Day Seven

Well, time again for a blog. The characters in my story, The Strange Tale of Doctor Dog, are quite simple. The characters are easy to figure out, and their personalities are set (except Dog's. He seems benevolent yet malevolent). So, this is yet another easy blog...

WARNING: unless you have about 5 years of your life to waste I wouldn't suggest reading this blog! I'm just kidding...

Okay, so, Mr. Moreau (Dr. Min), will be a tall man in about his 30s-40s. He will have grey eyes (to match his sadness), he will have black hair, and he will be handsome. As for family, he will be the father of Honeysuckle and the grandfather of her three children. Religion plays no part, so I will not mention it. He will have no profession, since he lives in a poor village. Moreau is a widow, as his wife died giving birth to Honeysuckle. So, to keep himself happy, he flies kites with Honeysuckle (which is the habit) His health will be quite decent, as for Honeysuckles....yea...As for his attitude...even though it seems Honeysuckle will die, he keeps a positive attitude.

Honeysuckle will be a little girl, at about age 15-18. She will be very beautiful, with blue eyes (to match her happy lifestyle) and long, black hair. She will be tall, just like her father. Her character wear's dresses, and she will be a nice, cheerful girl. Along with Moreau, she has no real religion. Since she is young, she has no profession. She will later in the story be married to Mr. Chien. She flies kites with her father in their free time. Her health deteriorates later in the story, after being poisoned. She is close to death until Mr. Chien comes in. She has a wonderful sense of humor, along with her father, she thinks she is pretty, and she dreams to become a doctor (ironically). She has a positive attitude, but is a bit of a pessimist. Quite a contradiction, eh? =/

Mr. Chien...is a dog. A shaggy mountain dog, perhaps a newfoundland. The dog is almost as tall as Honeysuckle (who is a little girl) and has grey fur. The dog has yellow eyes, and a long tail. The dog is caring and helpful, and oh yea, he's a human magician. He grants Honeysuckle a wonderful life in his castle, and she bears his three children (which is his family....). His fear is the death of Honeysuckle, since he did not want her to die. That's about all I can think of for this guy =/

Mr. Chien looks like this, but with grey fur and yellow eyes!

This guy's cute, don't you think? =D 

Three sons of Honeysuckle are not important at all. They will have the same traits as Honeysuckle (I HATE SAYING THIS NAME SO MUCH!) which means they have black hair, they are tall, they have blue eyes, and they'll be very handsome. Nothing else about them really matters. Oh yea, you know this but their family is: Mother: Honeysuckle; Father: Mr. Chien.

My characters will come out great. I hope you have a wonderful picture of Mr. Chien because he's a really pretty dog.

Have a nice day =D

Day Six

Ok, this blog is a bit easy seeing as I am taking French. And as you really should know (since I'm sick of saying it) my new story will be in.....French! The language itself has many cognates and is sort of easy to learn. The only thing is that in French, there are accents which I could not copy into this blog (I'm not using my school laptop, as the internet doesn't work on home on it =/)


So let's start off with a few simple translations, shall we?


Bonjour - hello (informal/formal)
Salut - hello (formal)
Au revoir (Oh-Vwah) - bye
Ca va? (this is missing an accent) - how are things?
Merci - thank you
De rien - No problem/you're welcome
Ca va bien/mal/comme ci comme ca (missing accents) - things are good/bad/so-so
Good morning/night - Bon matin/Bon nuit


Onto adjectives:


beau/belle - beautiful
Aimable - friendly
Gentil(le) - nice
Triste - sad
Heureux/content - happy


Onto verbs:


Trouver - to find
Chercher - to look for
Aimer - to love
Faire - to be


Now, onto a few more difficult phrases:


Il a vole (accent over e) ma fille! - he stole my daughter!
Ou est-ce que ma fille? (accent over the "u") - where's my daughter?
Je dois trouver ma fille - I must find my daughter
Aide-moi - help me!
Je vais mourir - I'm going to die (I really hope I don't use this)
Il y a une chien ici. Faire qu-il dit - There's a dog here. Do as he says.


I think that's enough of this mediocre French class, don't you? Now, seeing as you have learned French which you will never use (or care about) in your little lives, please note that this blog will be updated sooner or later (ok, later, I WILL forget about this blog) seeing as there are A LOT of things said in this story.


I'm kind of glad Mr. Prier posted this, seeing as I wasn't thinking about French much (other than the silly names of course)


Have a nice day =D

Day Five

Ok, this is an easy blog. I'm doing this in French, which I'm sure you're sick of me saying (I know I am) First off, these names are quite simple. The names didn't require much research, nor do they mean anything at all. So, I had little to no worry about the names. Mr. Min is a surname, Honeysuckle is a flower, and dog is...well....yea.


Mr. Min (which a surname with no meaning whatsoever) will become Mr. Moreau (Mor-oh). I had him has Mr. Meriller, but I didn't think that sounds good (how would you pronouce that anyways, Mair-reh-air? Mer-ay-uh?). He's human, just in case you didn't know.


Honeysuckle will keep her name. It makes me laugh, and I'm sure it will make others laug has well. It also matches her identity as a sweet and innocent character. Also human...hooray!


Dr. Dog...this is an easy one. He will be Mr. Chien. Which is Mr. Dog in French. I'd name him something else, but his name is so simple and Chien sounds so Frenchy =D I'm pretty sure you can guess what sort of creature this character is...


The three sons of Honeysuckle...not sure if I even want them to have names. They play so little role in this story, it's sort of unneccessary. However, I might name them Amore (love), Espoir (hope), and Kite (which Honeysuckle and Mr. Min love to fly together, which brings them happiness). The dialogue might go something like "Here's my three sons..." not sure yet though. You do know these characters will be human, right?


Aside from these guys, I'll have a few animals and humans try to help cure Honeysuckle. Not sure if they will have names, though.


This assignment is so much fun I really hope I can get to do something like this again!


Have a nice day =D

Day Four

I'm doing The Strange Tale of Doctor Dog (I bet everyone is sick of me mentioning it now). And as you all know (or at least you should know), my story is going to be in France, of course. I'm planning on placing this story in a small village. A village, where the trees are green, the houses are plain, the villagers are friendly, and the fields next to the village are green, lush, and all around beautiful. Not quite sure where this village is, though. I won't put it in Paris, that's so vague and overused. I'll just put it perhaps in the city of Nice or Lyon, which aren't that popular.

The Village is something like this.

The characters Mr. Mérille (Min) and Honeysuckle are going to live in a small house, which is also where most of the dialogue will be. Well, a small house next to the forest where Mr. Chien kidnaps Honeysuckle. The forest will be dark and gloomy, to make the search for Mr. Mérille's daughter more exciting since the villagers (except for the caring Mr. Mérille) will not want to search for her adding a bit of a "Will she ever be found?" sort of feeling. Oh yea, the house will also be next to a green field where Honeysuckle flies her kites.


Mr. Chien will live in a great big palace (or castle....) and his castle will be painted blue and red and it will be surrounded by lots of healthy green trees (to make his character to look more benevolent, of course). The castle will also be the last place in the story (a.k.a. the final setting...).

His castle will look something like this.

My location? Hmm...Well the location will stay in the same old village, but during the end of the story Mr. Mérille (Ok I'm sick of saying this name...) will find Honeysuckle in the wonderful castle of Mr. Chien.


The weather will be fairly simple: the sun will shine while the father and daughter are together, and when Honeysuckle (Wow I'm sick of saying this name too...) is kidnapped the weather in the village will turn rainy and depressing to match with Mr. Mérille's (really sick of this name now...) sadness/loneliness.


When...well, it's certainly not going to be in modern times (neither will any other story, I'm sure) so I'm going to make the village into an old world village...sort of medieval. The women will wear dresses, men will wear raggedy clothes, etc. There will be wells, archery, schools, and primitive kites. 


I'm really enjoying writing this story! I know it'll come out great =D


Have a nice day!

Day Three

Ok, as we all know (or at least I do...) I am doing The Strange Tale of Doctor Dog, a very simple and entertaining folktale that deals with Chinese culture.


The french culture and the Chinese culture are both VERY different. I see nothing similar between the two at all, so I'll take on a few notes.


What's really interesting about France is how it's so diverse. Such different tastes in music, different climates, different clothing, etc.


Religion - The French are a very religious people. They are mostly Roman Catholic/Christian and some of their holidays, such as Christmas, are very important days which revolve around religion. 


Food - is not important into this story at all. None of the characters eat anything really...However, the French treat food very seriously, as it if were their own children. Unfortunately, a bit too seriously, since if there is no perfection, chances are the French will respond very negatively. The Chinese and the French treat their food very seriously.


The French usually buy their food on weekdays, and their most prized type of food is bread, which they buy just about every day. Bread is the most vital thing the French could possess, along with cheese, another favorite of the French.


Music - Still, not important at all to my story. However, the music in French is very diverse, like a lot of other things. The French in modern times are more into hip/hop and pop. They also like rock music and classical music. 


Clothing - still not important to the story. However, clothing in France is also very diverse. The French are the fashion capital of the world (apparently). What you wear in one part of France is most likely not in style in another part of France. For example, in Paris, they dress more elegantly with couture type dress, while cities north of France will wear western style clothes, such as jeans. 


Relationships - now THIS I can do. Loving/caring fathers exist in all cultures. Especially with the French. The French are very close with their families. Children often do not disrespect their parents, and usually spend a lot of time with their grandparents. 


Climate - the climate of France is very mild and not one place in France has the same climate as another. Geographical location plays some part in the climate, as northern France is way colder than southern France.


Most of the French culture is not really that vital to my story, but I will try my best to incorporate them in some way. Religion, Climate, Geography, etc. doesn't play much of a part, but I'll focus more on the relationship between the characters and the magic in the story. I really think this will be a very fun story to rewrite =D

CHEESE!!!!! =D

References: 


French Food
French Clothing
French Religion
French Climate
Mme. Highlander


Have a nice day.

Day Two

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.

Day One

I'm not quite sure what I'm going to do with the story The Strange Tale of Doctor Dog, seeing as a lot of things happen in it. It's a folk-tale from China that deals with well, the strange adventures of a doctor with a sick daughter. But I do know for a fact that I'm going to have fun writing my story since the folk-tale itself is a lot of fun to read, which is one the reasons why I chose it in the first place.


I chose to do French culture, since I'm taking French and I like the language. Aside from that, I can't think of any culture that I would rather do. I will have fun changing around the character names into funny French names. I might chose something like Le Docteur Réteiller...I don't know really. But I do know changing around the story into a funny French one will be fun.


Have a nice day.