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1. First complete the **chart below** comparing the narratives of the two stories. How does the story start? || Mrs. Morrison assigns the class to bring in a picture of what they are MOST thankful for. Gus and his friend, Bean, don't know what picture to bring. || A man tells us how elephants pick another elephant to be their "friend." But one elephant named Tara has chosen a dog named Bella as her friend. || What has changed? || It started as a simple homework assignment but led to a fight between to boys, which actually helped him with his homework. So this story technically trying to say if you get in a fight, you will get your homework done. || It brings the point up that a dog an elephant can become best friends but yet our world is still not in peace with each other. It changes the sweet story of a two different best friends to a political remark that we should come together. || How is this achieved? || From Mr. T's perspective, you can also tell that Gus is the MOST thankful thing for Thanksgiving. Gus gave him water and vegetables so he helped him out with the bully. || When looking at Tara's point of view, you may start to think that the elephant herself thinks that Bella is her mother. You can see this because they are always together and you notice Bella taking care of her "daughter." ||
 * || **Happy Thanksgiving Gus ...** || **Assignment America ...** ||
 * What is the opening situation?
 * What is the problem of challenge that is posed? || Gus and his friend, Bean, don't know what picture to bring. || People didn't know how close Tara and Bella were. ||
 * How does this create conflict between characters? || This story shows man vs society. This is because Gus is against his school in the search for a picture of what he is MOST thankful for. || It technically shows man vs man because they animals can't live without each other, leading them to find their own ways of themselves until together. ||
 * How is this resolved? || Gus meets Mr. T and he becomes the thing he is MOST thankful. This is because he is the cause that Billy falls in the mud. || When Bella had a spinal cord injury and had to stay in a house, all Tara did was stay in the corner waiting for her to come out. ||
 * How is the closing situation different to the opening situation?
 * Do you see the story from one character's point of view?

2. Then, by paying particular attention to the visual images in the stories and the ways in which these provide clues to the meaning of the stories, write a paragraph explaining how you "read" the stories to get the full meaning of each of the stories. You may find it useful to consider some of these factors: //**Feliz dia de Gracias, Gus!**// **Paragraph Here**: This story shows a variety amount of purposes. One is that it showed you that you should always do your homework. Another is that it shows you can become friends with something totally different from you. A last one is that the story says that if you are mean, in the end you will get what you deserve. **(This was supposed to be a summary of how the images helped you to read the story. It is not a place for you to retell or summarize the story.)**
 * color
 * framing
 * composition
 * size
 * type of shot
 * subject matter
 * setting
 * lighting
 * pose
 * text (or voice)

This story shows many different kinds of purposes. It first shows people that when elephants are inhabited with each other, they choose one another to be there partner in life. Next it shows a sweet story about two completely different kinds of animals becoming in separable. And lastly, it shows that if a dog and elephant can become FRIENDS, then we can and should make peace with everyone in the world.
 * //Assignment America// Paragraph Here**:
 * (This was supposed to be a summary of how the images helped you to read the story. It is not a place for you to retell or summarize the story.)**