Chapter 3 - Mesopotamia Essay

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Follow up to classwork.

Instructions

Below you will see the six elements to writing an epic.
Using these elements write your own half-fact half-fiction story about a person of your choosing.
Information obtained from the University of Idaho. https://webpages.uidaho.edu/engl257/General%20lit/six_elements_of_the_epic.htm

Element 1
1) Plot centers around a Hero of Unbelievable Stature.
The epic hero completes what everyone only attempts. 
In ancient epics, the hero often is either partially divine or at least protected by gods or God.
For example, Disney's Hercules is a cartoon version of an actual Epic of Hercules. In the story Hercules gets help from the Greek gods, fights a giant monster with many heads called a hydra, and then sacrifices his life to save his girlfriend only to come back to life. Pretty epic.

Element 2
2) Involves deeds of superhuman strength and valor. 
Accomplish feats no real human could. Like stopping a train with your hands!

Element 3
3) Vast Setting. 
The action spans not only geographical but also often cosmological space: across land, sea, into the underworld, or thru space or time etc. 
Basically they travel a lot and to crazy places. 

Element 4
4) Involves supernatural and-or otherworldly forces. 
Gods, demons, angels, time/space travel, cheating death etc.

Element 5
5) Sustained elevation of style. 
Overwritten and/or highly stylized (poetry, lyricism (singing), exaggeration).
Basically, go wild with your style but once you pick a style, stick with it.
You could make it a song, a poem, a rap, constantly tell jokes, say crazy things, repeat the same thing a lot, start your sentences the same way, end your sentences the same way, whatever! Most importantly, I want to hear your original voice. Make it you.

Element 6
6) Poet remains objective and omniscient.  
The narrator sees and knows all and presents all perspectives.
For example: Patrick from SpongeBob wanted to eat the chocolate but he already ate it. He didn't know that though. So he asked SpongeBob for his chocolate.

Required

Write your own epic story!
Make sure your essay uses as many of the elements of an epic as you can.
Color each of the elements when you use them in your essay so you know you used them!
Element 1 Super Person, Element 2 Does Super Things, Element 3 Goes to Crazy Places, Element 4 Has Magical Creatures, Element 5 Has a Style, Element 6 Writer Knows All.
Rubric (How you will be graded for this essay.)
4 - I have written my very own epic story using all five of the elements of an epic.
3 - I used four of the elements in my epic story.
2 - I used two of the elements in my epic story.
1 - I wrote an epic story.
0 - I did not write an epic story.

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Mr. Bergh will never make you do something he didn't also do. 
So here is my quick epic story based off the real dog and the cartoon.
Patron the Bomb Defusing Dog
Patron wasn't like the other dogs. Patron could jump as high as a rabbit. Climb as fast as a squirrel. Swim like a fish. He was even protected from explosions by Jesus. Patron was on a walk one day when he smelled something funny, it smelled like burnt rubber! Patron ran to the smell and it turned out to be the powerplant. The Spark and evil living fire had broken into the powerplant! Patron had to get in there to stop the evil Spark from blowing up the powerplant! The door was locked with reinforced steel, but the wall was only brick. Patron smashed down a part of the brick wall with his mighty tail to get in. The evil Spark saw him and shouted "Your too late! I have the master circuit!" Spark jumped into a portal into hell. Patron stood shocked, but knew he had to get the master circuit to stop the powerplant from exploding... There was a school and a hospital next to the powerplant! Patron jumped in the portal and followed Spark into hell.
TO BE CONTINUED?...