Parody+Assignment


 * ASSIGNMENT: ** Create a **parody** using elements from the Alice stories


 * [[image:cat_and_alice.jpg width="254" height="254" align="left"]]2-3 pages, typed and double-spaced

Due: Monday, Sept. 14**


 * May work alone or with one or two partners

25 points**

GRADING: 10 - Effectiveness of satire for its purpose 5 - Elements of satire used (irony, wit, exaggeration) 5 - Connection to Alice stories, in form or style 5 - Proofreading and correctness

A parody of //Alice// must do one of two things:

1. Take a scene, character(s), and/or main concept from the book and transpose it to a new setting where it will create irony and satire OR 2. Create a whole new episode using a main idea, scene, or character(s), recreating Carroll's style -- and in so doing, gently exaggerate or mock the original story for some reason (which will be clear to your reader).

ELEMENTS in //Alice// to play with in a parody:

- concepts of "down the rabbit hole" or "through the looking-glass" - nonsense rhymes, songs, games - illogic and argument - arbitrary rules and laws - people behaving badly - inanimate things and animals speaking

Some possible ideas:

a. A young person enters a new place and finds it utterly strange. (BGHS, a gym class, a shopping mall, a football game, etc.) b. Someone is on trial in an American courtroom, which resembles the court in Wonderland. c. One of the characters in Wonderland, such as the caterpillar, the Cheshire cat, the knight, or the Queen of Hearts, becomes a person in modern America. d. A family dinner (Thanksgiving, perhaps) becomes Wonderland-ish when all the family members turn into animals. e. Turn a song you know of into something else entirely by changing the words and the meaning, making it into a mockery of the original song. f. Turn a childen’s book or song into a dark satire, as Carroll did.