The character of Flynn is very likable and relatable. It’s easy to care about her. She’s not perfect but that’s why the audience likes her. Consider exploring the idea of her fear of abandonment a bit more. She mentions her father leaving when she was young. This would explain her need to give Chase a consistent and secure father. It would also trigger some feelings about Nathan leaving her and her feelings that he abandoned her, especially when she was pregnant, even though he didn’t know about her pregnancy.
At the end, she grows as a character as she realizes not just what is best for her, but what is best for Chase and Nathan. She also decides to explore her art passion again, which she abandoned, perhaps out of guilt and/or that she lost a sense of her own identity when Nathan left. One isn’t sure why she stopped painting. It could be something to explore.
Flynn’s voice is consistent with her personality. The only area that
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There’s nice dialogue on page 65 when Bryce explains what attracted him to Flynn i.e. walking with the wind.
On smaller notes, remember to show and not tell or explain. When Bryce is introduced, his description is fine, but the viewing audience has no way to understand that he’s a humble man who knows who he is and what he wants. This should be conveyed through his personality and, in fact, he does come across as humble and reserved.
Elevate the visual storytelling. For example, on page 17, “a flash of something unpleasant across Bryce’s face tells us this is not a subject he is interested in discussing” can be more visual.
On page 46, when Nathan gets a good look at Bryce and Chase and “the wheels turn” could be more visual. Remember, the audience can’t “see” wheels turning.
The script is professionally formatted, although the scene heading for the beach house can be more specific regarding whose beach house – this is important for production and
When reading this story it felt as though Lily lacked emotions. She, like the main character in Dead Confederates, lacked guilt. She tricks the soldier into thinking she was going to please him sexually in order to keep her horse and other items he was going to take. Any normal nineteen year old may have thought about actually having sex with him but not her, she had the plan of killing him. Part of the problem with this character is that she felt nothing after she succeeded in killing the man, she simply went back to her
The illustrations should help readers anticipate the unfolding of a story’s action and its climax.
Distinctively visual texts aim to manipulate the we perceive images critically affecting our interpretation of events and people we meet in our lives. Distinctively visual techniques are utilised in the ‘Run Lola Run’ directed by Tom Tykwer and the picture book ‘Red Tree’ written by Sean Tan. The way the distinctively visual is shown throughout these texts is through the use of motifs, different angle shots, colours, lighting and reading paths. These techniques aim to show the important themes in both texts such as time, hope and love.
Her desire to make Nola happy shows that she is trying, but inside thoughts show that she does not like the way Nola dresses, or the clothes she picks out, or the restaurant they eat at. Her emotional attachment and need for her daughter overpowers her knowledge that it is time for Nola to grow up. She would prefer for Nola to remain young. Despite her mother's desire, Nola is growing up and becoming her own person.
Soon enough, Kristina finds out she is pregnant. Chase believes it is his baby so he proposes to Kristina, but later finds out at the doctor’s that Brendan is the father. In analyzing the situation, Kristina turns down Chase’s persisting proposal. She decides that she does not desire to ruin his dreams and opportunities of doing well in the future and attending college, and lets him go. They then maintain in contact through occasional letters and Kristina/Bree continues to have her baby son, Hunter Seth, whom luckily, her parents help her raise. At conclusion of the novel, Kristina states that Bree will be a part of her life forever as will her addiction for the monster. She also states that for the moment, she will have to quit it in order to be able to take care of the baby. However, we all know that she will not do that.
The visual diagram that I have created to show the structure of the story displays an individual pulling a piece out of a completed puzzle, only to find a new idea that resides below the surface. This design passed my mind due to the method in which the story is told. “Hills like White Elephants” is not a story in the classical structure with an exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and denouement ; however, instead we are only given the bare essentials on the surface of what is going on. In fact, the words on the pages characterized by hidden details have left readers like me to examine and piece together what is not told directly within the text in order to discover the context of the story. Consequently, as shown in my drawing,
Throughout her early childhood, she ignores her father's drunken escapades, and thinks of him as a loving father and excellent teacher of the wild. It isn't until her junior year of high school that she realizes the indisputable flaws her father has. She resents Dad's drinking and how he constantly lets her and the rest of the family down yet never openly admits it or allows his flaws to be discussed. Jeannette also begins to resent her mother, whom she’s never been close to. Some cause of her resentment includes her mom’s refusal to hold down a job long enough to provide her kids with a stable food supply, especially since Rex won’t be providing like he says he will. This resentment eventually motivates her to move away from her parents and Welch. She ends up in New York City with her sister Lori in which she focuses on her studies and becomes a successful journalist. Jeannette is a natural forgiver and it shows even when she moves away from her parents, but this doesn’t stop her from being haunted by her past and with her transition from poverty into the upper-middle class. By the end of the novel, Jeannette is a symbol of the resilience and
would like the reader to focus on and receive from what the author is trying to portray.
She struggles because her father also has kicked her out of his house. She struggles to find herself and is lost in society. At one point in her life she was homeless and begging for food and selling her clothes and personal belongings for necessities. Meredith comes to her common senses and returns back home to start a life for herself At an older age of 30 she had to care of her mom because she had multiple sclerosis and was very worried about her, but sadly she died in her 40’s. When Meredith was 30 she met her son that she gave up for adoption, when they met there was no emotion. She found out his name was Paul and he grew up in poverty with an abusive father, it was a very important part in her life because they were finally able to meet and connect with each other. She never finished her senior year of high school, but she gets a second chance. She’s with other misfits and feels at home, during this stage she starts to find herself. She then is becoming old and weary and finds a cabin in her hometown in the wilderness. She seeks silent refuge within
She now has to branch out and get to know her new household, which will be hard since all of them seem to have very troubled pasts and enigmatic personalities. This aspect of her personality might explain her recurring flaw of being vulnerable to the bandwagon mentality. She needs to belong, she needs friends, and she needs a relationship with this troubled family. In her mind, the only way to do achieve this is to follow what they say and do. She also has a tendency to be too trusting of people of people with troubled pasts, and too judgemental of people who are accused by many people, unlike the more intuitive Gabe.
Powell does a good job of this, especially on pages 43-45; Powell uses a dark black cloud on page 43 that continues onto page 44-45. This cloud can be confusing at first, but once the page is flipped, a image of a bus on fire is shown. When you scan the pages with your eyes, you will find the angry white people in the right bottom corner. Without reading on, you can assume that the bus was attacked by those very people. The illustrations on these pages show a scared group of freedom riders and an angry mob behind the “accident”. On page 44-45, there is no text, just this image. There are no words needed on these pages because the reader can already convey what has happened. Lewis goes on after the picture, ofcourse, to explain the exact story, but the image summarizes the whole scene for the reader. Although the image from pages 43-45 can relay a complex message to the readers, not all illustrations can do so. That’s why Powell’s ability, combined with the messages being shared, are important in to this
Who are you referring to when you write “...when she left him”? Nora is the opposite of Curtis. She is happy at what she does. The garden starts from a vacant lot, but then transforms into something new and beautiful. It is like the before and after of a model on television, except it ends up getting more people involved.
Eventually she moves on, from him, toward her future while he is left in the past. She eventually grows to love his brother Caleb. From the very beginning she has always disagreed with Caleb. He liked to tell her lies and make fun of her, “She began to hate [the] boy” (Steinbeck 350). She did not like Cal and she did not like Aron after Cal told her lies.
The author portrays Bryce’s reputation as poor to show how much people think about your actions in a negative way all the time after one terrible thing could happen. For example, when Clay says, “I know who Hannah’s talking about now. I’ve seen his wrist-grabbing stunt before” (Asher 25). Although Clay does not say who he is talking about, the reader will find out who it is later in the book. Basically, the author is showing that everyone knows what Bryce does even though Hannah did not have to mention his name, only his actions. From this, we can infer that Bryce hasn’t built a good reputation for himself. The text also states that, “A few minutes was all he needed with her. So just relax and step aside” (225). At this point in the story