Sort of Lame...

For our third portfolio project of the year, I was thinking of trying something fairly foreign to me. Perhaps I could write a short story. I have obviously written my share of stories throughout elementary school, but once I got to high school, it was all research papers. I cannot remember the last time I tried to write an actual story. Ethics will be the perfect core theme for a short story. I have brainstormed a few ideas, and I was thinking I could make a sort of satirical tale about people from tribes coming to America and attempting to change our customs. I think that by taking some of the situations we have been presented with, like the video about the evangelicals going to the South American tribe’s land, and flipping the situation, the class will be able to better judge the ethical justification of the situations. I have also considered what groups of people I will focus on in my story. For fear of seeming to single out religious groups, I will have tell the story from people from all different backgrounds: male, female, religious or not, high-income, low-income, etc. If I am able to represent as many people as possible, then I think the message of the story will be more successful. As for a tribe to use as the “invaders,” I was going to do a little bit of research to make the best decision. I want to make sure I stay true to the customs of whichever group of people I choose to have come to America and attempt to push their customs upon us. I think that if I can combine the element of satire with questionable ethics, I could have a very successful story.