i have to write an obsevational essay about a woman with two kids in the park and a homeless man in the park. i have to write it in their perspective. any ideas?
2007-03-23 20:27:38 · 6 answers · asked by joseph w 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Get yourself in the moment. Pretend you are the person you are trying to portray. What would you see, what would you do? Then you can write.
2007-03-23 20:31:36 · answer #1 · answered by KJ480 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, take it slowly... 1st para sets it up 2nd is about the woman the 3rd about the two kids 4th homeless man 5th conclusion
You could also incorporate the two kids with the grandmother i.e. As I was taking them to the park I could see the anticipation in their faces. Looking around I saw the beautiful lush green grass and the lovely coolness of the shade trees but I could tell that they were fixated on the play structure, the merry go round and the swing set especially since their two friends from school were there. After a while I noticed the poor homeless gentleman resting under the baseball field back stop. I was sad for him because it was obvious that he was trying to stay away from everyone so he wouldn't have to endure the pity in some eyes or the derision in others faces. My heart broke for him and so I said a prayer for him to find comfort in the love of God.
I am so tired...I know that I should keep going because if the cops show up I know I'll get rousted up but I just need five minutes in the shade. In the winter I was praying for warmth but today I regret that thought. I hate being around all of these people, they look at me and see a bum but they don't know I have a masters degree in business and just ten short years ago I owned the largest construction company in California!! If it wasn't for those damnable partners of mine embezzling all of my money the same year my stunningly beautiful wife died with my daughter while giving birth I might be just as wary of men like me too.
2007-03-24 03:39:10 · answer #2 · answered by Nehru 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try to get into the heads, history and "walk in that persons shoes" outlook first. Maybe the man had a family, wife and children and looks longingly at the Mother with two children. Maybe the Mother looks upon the homeless man with empathy and wonders what type of life he had before his current condition. That sounds like a fun essay to write. It has lots of possibilities for your imagination. A fun thing, if you have time, is to go to a park and watch people and make up your own stories about them. It may help you get in that frame of mind and have fun with the assignment.
2007-03-24 03:36:43 · answer #3 · answered by Inquisitive 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have to write from the character's perspectives, try writing in distinctly different voices for each character. You might try constructing how the homeless man sees one event in the park from a different perspective than the woman with two kids.
2007-03-24 03:38:43 · answer #4 · answered by SeekingAdvice1 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are the woman, you will most likely be seeing the man as ''troublesome'' and ask your kids to get away from him
From a kid's view, you will have a heart of gold so you will most probably care about the man and offer him your candy
From the man's view, you will most probably envy the happy family of 3.
2007-03-24 05:58:59 · answer #5 · answered by Smiles 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats a good question! because you can look at it in sooooo many ways. is she thinking her kids could be hurt? could she be thinking, ahhh! poor man? it is endless. is he thinking, i'm sooo hungry and i miss my faimily?
2007-03-24 03:36:02 · answer #6 · answered by k+s b 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋