Day 5 Assignments

[Kathleen Gamble]

Kathleen’s Three Gradients

What I learned from doing this assignment is: The assignment help me with getting to know my character more. It helped me brainstorm what challenges and weakness she has.

Excitement Graduating from College as Valedictorian. C. To find a career in business

W. Naïve

Doubt Job offers are few. Maybe start a business. C. In need of Direction

W. Indecisive

Hope After father’s death, in his will, she is given C. Never worked in Corporate

an opportunity to be a partner in his Company setting.

if she can save it from a takeover W. Insecurity

Discouragement Her step sister is sabotaging her C. Not being accepted

chance for success W. Wanting acceptance

Courage Her business savvy kicks in and solves C. Confronting her sister

the problem. W. Non-confrontational

Triumph The entire firm sees her worth and

welcomes her as a permanent partner C. Her sister lies to the Board

W. Afraid they would believe

her sister.

[Marie Wilson]

Marie’s Three Gradients

What I learned doing this assignment is that I have many questions, chief among them: how do you map this out if more than one character is involved in transforming; for instance in Dead Poets Society all the lads are transformative characters taking their own journeys. I guess one could draw up gradients for each of them For now, I’ll answer for Kay’s journey. She is my protagonist, and I also wonder whether the antagonist can be a Transformative Character. Lastly, as I fill this out, it seems to me her emotions happen in a different order than listed here.

1. What is the Emotional Gradient you’ll use?

Forced

2. For each emotion of that gradient, tell us the following:

A. Emotion: Denial

B. Action: She ignores the court order and hands the play over to Eunice

C. Challenge: She’s forced to stay in this small town that she hates, helping with an amateur play which she hates. Weakness: Self-involved

A. Emotion: Anger

B. Action: casting Emoke in the lead

C. Challenge: if she must do this play she will do it her way; Weakness: her only form of rebellion is to lash out and it doesn’t achieve lasting results

A. Emotion: Bargaining

B. Action: she gives Eunice a good role in exchange for her co-operation

C. Challenge: Eunice is a bigot. Weakness: Kay doesn’t know how to call out bigotry when it is in disguise, so she does nothing

A. Emotion: Depression

B. Action: abandons the play and leaves for LA

C. Challenge: To be a better actress getting more serious roles. Weakness: lack of confidence in her abilities as an actress.

A. Emotion: Acceptance

B. Action: goes back and tries to gain control of play

C. Challenge: putting on the play when the whole town is against her and threatens to boycott the play. Weakness: feels inadequate as a director, fear of failure

[William Peed]

1. What is the emotional gradient you’ll use?

Forced.

2. For each emotion, tell us the following:

A. Emotion: Denial

B. Action: He begins to plan his next escape attempt without Dulcinea.

C. Challenge: He doesn’t want to risk his plan’s success by bringing her along.

D. Weakness: Selfish

A. Emotion: Anger

B. Action: Tries to sabotage Hassan Pasha’s proposal to Dulcinea.

C. Challenge: He’s not willing to take her with him, but he doesn’t want Hassan Pasha to have her.

D. Put’s his freedom over her happiness.

A. Emotion: Bargaining

B. Tries to get Hamad to escape with him so he can bring Dulcinea.

C. Challenge: Risking more people’s lives.

D. Weakness: He will sacrifice anyone for his freedom.

A. Emotion: Depression

B. Action: Gives up his plan to escape. He can’t leave without her.

C. Challenge: facing life without Dulcinea

D. Weakness: He realizes he would rather live in captivity than live without her.

A. Acceptance

B. Plans to go without her.

C. Challenge: Letting go

D. Weakness: He doesn’t trust her to do the right thing.

[Maria Collis]

Maria’s 3 Gradients (sorry a bit late, catching up here….)

Using the Forced Change model:

Denial: Action: To reject Angela’s gift without rejecting Angela. C: to convince Angela to change her mind; W: need for Angela’s love/fear of hurting Angela

Anger: Action: Locks robot in closet; C: To go on as usual; W: guilt feelings

Bargaining: Action: Allows robot certain activities/functions in return for her privacy; C: to adjust to new normal W: she’s developing feelings toward him

Depression: Action: She realizes she is in love with the robot; C: To get rid of him; W: Can’t hurt Angela

Acceptance: Action: She takes the robot into her life C: to throw away all her previous values; W: her husband’s memory