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toc =G.R.A.S.P.S= = = __Presentation:__ Enthusiasm, Time Limit, Content, Vocabulary, Volume, Preparedness || x ||
 * **Goal:** You are planning on making a summarized, modern adaptation of one of Hawthorne's short stories that we've read into a graphic short story. You will then present your product to the executives at Dark Horse Comics, a major graphic novel publication company. Your goal is to stay true to the story you've chosen, so as not to obscure the plot or meaning of the original story. You may still make it modern and original, changing such elements as setting, tone, and style. You will be judged according to how you deal with these elements, and also how true to the characters and actual events in Hawthorne's story you were. || x ||
 * **Role:** You are an artist working on a graphic short story. || x ||
 * **Audience:** The CEO and executive graphic novel judges of Dark Horse Comics. || x ||
 * **Setting:** You are competing with other artists for the right to make the full version of a Hawthorne short story into a graphic novel. || x ||
 * **Presentation:** You must make the comic of the short story using ComicLife. || x ||
 * **Standards:** __Product (ComicLife):__ Length, Attractiveness & Organization, Graphics, Proofreading & Spelling, Understanding

=Introduction= Since you received your bachelors in English with a minor in art, you've spent five years days holed up in your New York city apartment, eating ramen noodles and poring over your prized collections of Nathaniel Hawthorne texts and obscure graphic novels. You've often thought about making your own graphic novel, but you never thought of a story. One day you see an ad in the paper which says that Dark Horse Comics are looking for the next big idea, and it hits you: you are going to make a graphic novel based on a short story! This is your big chance!

=Task= You are a struggling artist and graphic novel fanatic who has made your life's work reading and analyzing the works of Nathaniel Hawthorne. You want to write and illustrate a graphic novel representation of a short story by Hawthorne. You will be presenting a brief modernized re-imagining of the story you chose to the CEO of Dark Horse Comics, as well as a panel of Dark Horse executives for review. You will be judged on how well you have stayed true to the actual meanings and scenes in the short story, yet since it is a modern retelling, you have some flexibility with the characters, setting, style and tone. You must put in as much effort as possible, because there are countless other artists jumping at the chance to make this story the next big cult graphic novel. If you have truly made a graphic representation that does Hawthorne justice, Dark Horse will grant you the rights to develop the entire story into a graphic novel. You need to make sure that you rise above the rest, but above all be creative, try some new ideas, and have fun!

=Conclusion= You've successfully transferred your in-depth knowledge of Hawthorne's writing style and his complex images into a complete work of art! Now you are ready to tackle every work of literature the same way-by paying attention to small details and even, if necessary, applying them to situations in the time and world you live in.