In this task, you will write a fictional or nonfiction narrative of about 750 to 1000 words on a theme that is present in some of the selections from Victorian literature that you read in this unit. Below are a few themes involving difficult childhood circumstances and ill-fated love, both of which figured in this unit’s readings. In developing your own narrative, you can choose one of these themes, create a variation on one of them, or use another theme in consultation with your teacher:
- a child who does not fit well into his or her social circumstances
- a child who is perceived as bad when he or she is actually good, or vice versa
- an orphan or displaced child who faces struggles similar to those of Oliver Twist, Kim, or Heathcliff
- two people who are attracted to one another but are prevented from uniting due to social norms or related personal conflicts