Creative+writing

=** Creative Writing Assignment**=

Create a new page on your Wiki called “Creative Writing”

It is 6 months after a global war and your character is one of the few survivors. Technology no longer exists, there is no electricity therefore any conveniences are strictly mechanical and are powered manually. The sun only appears intermittently therefore solar power is ineffective and much of the day is spent in the near dark. Food and shelter is scarce and any liquid must be boiled before consumption. People are competing for survival. Your character has managed to save 5 items from his/her life before the war that are very important to him/her and give him/her the inspiration and motivation to continue his/her existence.

**Assignment:**
Write a short story using a first person point of view with a clear introduction, rising action, climax and conclusion. The story is about your survival but there should be a specific conflict other than just day –to- day survival. **Include the use of metaphor, symbol, irony, and theme.**

1. What are the five items and why are they important to you? handgun, zippo, pack of ciggarettes, ipod, bible 2. Describe your protagonist. Age, Physical, Psychological Make -up, late 30's, well built, ex marine, shot hair, stong of the mind but a little scaterd on thoughts of what to do, 3. Describe your home. What have you done to ensure your safety?florida moved there after leaving the marines 2 years prior, scaveges some foods and just held down his home but now he will have to leave to survive 4. What kinds of things have you done to ensure your survival? 5. What is the central conflict of your story? man vs nature/ man vs himself with a possible man vs man 6. What is the climax of the story?finding his son who he hasent bin able to contact since the acedent (not with him because parents are seperated kid lives with mom) 7. How does your protagonist change over the story?becomes more sympithetic rather then angry at the world, possibly verry hard and un trusting in the beging but eventually he will have to learn to trust a select few if he wants to find his kid 8. Describe the use of irony in your story. something to do with ciggaretes or zippo. 9. What are some examples of symbol in your story?bible/ciggarettes/zippo 10. What is the theme of your story?armagedon/ with an ultimate hope for a restart -nuclear winter. -nuclear infected.
 * Answer the above questions on your Wiki before writing the story.**