You have to write a 750-word profile of a person you know well using the style and tools.

a. Who will you be profiling? If you're not sure yet, tell me the options.
b. Give three vivid, concrete physical descriptions of this person.
c. Give three psychological/character descriptions. BE CONCRETE. "He doesn't let anyone mistreat him" is not enough -- "when someone talks down to him, he smacks them in the face" is.
d. Name two discrete things that make this person interesting and two things that make her or him problematic.
e. What is the bigger thing your profile will be about? Fishman’s bigger thing was lies (and family). Sullivan's was the South (and mentorship). Gay Talese uses Frank Sinatra to talk about how celebrity works in America. What is the bigger thing your character profile will illuminate, directly or indirectly? It's ok to be undecided for now -- describe some possibilities based on whom you're going to be writing about, or are considering writing about.

THE TOOLS FOR PROFILING A PERSON:
ONE,       Physical description
TWO,       Psychological description
THREE,       Physical descriptions that suggest personality
FOUR,       Concrete (rather than abstract) description
FIVE,       Ambivalence
SIX,       Complexity

You have to write a 750-word profile of a person you know well usin...