Brainstorming on 3-sided story

Three side story
1st perspective:
I am checking on facebook.
Suddenly this a chatting box emerges out of nowhere.
I see that it’s that pretty girl from Mr./Mrs.?’s class.
She asks me what is tomorrow’s homework for English literature.
I am about to answer when

2nd perspective
You give a light squeeze on my left arm
Whoo~ so U finally got a girl friend? kk
Congrats~

3rd perspective
Just coming out of the shower room with the stupid bathrobe on.
What, did I hear? He says



So basically this is a story about how a boy was caught chatting with a popular girl. The boy didn’t intend on chatting with her but circumstances led him to. The ‘you’ in this story finds out about this situation the first and keeps bugging ‘I’ about the situation. The ‘he’ is close to a lot of girls and he secretly(nothing is ever secret!) tells about this to some girls. Since he didn’t see the situation for himself, he wants to find out whether it is really an ongoing relationship and help ‘I’ if he can on how to deal with girls. They all get stressed out and the story ends with the three guys different than before. I haven’t decided on a solid ending but I know it’ll be a bit murky….not so jolly!

Mark Twain : Revised version of the "Adam& Eve's diary"

Mark Twain was one of the more issue-oriented writers of his time. Twain’s stories often deal with special issues that were prominent during his lifetime. With Tom Sawyer, he dealt with the lives of children, especially those of orphans and the poor, soon after the civil war. With Huckleberry Finn, he dealt with the lives of slaves on the run, something that was frequent in his time. These examples show Mark Twain’s affiliations as a realist. But, with the diaries of Adam& Eve, he tries some new attempts.

The two diaries are set in a time and place that no human being at the time –including Twain- could have experienced. Compared to the two adventure stories mentioned above –which are set in environments Twain actually lived in- this is a notable difference. Why might have Twain done this? Was he tired of always depicting realistic settings? Was he turning into a Romantist? To the present day, scholars agree that the answers to the above queries are no. Then, why was Twain seeking out a new style in which he was not limited in writing in the realist’s POV? I suspect Twain tried to do so by experimenting with simply making the characters and the relationship between the characters more realistic. Adam& Eve seem real to the audience despite the unfamiliar environment where they’re in because the two are described as realistic as Twain could.


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Hyunseok Lee: Great connection between stories and realism. Good effort trying to analyze the writer in deeper way. However, I’m confused whether you’re supporting or criticizing on the point that Mark Twain had a new attempt on , . It would be better to make your claim clear through topic sentence. Plus, even though you asserted your opinion on the very last point of your essay, it was too short and not explained enough. (I understand the time problem) If you added some examples that Mark Twain tried to describe Adam& Eve realistically, it would be much better essay.

How to write stories? especially, good ones?

*got this from Lisa Joo's blog during Creative Screen Writing class

Edgar E.Poe: Revised verion of the "Tell-Tale Heart"

The young man seems to be one of those people that become too obsessed at random things easily. But, can he be defined as a madman whose mindset is totally different from us because of it? Controversy remains, most agree that but obsession is something inherent in human. Then, why should people distinguish the young man as so extraordinary?

Madness is often associated with behaviors thoughts that are too extraordinary compared to common sense. One such behavior might be the young man’s reaction toward the old man’s pale eyes and their gaze. To murder someone because someone’s appearance and attitude disturbs oneself is thought to be out of the ordinary. But, is it still safe to say that attempting to eliminate something that bothers one so much to result in one becoming unable to live with it is out of the ordinary? Rebels have risen up in the past, risking all they have, because they couldn’t bear the society that they existed in. In the renowned film [The Lives of Others], where the life of discontent writers in East-Germany is dealt, many writers either attempted suicide or revolt because they couldn’t bear their life. As in this case and still many others in everyday life where people attempted to eliminate the source of their agony despite all the ‘unacceptable’ actions they took, would it be still safe to say the young man is mad?

Anger, pain, sorrow, annoyance, despair: all emotions accepted as inherent in human beings. Why then should madness be treated otherwise? Why should it not be treated as something that can and is okay to happen to anyone? Though I pity the old man, I would like to say I could understand the young man.


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Chonghyun Ahn: I liked the realistic point of view that you raised; stating indirectly that the common sense and mainstream ethics is not divine, categorical and absolute. However, I would have liked a much deeper analysis on the motive of the murder. Was it just because of someone’s appearances? Wasn’t it more like “the gaze” that the old man had put on the protagonist? In such sense, comparing or identifying the protagonist’s action with Father’s killing for revenge is a bit awkward. Such vengeance murders are generally accepted (at least partially), actions in moralistic point of view by some people. In order to strengthen your argument of the relativity, you should’ve chosen a more significant example instead of acceptable one of fathers killing for their family losses. In short, the protagonist’s killing and that of the Fathers have different characteristics, which would enact as a flaw when trying to compare the two. Anyway, great work!! I liked it.

Lee Hyejoon: There were some very deep questions but it would have been better if you answered them too. For instance, you said that insanity was not a very peculiar trait for some mentally disabled people but something prevalent in everyone. Then there must be some difference between most people and Edgar Poe that makes him being called ‘insane’ what would it be? Maybe it’s because Poe and other ‘madmen express their madness out to the public while most people stay silent.

Ryu Jin-Gyeong: New perspective on the “eye” of the old man! I’ve read other critics saying that the ‘eye’ is another ego of the murderer. I thought it to be too symbolic, but you viewed it in other way. J However, I couldn’t understand your points -_- . Are you talking about the historical/ social examples? I think your explanation is quite confusing. Anyway, good job!

Nathaniel Hawthorne: revised version of the "Ambitious Guest"

Ambition is perhaps one of the less understood kinds of human emotion. Ambition is oftentimes accompanied by lust, devotion and persistence

As described by the Stranger, ambition is at first only a dream that passes one’s mind but after some time, as people struggle to keep their ambition persistent, devotion turns into a desperate act until people become too attached to it and make the ambition a part of their life. The stranger seems to have already gone through the process mentioned above. To him,


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Hyunseok Lee: Well-described and summarized the story, but lack your opinion. I believe you hadn’t enough time to write about what you really wanted to talk about. Nevertheless, you should have been writing about what you’ve learned from the story and expand your thoughts, not just explaining what happened in the story. Fresh introduction with the story [Little Prince], but I expect more lengthy and concrete body and conclusion. I’m looking forward to your interesting essay about how beings get attached to each others!

Chung Yoonju: It was very nice to relate [Little prince] and Dark Romanticism short-story [The Ambitious Guest] but I didn’t get what you really meant by. It will be much better to develop your idea in the introduction and clearly deliver your main idea. Also, I have a little different idea on the point of corrupted ambition the traveler influenced. I don’t think the traveler should be accused of leading both him and the family to die in the slide. It’s true that he somewhat enlightened (?!) the family about the civilized society but still the family is the one who blindly ran out of the house listening to the sound of slide – it was very common aspect of their life. I think it will be a well-opinioned essay after finishing the last
paragraph.

Jin-Gyeong: Did the family become familiar with the city life only by listening to the strange traveler? I don’t think so. Rather than becoming familiar, I would be much better to say that they were disturbed or agitated by the corrupted ambition. However, your introduction with the famous story [The Little Prince] was so cool. Hmm, but I think it is a little bit absurd to realte this story with the [Little Prince]. Anyways good.

MLA style guidance

In defense or satire of Kony2012? hmm....