Montana Short Story

Montana Short Story assignment

Your Montana story is to be written in the first person POV  (I).  It should begin with a PROLOGUE in the present that may be only a paragraph or so long from the point of view of the protagonist several years after the main incident in the story (he or she is older and wiser).  Then FLASHBACK to the key incident that made him or her "grow up."  Let your story be a "coming of age" story.  At the end, write an EPILOGUE from the point of view of the character in the present.

USE MLA HEADING, TIMES NEW ROMAN font 12 pt. only, and double space! 

2. Literary Word of the Day:  Bildungsroman

n literary criticism, a Bildungsroman (German pronunciation: [ˈbɪldʊŋs.ʁoˌmaːn]; German: "novel of formation/education/culture"),^[1] novel of formation, novel of education,^[2] or coming-of-age story is a literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from youth to adulthood (coming of age),^[3] and in which, therefore, character change is extremely important.^[4]