to midwestern emo music (modern baseball, the front bottoms, fredo disco, etc.) and have it set in a small town that's falling apart. Imagine a typical kids coming of age movie, but with swearing and references to things kids wouldn't understand.

I'd make it a movie!

I'd choose the movie aspect because there's a lot of camera angles I see and would want to work with myself. Plus, I could gather up my friends to be actors! It'd be more impactful because you could see the story playing out, see the abandoned buildings, see that the only chain store in town is a gas station.

I'd title it something absolutely wild and completely unrelating to the story whatsoever, because if you're going to make a movie, why not have fun with it? I'd add a headlining song with the same wacky name (like Please don't tell my father that I used his 1996 Honda Accord to destroy the town of Willow Grove, Pennsylvania in 2002 by Pet Symmetry.)

The most important element would be to live while you still can. There'd be a scene where the characters would be talking about life on the roof of one of their houses when the best friend character just goes..."What's the point? Of all this? We just live and then we die? That doesn't sound....fulfilling." and then the main character looks at them and drags them along for a new fun adventure.

I'd make the story resonate with the reader that the scene mentioned before. Make the best friend character really happy and outgoing, before showing their true colors in the middle of the movie.

The author's purpose for writing this was entertainment. It's not informational or informative, so that leaves entertainment out on the table. Why not write a full-length film? It's entertaining for whoever wants to hear my thoughts and opinions.

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