Found Story Analysis Assignment:

Found Story Analysis Assignment:

If The Storytelling Animal and this class in general make anything clear, it’s that stories are all around us. How we perceive these stories to a large degree shapes our own identity.

For example, in the opening chapter, “The Witchery of Story,” Gotschall lists several places stories are found. As you go through the next few days, be on the lookout for similar stories. For this assignment, find one that resonates with you for some reason. Please choose a different type of story for each assignment:

A comic strip or cartoon 

An episode of a TV show 

• A song that tells a story (music video can count here, too) 
• A story told to us by a friend or coworker 
• A dream we had 
• A commercial that tells a story 
• A book 
• Something else that fits the description of a “story” that we’ve read in Gottschall’s narrative
• For your found story analysis, write a 700 – 1000 word** analysis of the story that answers each of the following questions:
• 1. Briefly describe the “story” you have chosen. If you can link to it (YouTube video of a song, article from a news site, etc. provide the link), but don’t neglect to describe the story itself. Please make sure that it’s a “story” in the sense of having a hero, a problem, and a plot. In other words, a news item about the coronavirus in California, while sometimes called “a story” is not what we’re looking for here. 

2. Where did you find this story? Describe the whole context. Is it a song you heard while shopping at CVS? Tell us about that. If you chose to do the “dream” option, you can describe when you had this dream or, if it’s a recurring dream that has a storyline, what are the circumstances in which you usually have it? Is there a pattern? 

3. Who “wrote” this story? A company? A singer? Someone on your Facebook or Twitter feeds? Provide a little bit of background about this person (or company, organization, etc. Please do NOT copy and paste from the internet. If I can copy and paste into Google and find your answer word-for-word, or almost, you won’t get credit for this question. For this one, if you choose to do a dream, the author is going to be you. What personality traits or experiences (or anything else) do you think produced this dream?

4. Why did this story resonate with you? What emotional reaction did you have to it? What elements of it stood out to you, and why do you think that was? If you’re talking about a dream, you can talk about how it made you feel, why you think it stuck with you, what effects it’s had on your waking life, etc. 

5. Who do you think the intended audience is for this story? Why? Or, if you’re talking about a dream, what meaning (if any) does this dream have for you? Note DO NOT write that the intended audience is “everyone.” For example, if you’ve chosen a song, look at the genre of the artist, do some research about who usually buys their albums, the type of radio stations they most often play on, etc. All of that will figure into who the audience is as well as, obviously, the content of the lyrics. The same goes for a sad story about a boy and his dog that airs on Good Morning America. Who watches Good Morning America? Do some research. What about the content of the story? Is it likely to appeal to the type of people who spend their time watching Good Morning America? In other words, this question probably can’t be answered effectively in a few words. I want to see some thoughts about how companies, people, artists, and other craft and shape stories to appeal to a particular audience. 

6. What do you think is the intended effect of this story? What’s it trying to do in the world? Why do you think so?

Here, I’d like you to pull together everything that you’ve discussed thus far — the story’s plot, what you know about its author, how it affected you, the people who are probably the audience — all of that will give you clues as to what the intended effect might be. In this question, too, I’m looking forward to seeing your thoughts in writing. An answer like, “The story is intended to make people happy” is not sufficient. Strive for detail and nuance.

Critical thinking is all about finding and providing details, specifics, and examples – this is why Word Counts and Page Lengths are rigorously enforced. It’s OK to go over, but not under. Anything less than the minimum Word Count will be marked down accordingly. 

Microsoft Office Word provides word counts at the bottom left; Apple or Google documents can be (and should be) converted to Word Documents so that you can see the count and so that Moodle can access them accurately.

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