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You are ready to practice what you've learned in this lesson. You've gained several tools so that you can overcome sweaty palms or a frozen mind as you practice responding to a prompt in the Start at the Beginning worksheet. You will write an introduction and one body paragraph—that's it for now.

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Start at the Beginning Instructions: Use what you learned in the lesson to write an introduction and body paragraph in response to the following prompt: In his 2004 novel Magic Seeds, V. S. Naipaul writes: “It is wrong to have an ideal view of the world. That’s where the mischief starts. That’s where everything starts unravelling.” Select a novel, play, or epic poem in which a character holds an “ideal view of the world.” Then write an essay in which you analyze the character’s idealism and its positive or negative consequences. Explain how the author’s portrayal of this idealism illuminates the meaning of the work as a whole. You may choose a work from the list below or one of comparable literary merit. Do not merely summarize the plot. *Hint: Death of a Salesman would be a perfect text to use for this prompt. 1. Read and annotate the prompt. 2. What are your explicit instructions?  Analyze the characters idealism and explain how the portrayal illuminates the meaning of the work as a whole

3. Is there an implicit task or consideration? If so, what is it?  No, The prompt is very direct with its instructions. 4. Write an effective introduction and the first body paragraph in response to this prompt. a. Underline your thesis statement. b. Identify your claim, evidence, and commentary in your body paragraph.

In the play, “The Death of a Salesman” By Arthur Miller, he uses the main character “Willy” to portray the idealism of unrealistic expectations about one’s self and others. The use of

this idealism is used to enforce the view of the loss of identify and the inability to accept change within one’s society. From the beginning of the play we can see how Willy is unable to come to terms with the fact that he has been laid off from work. He resorts to having to take loans from Charley every month in order to keep up the appearance of being employed. There not only the economic aspect to Willy’s refusal of reality but he is shown as immature. He thinks that everything depends on a man’s attractiveness. He relies on this false idea for everything in his life. Unfortunately, Willy projects this idea about attractiveness and popularity to his sons. Because of his father’s influence, Biff, a star football player in high school, feels like he can get far in life only relying on his looks. He soon realizes that being attractive traits does not help him reach the American Dream as he fails math and is unable to attend a university. t go to college, starts stealing, and amounts to nothing in life. Throughout the play we see the result of this shallow mindset in Happy as well as the rest of Willy’s family....