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Day 10 Assignments
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Lisandro Boccacci’s Counterexamples
What i learned doing this assignment is helping see how the old ways get challenged through dialogue in the form of questioning, and the other technique which is through the demonstration of the counterpart.
*5 question Challenges to an old way
1. The scene where the family is forced out of their homes, and the boy is in denial about the situation, and his old ways of being are: Shy, nervous, hopeless, goofball.
Father” we have to go…
Silas: but why this is our home
father: not anymore… son. its time for us to move on.
Silas: but I don’t want to leave!
father: the family is our home.. as long as we are together.. does it matter where we live…
2. The old way for the boy is to let his anger take control of him and as it does, it does not serve him well. his weakness is fear… and right now the boy is scared… he cowards to his parents.. into his moms arms.. its not until later when his anger takes over that he starts blaming his father for being a coward and not fighting for their farmland. as he spends time in a mood Silas misses his chances to drink water and eat food.
mother : “Silas… I know you’re angry with us… but for your own good, will you please drink this water.. i don’t want you getting dehydrated… the heat here can kill..”
Silas doesn’t say anything and lays depressed and in a mood, in the wagon…
(continued)
Silas, please take the water… please…for your own sake…
… Silas… if you let you anger take hold of you like this… it could make you do a mistake that could cost you your life… be smart Silas…
Silas doesn’t say anything.
3. Later when Silas snaps out of his mood he goes to look for the water jug, and its gone.. he goes to his mother .. she hasn’t seen it… and their food is missing… its obvious that someone stole it… rope that was tying it to the wagon was cut.
4.For the first time his parents can’t help him out of a bind… he has to do something or die of thirst.
Silas: where’s the water?
mother: it got stolen…
Sials: is there any water anywhere?
mother” there might be some drops in the old leather bag
Silas: that’s all…
mother: you’re going to have to ask around…
silas.: .. why cant you…
mother..: i have to stay here and protect the wagon.. your father is near by .. he cant go too far off but he is asking around to see who took our food and water…
5 Challenge: The boy has to go off on his own for a while, venture away from the trail for a bit in search of the plant with the watery bulb near the root. he does fail and so when he later catches up with his mom, she teaches him how to properly spot the plant they need.
Weakness: Fear of getting lost, fear of not finding the plant.
Old ways: complain to parents to get what he wants.
mother: Silas… when we found you… you where crying… that is weakness… and there is no time for weakness… we have to be brave and strong.
father: that’s right Silas… you are my son… bravest among the bravest… son of a survivor and warrior… that potential is with in you..
mother: but unfortunate as hard as we tried to create a happy childhood for you…
father… we are afraid the time for being a child is gone… you are a man now… its do or die…now… no more play time.. understand.,,
mother: Silas… you must not cry, and you must not fear change… you must strong and not show weakness to you enemies… promise me you will always fight…
Silas: I promise.
*5 Counterexamples to an old way
1. The mother is a character that is a direct counterpart for the son, she is truly his north star and she is truly a very empathetic and loving person.
2.The father in the story… although he has to leave to either hunt for food, or fight off wolf, or be in charge of getting the wagon and keeping the family together, when he is not doing that, he is a good father… he is tough on Silas, but he has to be. .for his and their survival… parents need their sons youthful energy to help them build a new life…
3. They are a day away from arriving at the ferries to get across the lake >and at this point the boy and family are incredibly thirsty. The plants are dried up… and there is not single cloud in the sky…
Venturing around, he sees a leathery bag hanging from a donkey…its jiggling like its filled with water… he’s tempted to take it… he has knife… all he has to do is cut, take it and run…weakness: giving in to stealing but
as he does so… a man grabs his are. pull the knife out his hand and throws it away.. and he slaps the boy across the face…(this is a direct counter part)
4. Old Ways: Boy is a quitter when things get tough…
new ways: he finds the inner strength to pull himself up and not die.
Challenge: he has to make a choice, give up or hold on to faith…
Weakness: feeling of no hope, quitter when things get hard.
he’s given up and falls to the ground… but the weather saves him.. it rains just a enough to drink water… All he has to do is find that little bit of inner strength to drink the water…
the counterpart is really himself… he’s dehydrated… and close to passing out, and giving up …
5.I have this image of the boy walking towards the ferry with the wild boar meat in one hand and a bloody knife in the other… and revengeful focus in his eyes. he is walking up to the soldiers to kill them… but he gets stopped by the voice of his mother and father… tells the boy to let it go, and that if he goes forward with what he is thinking of doing they wont be able to be a family anymore and that would be a shame since they found each other and they can continue on being a family while others lost so many.
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Sherri D. Coffee – Challenging Old Ways – Counterexamples
What I learned in this assignment is to apply challenges to the story to reveal the character transformation.
Challenges
(1) Challenge to education arrogance: Kathryn is told that “now that she has her law degree, I will teach you how to be a lobbyist.”
(2) Challenge to political naive beliefs: Kathryn is instructed how to conduct business in the political world. Focuses on politicians’ motivations.
(3) Challenge to coalition member needs: Kathryn assumes advocates would be more than happy to support access legislation. Several advocates question her motives.
(4) Challenge to pure intentions: Kathryn’s boss sets her up with a PR firm to create a coalition.
(5) Challenge to innocence: Kathryn discovers everything she does with the PR firm is published word for word.
Counterexamples
(1) Owner of lobby firm states that if you think they would support this issue out of the goodness of the issue, think again. ” I watered the grass.”
(2) Kathryn finds a savvy women’s health advocate that instructs her on the political system. She models the behavior of an ethical lobbyist.
(3) Kathryn’s boss models the old political “good ole boy” network.
(4) Woman working for another firm models the lobbyist you never want to be.
(5) Kathryn meets an upstanding lawyer who models behaviors that exhibit and ideal ethical lobbyist.
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Leanne’s Counterexamples
WHAT I LEARNED: I came to believe that, while “question’ and ‘dialogue’ challenges can be effective, I believe the ‘character’ and ‘experience’ counterexample challenges are more interesting. Just another way of saying “Show, don’t tell” I guess!
QUESTION CHALLENGES TO AN OLD WAY
1. When Bess’s father insists she behave within the male/female roles that are established in their community, she QUESTIONS him, saying “Why can’t I do the same things the boys do? I’m just as strong as they are.”
2. When Bess’s parents die, and Governor Carver says it is the custom to divide their possessions among the other colonists, Bess QUESTIONS him, saying “Those are the only keepsakes I have from my family – why can’t I keep them?”
3. When the Carver’s die, and the leaders in the colony want Bess (and two other girls) to go live with the Winslow family, Bess QUESTIONS the new governor, saying “Is it better to observe propriety in a new home with people we don’t know than it is to keep the security and stability we have found in this home?”
4. When Governor Bradford tries to stop Bess from learning to shoot, she QUESTIONS him, saying “Why can’t a woman learn to defend herself the same as a man?”
5. The colonists plan to go to meet the Native Americans for the first time, and many of them are reluctant to go to the village unarmed. But after Bess meets the Native Americans, she questions John Howland, saying “What were we afraid of? They’re just like us.”
COUNTEREXAMPLE CHALLENGES TO AN OLD WAY
1. DIALOGUE – Bess’s reluctance to continue her parents’ vision, or to trust/rely on anyone after her parents’ deaths is challenged by John Howland, who tells her “Yes, it’s still worth it, and no, you are not alone.”
2. CHARACTER – Bess is somewhat frightened and reluctant to interact with any Native Americans until the children of the Native American village offer her a toy and try to get her to play with them.
3. CHARACTER – Bess is consumed by her grief at the loss of her parents until she meets Squanto, who not only lost his family, but his whole tribe, after he was sold into slavery.
4. EXPERIENCE – John Howland is appalled to find out Bess has handled a gun, until he learns she is the one who killed the turkey he is eating.
5. EXPERIENCE – Bess believes she can take care of herself better than God, until her crops fail and prayer for rain is the only option left to her.
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Laura Hyler’s Challenging Old Ways and Counterexamples Day 10 4/12/22
What I learned from doing this exercise is that much like the other exercises, doing the
assignment brings more clarity, and a roadmap to follow in my script.
1) Lack of Assertiveness on behalf of Naomi. She gets pushed around by others.
Challenge: She may think that not asserting herself will protect her from bad consequences, but she is passed over for a promotion.
2) Naomi’s fear of commitment as a result from her past relationships.
Challenge: She risks losing the opportunity to be happy. She discovers she has feelings for Kofi.
3) Afraid of people’s opinions, even if she doesn’t agree with them. Naomi likes it best when people like her.
Challenge: Sister’s behavior, her friend’s attitudes. Naomi has to make a decision about whether or not she should be a maid of honor in her sister’s wedding.
4) Commits omissions- unable to think of an acceptable way to handle telling Kofi about her sister’s wedding, she avoids it.
Challenge: When Kofi shows up unexpectedly at her sister’s wedding, and conflict ensues.
5) Avoidant behavior- because Naomi avoids uncomfortable situations, she ends up in bad predicaments.
Challenge: Naomi cannot ride in the limousine with her family, since she declined to be Charlene’s maid of honor. Naomi’s car breaks down en route.
Counterexamples:
1) Naomi finds out that Kofi also commits the sin of omission. She sees how this makes her feel, and now understands Kofi better.
2) Jeanine, her friend, a divorcee, is not afraid of relationships.
3) Jeanine is unconcerned with other people’s opinions.
4) Naomi’s conversation and meeting Richard, gives her hope for committed interracial relationships.
5) Naomi finds acceptance when she no longer cares what other people think.
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Brenda’s Counterexamples
What I learned doing this assignment is I liked the Questioning, but in my story I think these are going to be hard to come by in the story. I really like the Counterexamples because I think you can come up with several different ways to show a counterexample to a belief system. Because my child is young, counterexamples might be the best way to show a challenge. I didn’t have the child talking to other children in the hospital in my story, but when I did this exercise I realized that the child character talking to other children is good way to show counterexamples to her belief system. I think it’s also a good way to show the child changing, since I can show her as not being friendly with other children at the start of the story and then have the child reaching out and finally making friends in the hospital. The physical change will lead to child’s beliefs being challenged when she talks to other children.
Five Question Challenges to an Old Way
1. The child tells the mother that she’s broken like her doll.
a. The mother takes the doll and fixes it. Then she takes the child to visit the other children in hospital, and asks the child if they’re broken too.
2. The child tells the mother she’s always unhappy.
a. The mother accompanies the child to the playground and they play like old times and have a good time. The mother asks the child if she’s happy now.
3. The child accuses the mother of not loving her because she stayed away.
a. The mother tells the child that her work trips paid for her hospital stay and however long she’ll need to be in the hospital. She also has enough money to stop if she needed to, which is what she is doing now. The mother asks the child if she still thinks the mother doesn’t love her.
4. The child treats her mother cruelly sometimes.
a. The doctor and uncle ask the child if she’s having a good time with her mother? The child answers yes, and they ask her separately why she feels the need to challenge her mother and is always sarcastic with her.
5. The child does not have long to live.
a. The mother talks to the child and tells her beliefs about one’s health affects her physically. The mother asks the child how has she been feeling since the treasure hunt, and the child says she feels great.
Five Counterexamples to an Old Way
1. The child accuses the mother of not loving her because she stayed away.
a. The child talks to another child about their mothers, and hears how her friend’s mother is always around but the friend doesn’t think her mother loves her because she keeps telling the child what to do.
2. The child feels lonely.
a. The child tells another child she always feels lonely, and the other child says she doesn’t feel lonely because of her friendship with her.
3. The mother doesn’t love the child and know anything about her
a. The child realizes that the mother designed the treasure hunt so she could do things she’s always wanted to do.
4. The child doesn’t have long to live.
a. The child meets another child on the treasure hunt, who tells her everyone expected her to die two years ago. When she asks the child why she didn’t die, the other child said she was too happy to die and didn’t want to leave her parents.
5. A treasure hunt in the hospital is stupid.
a. The Hospital treasure hunt turns out to be more than the child expected when she discovers things she didn’t know about or were there.
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Sherwen Moore Assignment 10
What I learned from this exercise is to look at the old ways this movie shapes as reality, questioned those ways and see if it really addressed the counter example of the challenge in a real way.
1. Old Ways: Gullible rookie ‘in the hood’
Challenge: Must a first year officer be guided in how to handle people when policing the streets?
Could a rookie get a veteran officer killed? Counterexample: Mark must understand how he fits in working with Tom and enforcing the law. Mark pulls over some young white guys buying drugs in the black neighborhood. He discovers it’s his friends. He gives the driver a ticket (misdemeanor) for trying to avoid them but doesn’t tell Tom, his partner, that they are his friends. Tom, surprised he gave the driver a ticket because he is white and no one was hurt but Mark calmly says, “… they’re no different. I gave then a break for speeding but they got the ticket for trying to avoid us…” and kept his secret.
2. Old Ways: Drug Dealing and poor people. Challenge: Are all small time drug dealers operating in the street and ‘on the run’? Counterexample: Al opens up information that medical doctors and others are involved in an illegal trade of medicinal marijuana. Mark learned that Tyrone waits for Tom to call him with details for a ‘pick up’ time. Tom, a police officer, was getting money from a group of medical doctors and executives at Merchandise Mart as an investment into selling underground medicinal marijuana for recreational use. The money is given to Tyrone and taken to an undisclosed location where deals are made for large quantities only.
3. Old Ways: Educating our inner city youth and making minimal progress. Challenge: Is it true most young black students don’t do well because they are not interested in school? Is it because they don’t listen and full of sport and play? Counterexample: Al encourages his youth to question everything for the sake of their growth. Al introduces his students to fun creative exercises called, ‘icebreakers’. It is designed to get their attention and focus on the lesson.
4. Old Ways: Law is always right. Challenge: What are the law enforcing stereotypes? Counterexample: Mark, as a hostage, tells Al that sometimes bad times make good things happen. While being handcuffed to a radiator Mark tries to talk Al out of kidnapping him as a police officer. Al shows no remorse. Mark starts talking empathetically about how it feels to be locked up.
5. Old Ways: Deadly force is sometimes necessary in the black community. Challenge: Are most police shootings in the black community justifiable? Is the first option to cover up the shooting? How do you make the best out of a first reaction gone badly? Counterexample: Mark is rescued from the police thinking he will press charges and anyone he identified would go to jail. Mark will not identify any suspects and would not corroborate with the story that the police gave to the press.
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Edward Brown counter examples
I learned to try for dramatic examples of old way neglectful behavior that audience might do that challenges Protagonist George
Short hand examples:
1 lockout of own building by City as mess, needs lawyer with time clean up, lesson keep clean by clean dropped mess NOW and weekly reorganize or on rainy days
1. Goes to church to find local gal alternative to Siberian Tanya. Hot babe warns him she has STDs and he should get medical report before getting intimate
2. Tooth hurts, dentist says needs to brush and wash at least daily to prevent ED, strokes, diabities etc
3. Tanya when asked for STD tests, wants his medical fitness report: Med doc says as getting older, diabities, stokes, so must eat smarter and walk
4. Misses court date because does not keep calendar or filing system, could default on $9K neglected lawsuit
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Linda Anderson’s Counterexamples
What I learned doing this assignment is it’s going to require plausible actions to show the changes in the lead character vs. dialogue.
Existing belief, Tanji, Main Character: Bought into his father’s teachings that only saved Christians can go to heaven.
5 Question Challenges to an Old Way.
1) If Adiba doesn’t believe Jesus is her personal savior does it mean she can’t understand Christian scriptures or the Bible?
2) Will a loving person like Adiba be barred from heaven because she isn’t a born-again Christian?
3) If Tanji can’t bring himself to condemn Adiba and Ray, does that make him a failed chaplain?
4) Could forcing himself to return home to his father’s ministry and ex-fiancé pull Tanji into conforming to their rigid version of Christianity?
5) Can a Christian chaplain be forgiven for doing memorial services and prayers for non-Christians? Is it his duty to do so?
5 Counterexamples to an Old Way.
1) Tanji and Adiba cooperate in composing letters to loved ones, regardless of differences in their beliefs.
2) Adiba respects and comforts Tanji when he’s at his lowest point.
3) Tanji listens and starts to get it when Adiba talks to him about Islam.
4) Tanji and other chaplains support each other and send him their prayers for the dead so Tanji can do an interfaith memorial service.
5) Tanji cremates Adiba’s body according to Muslim tradition and buries her Quran properly.
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