Writing Wednesday Made up story with common elements

Jessica

Once upon a time there was a princess trapped on big farm. The princess’s name was Jessica and ever since she can remember she had been trapped on this farm on the outskirts of Fayetteville. When Jessica fell in love with a rich city boy. Her father forbids the two from getting married. He felt he was not fit for her daughter. Princess Jessica was very upset and never acted the same towards her father. She was heart broken and blamed it on him. Since she hated her father so much and was not nice anymore he cast a spell on her. He put  her on the farm until her true love came and kissed her. In his eyes her true love was a down to earth country boy.  Princess Jessica could not escape from the farm since there was a giant tractor guarding the gate. John Deere, the tractor, was very nice to Princess Jessica but he was also afraid of her father therefore he made sure Princess Jessica did not escape from the farm. One of Jessica’s favorite things to do was to ride her horse Penny. Penny was Jessica’s best friend. Whenever Jessica was sad Penny cheered her up. One day she was out riding Penny when she noticed a house being built near her farm. This excited Jessica since she never had much company.  Three long months later the house next door was finished.  One day she was outside feeding the cows when she saw someone coming from the distance. As he got closer she realized she didn’t know whom this was. The young gentlemen rode up to her on his horse and introduced himself as Lucas, the neighbor nest door. Jessica and Lucas talked for a while and Lucas wondered why she lived here all by herself. She explained about her previous engagement with the city boy and her fathers views on that. She also explained how a spell was put on her where she was asleep until the perfect country farm boy kissed her, which then she would awake. She went on to explain about John and how he did broke the spell on accident one day. While Johnny was mowing the acres of land on the farm one day all the goats were in the way. He honked his horn real loud, which successfully moved the goats, but it also awoke the princess. The obnoxious loud noise of the horn awoke the princess. Although Princess Jessica had been awaken she still could not escape for Johnny wouldn’t let her… strict father’s orders. The perfect farm boy had to come rescue her.  Lucas and Jessica went inside and had a nice glass of sweet tea before returning to their daily routines. They sat and talked about Lucas’s past. She learned he came from a farm out in Tennessee. For a short while he started an egg business in his small Tennessee town of Crowly Medows. From this business he made enough money to buy all the land in Fayetteville and start his life.  They sat and talked and talked until suddenly they realized 3 hours had gone by and neither of them was done with their duties for the day. Lucas quickly rode off to his house and they went about their business. The next day Lucas didn’t have much to do since right now he only a few cows and horses on his farm. He came over to Princess Jessica’s again but she however had a lot of business to tend to. Lucas did not want to spend the day alone and since he knew no one else he offered to help Princess Jessica. The Princess was very gracious for she had never had help before. They cleaned the barn, fed the cows, goats, and horses, groomed penny and gave her a bath, and all the other duties for that day. They even topped the day off with cleaning the house. At the end of the day they were exhausted. Lucas claimed he knew how to cook and to prove it to Princess Jessica he prepared a homemade meal for her that night. They sat down to eat it and it was the best meal she had ever had. The sweet tea was very refreshing after a long days work and the food was very filling. Her favorite was definitely the homemade mashed potatoes. At the end of the night they talked some more and eventually they kissed. Just then Johnny honked his horn real loud and scared them half to death. He announced the spell had been broken. Princess Jessica was free and had found her true love… the perfect country boy.  They ended the night playing stinky foot happily ever after.  

~Forever Young~                                    

Archetype writing Wednesday

​An archetype is a universally recognized symbol. An archetype is something that every country, religion, culture, and society recognizes as the same thing. In other worlds all around the world people would know what this specific think is. An example of this would be a wizard. All people know wizards as someone with a pointy hat and a beard.  An archetype is also something we see present in many stories across the planet. Not necessarily one thing but a type of character.

​A very common archetype that we see a lot in stories is a villain. As defined by Google a villain is “A person guilty or capable of a crime or wickedness.” In other words, a villain is someone in a story that is bad or evil. A common story that most people know is The Three Little Pigs. In this story there is a villain…the big bad wolf.  

​This archetype represents the evil in the story. They are responsible for being the bad person or the person we are supposed to hate in the story.  Along with the villain comes another archetype. This would be the hero. Just as the villain does something bad or evil in the story the hero comes through at the end of the day and saves everything the villain messed up. The villain and the hero are two archetypes that go hand and hand.

​Without the big bad wolf in the Three Little Pigs it would be a very boring story. The wolf is the creator of the commotion in the story. Without the wolf the entire story would be about three little pigs living in three little houses. The villain is universally recognized as someone who causes commotion in the story. The Three Little Pigs is a prime example of this because the wolf is definitely the person we don’t like in the story. Who likes a wolf interrupting three innocent pigs’ happiness?

~forever young~

Writing Wednesday Myth Comparison

Here's my assignment from writing Wednesday! 

Greek Mythology in the time period of ancient Greece was more essential to there everyday lives whereas now it is more of a form of entertainment for us. Mythology started as the reason for things that happened. Instead of science and research people had myths.

            Mythology was the answers to all of the ancient Greece people’s unknown answers. If they did have a reason for something they turned to mythology. Myths started as just word of mouth and overtime they began to get written down. Today, however, we have real answers to our unknown problems. Through the use of technology and resources we find out the answers to our questions. For example when a natural disaster such as a drought happens the people of ancient Greece would have a myth about why the happened and about what god/goddess was mad at them or at other gods/goddesses. Where as today we have research and we know the water cycle and things like evaporation etc.

            Mythology today is mainly a form of entertainment. There are many books with many different myths in them. In ancient times mythology was important to every part of their lives and in every literature you see mythology present. In todays times we read them for entertainment. They are like stories about gods and goddesses. A cool thing that I like about mythology is the fact that everybody is connected. They have a family tree that is really amazing if you’re able to map it out.

            In conclusion, mythology plays a total different role now then it used to. It is not an essential part of our lives, which it once was. I credit this to science, research, and technology. Nowadays we can find out anything we want to know through the Internet and we have scientists that find out the big stuff. 

~Forever Young~

About Me :)

Hey Y'all I'm Maddie!
I obviously go to Lake Mary Prep and created this blog for my English class. I'm from Fayetteville, North Carolina but just moved here last year. I have three sisters and four step sisters on my dad's side. I am the third child in my family and love living with all girls. I love to have fun and hangout with friends. My favorite book is Frindle and probably the last book a read for fun. My favorite childhood book is definitely Goodnight Moon, finding the mouse on every page is the best. I have three favorite movies which are Where the Heart is, Baby Mama, and The waitress.  My favorite number has always been 19 and my favorite color has always been orange. Math is my best subject in school and I'm awful at writing and pretty much anything to do with English but I try! Without my phone I'd be lost, it's always with me wherever I go. I am currently fifteen but that will soon change in 38 days! I'm super girly and love anything pink, orange, or sparkly! My favorite word is "capeesh" and favorite phrase is "Hey Y'all". I have plenty of pet peeves but one of the worst is when people get Southern and Country confused... there is a difference!!! I consider myself a fun person to be around and pretty friendly once you get past the shy side of me. So yeah thats pretty much it!
~Forever Young~