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Need a story idea for English class
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sneaky
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Need a story idea for English class
My story has to incorporate tge same main character and theme from the book we just finished reading, which is 'the blue helmet'.
So anyways I need a story about a teenage boy. He's rebellious and lonely, since his mother died and his father is too busy in his work.
My theme will be something about isolation, but I need a thematic statement for that.
Any ideas would be great.
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RE: Need a story idea for English class
It should be set in the desert, since people get isolated in the desert.
Or, even better, the Martian desert.
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RE: Need a story idea for English class
Already been done, Wes. You ever read Acme Novelty 19?
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RE: Need a story idea for English class
Or Clannad?
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RE: Need a story idea for English class
Write a story about a guy who drops out of school and becomes hikimori or something.
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Write a story about how people are isolated even if there are hundreds of people around them, like in a school.
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a story set in uganda where i sell his black ass as a fuck slave muthafucka
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RE: Need a story idea for English class
This is what I got so far...
A rebellious teenage boy just had an argument with his parents, he walks out to take a wiff of his cigarette. He takes a walk blablabla and he gets abducted by two men.
The theme I'm trying to incorporate is isolation and thankfulness. He gets isolated in the abductees basement, or something like that.
Can anyone expand on this?..
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RE: Need a story idea for English class
Abduction might not work, because either is for sex, which is inappropriate for school, or drug trafficking/slavery/black market for organs, which could be inappropriate for school. Maybe you could do something like he gets into a fight, goes to Juvy, and does a ton of community service. While there, he hears a few life that are absolute shit compared to his and come back thankful.
If you want to go through with abduction, maybe he gets kidnapped, escaped, and really sees what it is like to struggle to survive for a week before parents find him, like Hatchet (the book) in an urban setting.
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RE: Need a story idea for English class
(05-24-2012 09:54 AM)Cydonia Wrote: Already been done, Wes. You ever read Acme Novelty 19?
I read Martian Chronicles by Bradbury.
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RE: Need a story idea for English class
(05-25-2012 07:40 AM)sneaky Wrote: This is what I got so far...
A rebellious teenage boy just had an argument with his parents, he walks out to take a wiff of his cigarette. He takes a walk blablabla and he gets abducted by two men.
The theme I'm trying to incorporate is isolation and thankfulness. He gets isolated in the abductees basement, or something like that.
Can anyone expand on this?..
Typical teen-drama bullshit. I could've come up with that. In fact, I think you were read "A Clockwork Orange" when you came up with that.
Why not make him a straight-edge boy? Something that doesn't scream "I'm trying to look like a grown-up but instead I look like a complete poser! Please don't punch me in the face, I'm such a faggot!". It'll be harder to work with, but it'll stand out more.
"There's no 'I' in 'Team'." Yeah, but there is a "me" in "Team" spelled backwards!
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sneaky
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RE: Need a story idea for English class
(05-26-2012 08:27 AM)batboy138 Wrote: (05-25-2012 07:40 AM)sneaky Wrote: This is what I got so far...
A rebellious teenage boy just had an argument with his parents, he walks out to take a wiff of his cigarette. He takes a walk blablabla and he gets abducted by two men.
The theme I'm trying to incorporate is isolation and thankfulness. He gets isolated in the abductees basement, or something like that.
Can anyone expand on this?..
Typical teen-drama bullshit. I could've come up with that. In fact, I think you were read "A Clockwork Orange" when you came up with that.
Why not make him a straight-edge boy? Something that doesn't scream "I'm trying to look like a grown-up but instead I look like a complete poser! Please don't punch me in the face, I'm such a faggot!". It'll be harder to work with, but it'll stand out more.
The thing is that I have to incorporate the same character from the novel we read. In that novel the boy was rebellious, and not straight-edge.
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