I need to write a really short story about prejudice. What should I do?

Question

I have to start the story with "I didn't like the way she looked at me".

Answer 1

Think to yourself what prejudice means to you, and how it would feel if reversed toward you.

Answer 2

The two forms of stories need different writing skills. The short story needs to be more focused, more intense. Because you have only a few words to tell the story it's more important to find the best word to describe exactly what you mean. You can possibly get away with a little bit of rambling in a fifty thousand word novel because you have the room to be expansive, but have to be careful to not to ramble too much or the book will ramble to a full stop and it's essential to a novel that it keeps moving anyway you like; up, down, sideways, even backwards (memories) as long as it moves actively towards the end and all loose ends are tied. So it looks as if you should try the short story first. But. When you come to write a novel it's too easy to fall into a trap of thinking "well I'll write a short story and expand it." It doesn't work like that. Any eperienced writer will tell you that it's always much harder to pad a story out than it is to cut it. Decide on one or the other. Toss a coin if you must. Good luck.

Answer 3

Think about a time in history when prejudice happened big time (World war 2, the Civil war, early 20th century and women's suffrage) and make a short history piece based off a character in that time. Or you could do a futuristic sci-fi thing about an oppressive government or prejudice against a particular group.

Answer 4

Have you ever jumped to a conclusion about someone without knowing all or any of the facts? Try to remember what that was like. Prejudice is a prejudgment. It would seem that you didn't like the way she looked at you based on something very superficial about her whether it be race, ethnicity, gender, cheerleading uniform, braces, hair color, leather jacket , short, in a wheelchair, elderly.... Figure out if there will be anyway to resolve the conflict.

Answer 5

Think about who "she" might be, and what reasons "you" (the character narrarating the story) wouldn't like how she looked at you. You can then have "you" confront "she" or you can have "you" perhaps simply fantasizing what "you" would like to do to "she."

Its really kind of difficult to help you in much detail without knowing why you have to write the story... But really, just try to place yourself in a situation where someone is looking at you in an insulting manner and write what you would do...

Answer 6

Go under the section of Yahoo answers for religion and spirtuality and read some of the questions and answers and see true prejudice at work . . . those people, both ways, are ruthless!

Answer 7

I didn't like the way she looked at me, so I became prejudice. The end.

Answer 8

I didn't like the way she looked at me", her obvious dislike was geared toward me. Could it be the color of my skin, she brings out the worst in me, my evil twin. Because my skin is not white, she says I am not on her level, what does the think I am the spawn of a devil? I'm flesh, I'm blood, I have a heart, If she got to know me, she'd find a bonus, I,m smart.

Answer 9

I didn't like the way that she looked at me. Up and down, and back up and into my eyes. Then she told me to take the seat way back in the corner. That was possibly the last thing she said to me in my entire first week. I knew then, that she was second guessing my ability based on how I looked.

Answer 10

How about a story between one of your hateful teacher and you?
I didn't like the way she look at me.
She has the "oh dear, you are so so in trouble" look in her eyes.
The next thing I know, I was sitting outside the principal office....

Something like that.