PREFACE
I really enjoy our English
lessons, especially while analyzing lovely and entertaining texts or writing
magnificent pieces. Nowadays we are studying “how to write a descriptive essay”
which I like very much. While describing things I loved using personifications,
similies and metaphors that makes the piece much more attractive. I would like
to use the information in this project while describing the circumstances, the
characters and the setting in my “implemented story”.
While writing an
“almost-new” story, I love using some characters or plots that are well-known
and enjoyable. By using those well-known things, the story becomes much more
interesting than ever! I am looking forward to write my own “implemented”
story.
Suzan
R. Hofstede, 2021
INTRODUCTION
I love literature, reading, writing and
analyzing. Therefore, I love our literature lessons. While analyzing texts or
writing some essays I absolutely have so much fun.
In this project, my aim is to learn and do
some practice about reading, writing and analyzing the stories and the
characters. While doing this project I hope I will learn some new highly
advanced vocabulary, how to rewrite a story by implementing a new character and
ejecting the old one. In this project I will mainly analyze the character that
I am going to implement the story, analyze the character that I am going to
eject from the story, write the original story that is going to change and
finally write my own story, in which I will implement my favorite
character.
I like reading books like Matilda does.
Matilda is my favorite book. I have read this book both in Turkish and in
English many times. I admire Matilda very much as she is clever, cultured and
self-confident. I wish I had the same abilities as she has got.
I really love Roald Dahl’s books,
especially Matilda. He uses the language quite understandably in his books.
There are not too many highly advanced words, so while reading them one can
comprehend the plot easily. I admire his language. In this project I tried to
write as he does. In my bookshelf I have got almost every book which Roald Dahl
has written. I read all his books a million times in English.
I have chosen the story “Snow White and The
Seven Dwarfs” because I like changing stories that is known by everyone. In my
story, I will converge the character “Snow White” with “Matilda” as they have
totally conflicting characters. The story will change when someone who is
independent, clever and self-confident replaces a character who is desperate,
definitely does not have any confidence and always depends on a third party.
SUMMARY
In fiction stories, the characters’ traits
are very important. Their role in the story, their personal characteristics and
their behaviours. Most of the time, characters act according to their past
experiences. In addition, the conflicts between the characters may emphasize
their traits.
Matilda Wormwood is the main protagonist in
the story. She is absolutely a very smart little girl. She loves reading and learning new things.
She was able to read when she was three years old. She could read highly advanced books when she
was four years old. She can solve complex problems in mathematics by heart in a
few seconds. Her cleverness will affect the story, which I am going to write,
in a good way.
While Matilda has a very strong
personality, Snow White cannot deal with her vicious stepmother. She also
cannot deal with the huntsman. If the huntsman was not that kind to her at the
very moment, she had no idea what to do.
From these circumstances, we can all understand that Snow White is not
clever, innovative, self-confident and bold. She cannot think properly when she
is alone and she has not got an “independent” character. The reader can
understand that Snow White has exactly the opposite characteristics with
Matilda.
Matilda is humble, kind and as she is the
protagonist of the story she is innocent. Similarly, Snow White is also kind,
cute, sympathic, humble and again as she is the protagonist of her story she is
innocent. These similarities will probably not make a huge change in the new
story.
HOW TO ANALYZE A CHARACTER IN A FICTION STORY
While analyzing a character in a fiction
story, one should first consider whether the character is a protagonist or an
antagonist. Protagonists are generally the main character in that story. For
instance, both Matilda and Snow White are the protagonists of their own
stories. The antagonist is the person/people who has opposite thoughts,
actions, reactions and behaviour of the protagonist. Generally, they are evil,
harmful and vicious. However, these things can differ depending on the point of
view.
The role of the character is also
important. The main/major roles are described better in a detailed way in the
stories, while the minor ones are not. Main characters are more complex and
essential, such as the protagonists and the antagonists. Generally, the minor
characters are not really important. Furthermore, their characteristics and
traits do not change. They only affect a small part of the story. However,
their small impacts can affect the whole course of the storyline.
The characters’ traits are also very
important. Their role in the story, their personal characteristics and their
behaviours. Most of the time, characters act according to their past
experiences. In addition, the conflicts between the characters may emphasize
their traits.
Besides, there are some flat and round
characters. A flat character’s characteristics does not change through the
story. Both a main and a minor character can be flat. A round character’s
characteristics and traits can change or develop during the story.
In conclusion, there are many features that
should be considered, while analyzing a character in a fiction story.
THE CHARACTER THAT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED: MATILDA
Matilda Wormwood is the main protagonist in
the story. She is absolutely a very smart little girl. She loves reading and learning new things.
She was able to read when she was three years old. She could read highly advanced books when she
was four years old. She can solve complex problems in mathematics without writing
in a few seconds. Her cleverness will affect the story, which I am going to
write, in a good way.
She is clever, innovative, cultured and
self-confident. Her “self-confidence” is absolutely the most important thing in
that book. She has a bold character. Due to her independent, self-confident,
cultured and bold personality, she can achieve whatever she wants. She is able
to fight against to the antagonists.
She has extraordinary powers. When she
focuses on any item, she can move it with the energy that comes from her eyes,
without touching the item. Her extraordinary powers will combine with her
intelligence. By using this kind of power, she will be able to deal with the
antagonists.
She is kind, humble and innocent. With her
kindness she will impress some characters in the story that I am going to
write.
SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE CHARACTERS: SNOW WHITE AND
MATILDA
While Matilda has a very strong
personality, Snow White cannot deal with her vicious stepmother. She also
cannot deal with the huntsman. If the huntsman was not that kind to her at the
very moment, she had no idea what to do.
From these circumstances, we can all understand that Snow White is not
clever, innovative, self-confident and bold. She cannot think properly when she
is alone and she has not got an “independent” character. The reader can
understand that Snow White has exactly the opposite characteristics with
Matilda.
Nobody has the ability that Matilda has.
The most extraordinary power: moving objects without touching, only with the
energy that comes from her eyes. This situation will absolutely make a big
difference in the plot of the story.
All in all, Matilda and Snow White have both similarities and
differences.
THE ORIGINAL STORY: SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS
Snow White is a beautiful princess, whose
mother has died. She lives with her evil and vicious stepmother who is the
Queen. The Queen treats her very badly as she is jealous of Snow White. The
Queen wants to be known as “the fairest in the land”. Each day she asks her
enchanted mirror that if she is the most beautiful person in the World.
Unfortunately, Snow White has a spectacular
beauty which surpasses the Queen’s beauty. Therefore, the Queen orders her
huntsman to kill Snow White in the forest.The huntsman cannot kill Snow White
because of her beauty and innocence. He tells her to run into the forest and to
never return to the castle. He brings a heart of a wild animal to the Queen.The
animals in the forest help Snow White and they take her to the small cottage
where the seven dwarfs live. The dwarfs love her so much when they meet each
other.
After a while, the Queen learns that Snow
White lives in a cottage in the forest for several years. She makes a plan to
kill Snow White herself. One day, after the dwarfs leaves the cottage to work
in their diamond mine, the Queen comes to the cottage. She disguises as an old
peddler and tries to convince Snow White to take a bite of the poisoned apple.
Snow White falls asleep for such a long time. Although the seven dwarfs try to
awake her, they cannot do anything. The Queen thinks that, she has finally
triumphed.
The seven dwarfs put Snow White into a
glass coffin and start to cry. Suddenly the prince arrives and learns about
what they have experienced. The prince falls in love when he sees her. He
kisses her and Snow White wakes up due to that magical kiss. The Queen
understands that she is defeated. The prince proposes Snow White to marry him.
They marry and live happily ever after.
MATILDA AND THE SEVEN DWARFS OUTLINE
·
Matilda’s mother will die when Matilda is
very young.
·
Her vicious stepmother will be jealous of
her beauty and intelligence. The stepmother will try to kill her by hiring a
huntsman.
·
Matilda will impress the huntsman with her
intelligence.
·
She will find a small and cute cottage
where the seven dwarfs live.
·
She will set up a mechanism for the dwarfs,
which will help the dwarfs a lot. This mechanism will do the mining without the
dwarfs. Therefore, the dwarfs will not go to the work and Matilda will be much
more powerful than Snow White, when Matilda encounters her evil stepmother.
·
After several years, Matilda will be grown
up and become a beautiful young lady. One day the Prince will see her and will
be impressed by both her intelligence and beauty. He will propose her to marry
him. They will organize the most elegant and chic wedding in the world.
·
As Matilda gets married and lives in
happiness, her stepmother will be much more jealous. The stepmother will not be
able to do anything about her merry life. This situation will be the
stepmother’s punishment.
Once upon a time there was a
beautiful, smart, little girl whose name was Matilda. Matilda was a confident,
intelligent girl who loved reading books. She was able to read classics and
novels since she was five years old. She had supernatural powers. She could
move with a power which comes from her eyes, any object without touching it.
Her mother died when she was
very young. His father wanted to marry a gorgeous woman, as he really felt
lonely. He married with a pretty but horrible woman. Matilda’s stepmother
wanted to be the most beautiful woman in the world. Each day, the vicious
stepmother asked her enchanted mirror whether she was the prettiest woman in
the world or not.
The stepmother was jealous
of Matilda’s beauty and intelligence. As she did not like Matilda, she hired a
huntsman to kill Matilda. The huntsman was going to kill Matilda in the forest.
Although Matilda was only eight years old, she was clever enough to impress the
huntsman with her intelligence, her confidence and general culture. She made a
plan to get rid of the huntsman. While she was running in the forest, she saw a
deep hole. She covered the surface of the cavity with leaves. She decoyed the
huntsman. He had to work hard to get out of that cavity. As soon as she trapped
the huntsman, Matilda ran more faster than ever. As the huntsman was afraid of
the vicious stepmother, he brought a heart of an animal. Therefore, the evil
stepmother was now delighted and tranquil. If he did not lie at the very
moment, she would instantly kill him.
At that moment, Matilda
thought that she could not turn back to the house where her wicked stepmother
lived. She started to walk through the forest and saw a little, cute cottage.
She entered in the cottage and started looking around. After a several hours,
seven dwarfs came back to their own house.
At first, both the dwarfs
and Matilda were scared from each other. Then Matilda told them about her life,
her evil-minded stepmother. The seven dwarfs felt bad about her story and told
her that she could live with them. The dwarfs told her about themselves and
about their diamond mine.
A few days later, Matilda
thought that she could help them about their diamond mine. She would construct
a mechanism which will do the seven dwarfs’ job.
Matilda wanted to make a
surprise about “The Mining Machine” and started to work. She was building that
machine really quickly, due to her intelligence and supernatural powers. A
couple weeks later, she finished the machine. One day she showed the machine to
the seven dwarfs. The dwarfs were very merry and thankful. As there was a
machine which does the whole work, the seven dwarfs were not going working.
Ten years later, the
stepmother learnt that there was a beautiful girl in that cute cottage from her
enchanted mirror. She realized that Matilda was living there for years. As
Matilda was much more beautiful and cleverer than before, the stepmother really
got angry. She wanted to destroy Matilda.
She disguised as an innocent
old woman who needed help. The vicious stepmother appeared suddenly in front of
the cottage. She gave poisonous apples to Matilda. Matilda was a cultured and
intelligent girl. She realized that the old woman was talking and thinking as
her stepmother, viciously. Therefore, she understood that old woman was her
stepmother who was going to poison her.
Matilda made an apple tart
from the poisonous apples in only five minutes. As she had supernatural powers,
she was able to make a cake in a couple of minutes. Matilda offered the vicious
stepmother -the old lady- some apple tart. The stepmother thought that Matilda
could not be able to make a cake from her poisonous apples in such a short
time. She ate the cake and got poisoned . Matilda and the seven dwarfs did not
have to deal with the maleficent stepmother anymore.
A few days later, Matilda
went for a walk in the forest. She was a beautiful young lady. She was wearing
a rose-colored dress. Her long wavy hair was dancing with the melody of the
wind. She suddenly encountered with the handsome, educated prince. They started
to have a chat. The more they talked, the more the prince fell in love with the
Matilda. The prince was impressed by her beauty and intelligence.
He wanted to marry her as
soon as possible. At that very moment, he proposed her to marry him. At first,
Matilda was shocked. However, she also loved him very much. Therefore, she
accepted his proposal and they had a magnificent wedding. Matilda wore a
beautiful, white, wedding gown which had got laces.
They lived a really merry, peaceful,
spectacular and lovely life. Matilda, her prince and the seven dwarfs lived
happily ever after.
THE
END
Have you ever thought about the difference
between our lives? Compare yourself with your acquaintances, friends or family
members for a moment. Although we are under similar circumstances, we all live
completely different lives, do not we? Our lives are a result of our thoughts,
feelings, actions, reactions and personality.
Our character and personality make our lives
different from each other’s. Even we are under the same conditions and have the
same abilities, our thoughts and actions can affect the events. Actually, our
personality is related to the question “who am really I?”. Our personality is
affected by our background, experiences, beliefs and thoughts. These elements
create us and make everybody different from each other.
If we stay calm, be realistic and think
logically when we encounter a terrible incident, we are more likely to be
successful at the end. In the new story; Matilda’s behaviours, thoughts,
feelings, personality, actions and reactions have changed the whole story.
I chose these two specific stories and
these particular characters because Snow White and Matilda have completely
opposite characters. Snow White does not think about her actions’ outcomes
before she does something. On the contrary Matilda always thinks logically,
realistically and she uses her intelligence before she takes action against a
hard condition. Therefore, even if they go through the same events, their
reactions will totally be different which will have a direct effect on the
result of the story. That is the reason that I have implemented Matilda in Snow
White’s well-known story.
In conclusion, no one should forget that we
choose our destiny with our actions.
Suzan R. Hofstede, 2021
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