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“Lord of the Flies”, a novel written by William Golding, tells the
story of boys who survived on an island after the plane’s crash. After
the accident, the competition between two main characters, Ralph
and Jack, was established. Because of loneliness, the boys created an
imagined beast and one of them, Simon, who has visions from
exhaustion, is the only one who intuitively understands that the real
threat on the island is not the monster, but the battle of good versus
evil.

In this written task, my aim is to highlight Simon’s approach

towards the situation. The readers are not sure what Simon feels as
he is shy and his feelings are not described. He knows that the
rivalry exists and he is skeptical to its occurrence. He is the
representative of goodness, I want to emphasize this.  

This aim is to be achieved through a letter written by Simon to his

mum which is supposed to be sent in a bottle; it is written while the
boy is sitting alone in his makeshift hut; it will have a character of a
diary as it is dedicated to mum, so no matter if the letter reaches her
or not, he can honestly write that he feels lonely and scared.

For that, this written assignment’s register is informal, due to the

fact that it is a boy’s relation. Although Simon is a kid, the language
reflects his unusual sensitivity and maturity so it is not typically
childish.
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-If you still find it too difficult to write the rationale for your Written
Assignment, you can use the following structure:

Paragraph 1: what were you trying to do (tone, purpose, audience to

reach?)
Paragraph 2: How did you try to do that...give examples from your
piece.
Paragraph 3: How did you connect to your topic option?
Example...

I wrote a (TEXT TYPE YOU CHOSE, for example: blog entry, diary
entry, interview, magazine article, newspaper report, friendly letter)
about (TOPIC OF YOUR TEXT, for example: the importance of
maintaining religious traditions in the celebration of Christmas). It
was written with a ________ tone (examples of TONE for your
writing: angry, clear, formal, humorous, informal, ironic, optimistic,
pessimistic, sad, serious) and hopes to address a
________________ audience (AUDIENCE OF YOUR TEXT, for
example: intellectual, adult, teenager, school students)
In my _________ (YOUR TEXT TYPE) I tried to use
________________ (TYPE OF LANGUAGE YOU USED, for
example: formal, informal, technical language, a 1st person/3rd
person perspective, adult humor, verbal irony, childish language,
etc)with phrases like "___________________" and
"_______________".
I tried as well to use a _______________ level of vocabulary (for
example: sophisticated, technical, specific, simple, easy-to-
understand) with word choices like "________________"and
"____________________" . Using these elements I feel I
reached my purpose of _______________ (examples of purpose:
making readers reflect upon the importance of tradition for society;
informing readers about the pros and cons of spending too much
money in New Year's Eve, etc)
This task addresses the topic option of SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS
and specially addresses the topic of CELEBRATIONS, SOCIAL AND
RELIGIOUS EVENTS . I chose a (YOUR TEXT-TYPE) to do this
because I felt that in this way I could
_________________________________ (REASONS WHY
YOU CHOSE THIS TEXT TYPE, for example: because I could best
express what I learned from the topics we studied in this unit and
how I feel about them)

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Rationale
I have chosen to write a blog to show how beauty in the eye of the
mediainfluences the lives of teenage girls around the world. It is
based on Part 1 of theLiterature & Language course. My character
represents a stereotypical anorexicteenage girl.Writing a blog
contributes personal opinion of the dangerous impacts of theme
dia. “The Riotous Belle” is an honest, intriguing blog
dedicated to girls that are misunderstood by the society. Belle,
an anorexic model writes her blog in herperspective that is clearly
shown in her writing which fits perfectly toconventions of a blog. It
consists of personal experiences and interests in theview of the
author, hence creates a discussion by her readers, which can be
seenthrough the comment section indicating authenticity.The task I
will be writing is inspired by a theory by Naomi Wolf entitled,
“TheBeauty Myth”. By taking one of the big ideas in the
book, which is the stereotypical views of feminists perpetrated by
the media, which includes thebelief where teenage girls feel the need
to wear make up or too lose extra poundspurposefully, to fit the
beauty perspective that has been constructed aroundthem.
The target audience is teenage girls who admire Belle, that they feel
the need tohave specific beauty standards and the socially
constructed ideologies relating tobeauty and body image. It is set
during present time, where plus sized modelsare starting to be
looked upon by the society. Therefore, this blog will
powerfullyexpress the view that is rarely heard through its strongly
opinionated content