Week 6 Storytelling: Marie's Dilemma

Long ago there was a family of three. A mother named Marie, a father named Anthony, and a little boy named Jack. The family was as happy as can be. The father was a stay at home dad and the mother was a police officer. Marie was an officer is a bad part of town, so her guard always had to be up. Over the past couple of week’s, she noticed the same car would always follow her while she was on duty. When she would go into a gas station this car would go in as well. She wrote down the license plate but didn’t think anything of it.

Marie, Anthony, and Jack

The next day was going to be the worst day of her life. She noticed that the car was no where to be seen. She thought that this was peculiar. When Marie pulled into her own driveway, her heart stopped. There were police cars with flashing lights, an ambulance, and caution tape set up. She ran in to see her son, Jack, on a stretcher covered with a blanket. Marie dropped to her knees and cried in agony. Her heart was broken. While on the ground she saw a cell phone. She instantly went off with it to find out who’s it was. She was quick to realize that the man that continually followed her was targeting her and went after her little boy. Marie looked to the sky and said “You don’t know who you just messed with”.

the phone

Marie quickly devised a plan to get this guy. She plugged in the license plate and found that his name was Sean. With this information she found his legal records. He had been in trouble with stalking before, but murder had never been an issue. She noticed some parking violations and court orders from herself. Marie could only assume that this was the reason why he chose her. She would soon find out exactly why.

Marie drove to Sean’s registered location from the license plate and started screaming “Get out here you coward!”. She drew her weapon and was ready to fire. She felt as though Sean had to pay for what he had done. Sean quickly appeared and began to tell her why he killed Jack. It was all because of Marie.

Sean said “Hello Marie. Nice to see you again. You may not remember me but you pulled me over a few times because of some violations on my part. I begged you to let me off because I couldn’t afford to pay the ticket. All the money I had was to give to my daughter. But you still gave me the tickets. Because of this, my daughter’s mother took her away and was granted full custody. I had to get you back. I feel like I did.”

Marie felt a pain in her chest and a lump in her throat. She knew that she was not the person she was becoming. And with that, Marie thought of her sweet son Jack. She remembered how kind and thoughtful he was. He would not want his mom to purposefully kill another person. Marie quickly realized that she was not a murderer and put down the gun. Without hesitation she pulled Sean to the ground and put him in hand cuffs. She called the station and he was quickly placed behind bars.

handcuffs

Two weeks later Marie went to see Sean in prison. He came up to the window and she picked up the phone and said with a tear in her eye “I am sorry about your daughter, and I forgive you for my son”. Marie then promptly got up and never saw him again.

Author’s notes:

I based this story off of a line from the Mahabharata. It is “May the curse of a father and the vengeance of a warrior smite the murderers of my boy!”. I felt as if I wanted to turn this quote into a story, but have a twist. In the quote it says warrior, so I choose the mother to be the warrior. Her being a police officer gave her an edge and warrior-like training. I did not want my main character to be bad. I wanted her to realize that she could not hurt another person the way that her son was hurt, unlike in the Mahabharata. I took a lot of liberties with this story, but I like the way it turned out.

Bibliography: Public Domain Mahabharata written by Mackenzie and Nivedita, online source

Reading Notes: Public Domain Mahabharata, Part D

I have noticed that there are a lot of fights that occur in the Mahabharata. It seems as if this is one of the first things that comes into every character’s head. It is almost like they think that if a conflict needs to be resolved then fighting is the best way to do that. I could write a story where there is a large fight scene. This would accurately display the level of fighting in the Mahabharata. Conflict is resolved by fists.

fists ready to fight

For my storybook I am writing about Curses. I have found a part of the Mahabharata that would be good to use for my storybook. It is the chapter “Abhimanyu and Jayadratha”. I could also practice writing a story on a curse this week.

 “May the curse of a father and the vengeance of a warrior smite the murderers of my boy!”

This quote is powerful. It shows the true emotion that a father feels for his slain son. It seems as if Arjuna will dedicate his life to avenge the death of his son. This is never a good thing for a character to do, but it does mean there is a good story coming! I could write a story where a family member is devastated by the death of another family member and the only way that they can cope is to find the perpetrator and hurt them. This would still be a story of love, but it would involve so much more. It is more of a protective and long lasting love rather than an affectionate love. This would allow me to have more experience writing different stories. It would contain action and some gruesome details. I would probably make it modern day. It seems as if nothing can break the bond and love that a parent has for a child.

Bibliography:

Public Domain Mahabharata written by Mackenzie and Nivedita, online source

Reading Notes: Public Domain Mahabharata, Part C

The line “Is it not the duty of a husband to protect his wife?” really got to me. I think that in a marriage, this is one of the most important things to believe in. The married couple must have unity and protect one another. Later in the story it says “Forgiveness is holiness”. I also really like this. I think that in a story I could write about a troubling marriage. There could be some sort of trust issues and there would be a major rift in the marriage. Eventually, they would realize that love is the most powerful force of all and that they must forgive one another. They would realize that their life is meaningless without one another. This would definitely be a love story. I write a lot of stories that involved love, so I might try and make it different than before. I would have the language used be meaningful and make the characters personalities shine through my writing. This might be difficult because I am not the best writer, but it would be something different for me. It would give me some more experience.

Wedding rings

Arjuna and the Huntsman’s fight was a little strange. They were upset because they both shot the same boat. They began to fight, but no one was hurt. Instead the Huntsman granted Arjuna Gandiva, the divine bow. I could write a story based off of this chapter. Ultimately it would be about two men fighting over a certain object, only to realize that they do not need to fight at all. Instead, they would resolve the issue and not fight anymore. This would then transcend into future arguments with people. They would look back onto this time and remember what it was like. This would be a different story than I usually write. It would be a great way to get experience in different styles of literature.

Bibliography:

Public Domain Mahabharata written by Mackenzie and Nivedita, online source