Storytelling Assignment

Switched at Birth
https://www.thisamericanlife.org/360/switched-at-birth

Context
From: This American Life
July 25, 2008
This was just one episode and it lasted 58 minutes which included a prologue and 2 acts.

Content
In the summer of 1951, two baby girls were born in a hospital in small-town Wisconsin. The babies were accidentally switched, and went home with the opposite families. One of the mothers did realize the mistake but chose not to say anything. Until more than 40 years later, she decided to tell both daughters what happened. How the truth changed the two families' lives, and how it did not.

Form
Prologue: The host, Ira Glass introduced the characters: Kay McDonald, who raised a daughter named Sue, and Mary Miller, who raised the daughter named Marti.
Act 1: Reporter Jake Halpern tells the story of the daughters who were switched, and the complications that came along with learning the truth.
Act 2: The reporter tells the mothers' sides of the story. Mary Miller explains why she was tormented by her secret but was unable to share it for decades.

Elements
-Letters written to both daughters by Mary Miller
-Music
-Voice recording and video tapes of the families' encounters
-Reporter's opinions