Well, as for what I want to dismiss, and what I want to change, I'm not entirely 100% sure yet. But I do know everyone will have funny French names...but I'm keeping Honeysuckle, that name makes me laugh =D
As for the characters, they're: Dr. Min, Honeysuckle, Dr. Dog, the three sons of Honeysuckle (which I will give French names and include more in the story).
For the motifs, symbols, and significant figures, Honeysuckle is a symbol of innocence. She does not understand what sins are, what most of the world means, and asks a lot of questions. Dr. Dog is a symbol of happiness, since he cures Honeysuckle (which makes everyone happy) and marries Honeysuckle and gives her a wonderful life. Min, is a symbol for a caring and loving father, since he tries his best to cure his daughter and save her from Dr. Dog. Bad things happen to Honeysuckle throughout the story, and Min always loves her and tries his best to solve the problems, which I guess is the motif (that's...really about all the happens anyways). Oh yea, significant things...the kites are significant, as they show the love between Min and his daughter (I'm sick of saying Honeysuckle...)
Don't worry, I'll have this post updated once more...
Have a nice day.
Symbols are concrete objects which represent intangible ideas. For example, a dove is a symbol of peace or love. You cannot hold love in your hand.
ReplyDeleteDr. Min sounds too Asian. You need to reflect the French culture and have his name be like the dog's.
Since you don't have an idea what you want to change yet, I would suggest reading your story over again. I think the easiest way to organize what you think you want to write is to:
ReplyDeleteRead a paragraph at a time, then think how you can fit what just happened in the story into another culture. Then just keep that in your head. After a while you start coming up with some pretty great framework for a story.=)
First off, I think you story sounds really funny. Secondly, I think that if the story is going to be changed to French that the names should be French. I really like how you changed his name to Chien thats hilarious! Maybe you can kind of look at the other guys personality and use an adjective in french that best describes his attitude for the last name since a lot of the adjectives in french sound really cool. It's just an idea, hope I helped! Good luck. ( :
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