A SHORT STORY ABOUT A HOLOCAUST
SURVIVOR WRITTEN WITH THE AIM OF
EVOKING AN EMPATHETIC RESPONSE FROM
16-19 YEARS OLD GIRLS.
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, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I want to thank my art teacher in Cherkasy for sharing this story with me so that I could
share it with you. We should never forget the victims of the Holocaust. Never again.
I thank … for her guidance, support and infectious enthusiasm.
I thank … for her advice with my research on how to ensure that it was ethical.
I am most thankful to my friends. …, I hope you found yourself in the story. …, thank you for
your advice on how to analyse my data.
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, CONTENTS PAGE
Acknowledgements....................................................................................................................................................... 2
Acknowledgements....................................................................................................................................................... 2
‘Gun. Train. Pit. Choice?’: a short story........................................................................................................................... 5
‘Gun. Train. Pit. Choice?’: a short story........................................................................................................................... 5
Introduction and inspiration.............................................................................................................................................. 6
Introduction and inspiration.............................................................................................................................................. 6
Addressing ethical issues and social implications..................................................................................................... 6
Addressing ethical issues and social implications..................................................................................................... 6
Methodology............................................................................................................................................................................. 7
Methodology............................................................................................................................................................................. 7
Researching the Holocaust in Cherkasy......................................................................................................................... 9
Researching the Holocaust in Cherkasy......................................................................................................................... 9
Literature review.................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Literature review.................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Writing a short story........................................................................................................................................................... 11
Writing a short story........................................................................................................................................................... 11
Choosing a genre.............................................................................................................................................................. 11
Choosing a genre.............................................................................................................................................................. 11
Choosing a form................................................................................................................................................................ 11
Choosing a form................................................................................................................................................................ 11
Choosing the audience................................................................................................................................................... 11
Choosing the audience................................................................................................................................................... 11
Choosing the settings..................................................................................................................................................... 11
Choosing the settings..................................................................................................................................................... 11
Creating the main character........................................................................................................................................ 12
Creating the main character........................................................................................................................................ 12
Constructing the plot...................................................................................................................................................... 13
Constructing the plot...................................................................................................................................................... 13
Employing narrative techniques............................................................................................................................... 13
Employing narrative techniques............................................................................................................................... 13
Conducting primary research.......................................................................................................................................... 14
Conducting primary research.......................................................................................................................................... 14
Evaluation................................................................................................................................................................................ 16
Evaluation................................................................................................................................................................................ 16
Conclusion............................................................................................................................................................................... 16
Conclusion............................................................................................................................................................................... 16
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, Bibliography........................................................................................................................................................................... 18
Bibliography........................................................................................................................................................................... 18
Appendices.............................................................................................................................................................................. 19
Appendices.............................................................................................................................................................................. 19
Appendix 1: Email.................................................................................................................................................. 19
Appendix 1: Email.................................................................................................................................................. 19
Appendix 2: Participant Information Sheet................................................................................................. 19
Appendix 2: Participant Information Sheet................................................................................................. 19
Appendix 3: Consent form.................................................................................................................................. 20
Appendix 3: Consent form.................................................................................................................................. 20
Appendix 4: Debrief.............................................................................................................................................. 21
Appendix 4: Debrief.............................................................................................................................................. 21
Appendix 5: Survey Questions.......................................................................................................................... 21
Appendix 5: Survey Questions.......................................................................................................................... 21
Appendix 6: Bar Charts........................................................................................................................................ 22
Appendix 6: Bar Charts........................................................................................................................................ 22
Appendix 7: Presentation notes....................................................................................................................... 23
Appendix 7: Presentation notes....................................................................................................................... 23
Appendix 8: notes on Keen’s book.................................................................................................................. 24
Appendix 8: notes on Keen’s book.................................................................................................................. 24
Appendix 9: MOOC ‘Writing for the Young Readers. Opening the Treasure Chest’.....................26
Appendix 9: MOOC ‘Writing for the Young Readers. Opening the Treasure Chest’.....................26
Appendix 10: ideas for the primary research............................................................................................. 30
Appendix 10: ideas for the primary research............................................................................................. 30
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