- There 4 different short essays I want you to make.
- For each essay, please make sure that it contains 250+ words each.
- For your reference, please use the book: “A Short Guide to Writing About Literature, 12th edition, by Sylvan Barnet and William Cain, Pearson/Longman Press, 2012, ISBN: 0205118453” in writing the paper.
- These essays will be related to the article, title “miss you” and “Wedding Duet”. (Part 1 and 2 related to the “Miss You” article and Part 3 and 4 related to the “Wedding Duet)
Part 1 (use article “ the best daddy “)
In the Order: # 2559610 that made by the writer ID: U3684, you have made an essay that related to the article “the best daddy”. The essay is about “Write-Up #1 over “The Best Daddy” by Shel Silverstein: For this Write-Up, you need to use the questions “Character” on pages 215 to analyze the “Father” character in this one-act play. What kind of person is he? What kind of person is the daughter? Using the “Character” questions as a guide, write character analyses of these two characters (at least one thorough paragraph on each, including specific examples to back up your analyses).”
Your task is not about making an essay based on the topic given but rather you need to give a response to the comment made by the people regarding the topics.
The person below is giving her comment regarding the article title “the best daddy”. Please use “ I” as me the respond writer and “you” to refer writer of the comment instead of stating her name.
launch a discussion about the characters in the play.
Comment by Hannah Johnson
The father in “The Best Daddy” by Shel Silverstein is a jokester, but loves his daughter. He is a bit dramatic; bringing her out to the barn with her eyes closed, and seems like a cruel person when he says he got her a [dead] pony for her birthday. Shooting a pony doesn’t seem like something you’d normally joke about with a 13-year-old girl. After he yells “Birthday Fools” he gives her three chances to guess what is under the blanket, and when she guesses wrong, he jokes about how her sister, “big fat Cathy”, is hiding under the blanket. It doesn’t seem nice to call a daughter “big fat Cathy” which could hint he likes this daughter better. After giving her three more guesses, he tells her it’s a red Honda motorcycle under the blanket. At first, he starts out very joking, but calms down and feels bad he is “cruel and ruining her birthday”. The father’s goal is to poke fun at his daughter, and by seeing her reaction at the end, I don’t think he would have joked with her about those things if they did not have a close bond. He seems to know his daughter well enough to know what would really, truly upset her.
The daughter in “The Best Daddy” is a gullible 13-year-old girl. At first, she thinks her dad got her a pony (every little girl’s wish) for her birthday, but then finds out he shot the pony for biting him and totally believes him. After a while, she realizes he is probably joking, and starts joking with him that she’d “ride him bareback through the grey mountains” and she’d “sneak out late at night” to see him in the pasture. This confuses the father at first, but then he realizes she is playing along with him. Since she can make up a story so easily, I think she probably gets it from her dad, since we witness both of them make up believable stories to trick the other. By the end, the daughter is just getting tired of the jokes from her dad and has to tell him he’s ruining her birthday. After he finally tells her it’s a motorcycle, all is forgiven and she kisses him. I tend to laugh both with and at the daughter since she can make her own jokes, but she also fell for the story that her dad shot her sister and the pony. There is a slight change in character throughout, because she goes from being excited, to annoyed, to happy.
Part 2 (use article “ The Best Daddy “)
Please refer to the book “ A Short Guide in Writing about Literature.” What is the theme/message of this play? How do the characters develop the theme? How would you direct this play? Would the characters speak slowly or quickly? What costuming would you use? What would the mise-en-scene be? How do those elements support the theme? How does having the couple be a father/daughter duo, rather than a husband/wife duo, change how you understand the theme?
Part 3 (use article “ Breakfast on the Track“)
In the Order: # 2559610 that made by the writer ID: U3684, you have made an essay that related to the article “Breakfast at the Track”. The essay is about “Write-Up #2 over “Breakfast at the Track” by Lanford Wilson: For this Write-Up, you need to use the questions “Writing about Comedy” on page 199 of our Short Guide book to discuss the comedic elements of this short play. How does the comedy support the theme? Point to specific comedic elements in the play that support your assertions.”
Your task is not about making an essay based on the topic given but rather you need to give a response to the comment made by the people regarding the topics.
The person below is giving her comment regarding the article title “breakfast at the track”. Please use “ I” as me the respond writer and “you” to refer writer of the comment instead of stating her name.
discuss how comedy is used in this play.
Comment by Naomi
The elements of comedy in “Breakfast at the Track” come mostly from the personalities of the characters. They are a husband and wife that have differences in opinion primarily about sleeping patterns, but also about everyday tasks and events. The husband takes a very close attention to detail regarding time and activities, especially with his wife’s patterns. This attention to detail is almost used as a weapon so that he can make himself look good while pointing out others faults. He is what many would refer to as a “know it all”.
The wife on the other hand is easily annoyed and exaggerates a lot. She does not like to be bothered, especially by her husband, and doesn’t understand all of his tendencies. The main issue at hand regarding sleep patterns causes her particular stress, because while she is trying to relax on vacation, her husband is trying to hold them to a schedule that he claims she has agreed to. This is the primary event that comedy comes from in the play in addition to the character personalities.
One may sympathize with either personality depending on which they are closer to, but when looked at objectively, both husband and wife have their faults that make them seem a little ridiculous. The play is funny because it takes a somewhat simple confrontation between a couple, and emphasizes the weak points of argument. When one sees that both characters could learn to adjust to each other a little more is when it really becomes funny. The whole of the argument is just so ridiculous and unnecessary, because they never actually find a solution to their problems and start all over in the end. The play takes the common assumption that all couples fight and attempts to point out just how silly most of these arguments are and that they can be avoided.
Part 4 (use article “ breakfast at the track “)
Please refer to the book “ A Short Guide in Writing about Literature.” Watch the short video where Ricky Gervais talks about what makes something funny (http://splitsider.com/2010/11/ricky-gervais-talks-about-what-makes-something-funny). How could you stage this play to make it more comedic than tragic? How could you stage/direct it to make it more tragic than comedic? How does the playwright you repetition for comedic effect? What is the theme/message of this play? By the end of the week, move into comparing/contrasting this play, about a couple in conflict, to the couple in “Wedding Duet” that we read last week. How are their relationships similar and different? How are the characters similar and different? Which did you find more comedic, and why?
Use the order calculator below and get started! Contact our live support team for any assistance or inquiry.
[order_calculator]