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Nonbinary, can't write so creative prompts instead

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“In my closet. It shouldn’t be a problem though.” “I suppose you also have skeletons in your closet?" “He has a skeleton. Singular,” “Why?” “Because we thought it would be funny if someone found it and asked, why do you have a skeleton in your closet? Then I can say because he still hasn't come out.” “That still doesn’t make sense. The skeleton’s soul would have already gone so how can he leave the closet?” “Who would leave his closet?” “The skeleton of Benny,” “You named a skeleton, Benny?” “No, Benny’s mother named him Benny.” “I want proof of this skeleton.” “His name is Benny.”

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It is you or I, but it is not unusual for it to be a they.

How do different narrators change the story and help strengthen the story?

In this essay I will be explaining the different effects of perspective which help or strengthen the story itself.

Some authors change their usual perspective as they want to achieve a different effect. For example, Rick Riordan switched from his usual first person narrative(Percy Jackson & the Olympians) to limited third person narrative in Heroes of Olympus, switching every other chapter to a different character as the group enlarged from the iconic trio to a seven person group.

What are the different perspectives and how do they help the story?

First person perspective comes first, naturally. First person perspective is when a character narrates what happens within their own voice, usually something that they’ve experienced, are experiencing or simply narrating another’s story while also existing in their world (A bright example of this is A Series of Unfortunate Events, that is narrated by Lemony Snicket but the main characters are the Baudelaire children.)

Examples of first person perspective books are, as mentioned above, Percy Jackson and most of Rick Riordan’s books (Trails of Apollo, Magnus Chase,) and Jane Eyre.

Second person perspective is slightly more rare and complicated for new writers to use.

Second person is when the reader is a part of the story itself, incorporating themselves into the storyline. Fanfiction often uses this, as fans are supportive of the fans who do not write. 

Third person perspective is as common as hair and just as cheap. Although there are variations of how this is done. It uses an outer perspective, the narrator is aware of things the characters are not, and often explains to the reader.

However, there are books that use limited third person perspective that only show the knowledge of the character, nothing beyond and only what they know, believe and think. 

For example, Heroes of Olympus utilises the character’s emotions and thoughts by showing us only what the characters know, while Harry Potter uses a narrator to show us, the narrator describes things that the main character may not fully know or notice.

Fourth person perspective is multiple people narrating the same event as one. 

An example for this can be the Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan, the story is told by two characters who have both gone through the events and are both aware of how the story ends, they are retelling the past and can hear each other as they “record” it.

How do different POV(point of view) help with the message of the story?

Returning to the first person perspective, another book utilises and empowers the character by using first person narration, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Katniss Everdeen only knows what she wants or needs to know. She doesn’t know the baker’s name despite seeing him on an almost weekly basis to sell him squirrels and buy his bread. She doesn’t know much about the past Games, because it wouldn’t put food on the table. She knows how to hunt, how to find food, how to provide for her family, because that’s what she needs and wants to know.  It is not rare to find a dystopian book that is written in the first person perspective, it is easier to find the injustice through the lens of the offended.

The second person perspective helps to make the reader feel, whether that’s meant to empower them with the sense of adventure, or to feel the surroundings of a countryside.

Limited person perspective is helpful to get into the minds of the characters, similar to the first person perspective in that way, but it can also shift the focus to another character easily, as shown to us by Rick Riordan in Heroes of Olympus.

An outside narrator, like in Harry Potter, is good to show us the world, not just the story. This is why I believe an outside narrator wouldn’t have worked in the Hunger Games. It wouldn’t have made it as powerful as it was, if we didn’t see how Katniss thinks, what her true reactions are, how she’s affected by her surroundings and the events that take place during the story.

Fourth person perspective, I believe, in the Kane Chronicles, was mostly there for both humour purposes and to show that two people, no matter how closely bonded, can see the same person differently, one can sympathise with someone while the other remains wary of them.

In conclusion, the author’s choice of narrator is as important as choosing a character to show the world the author created, each character sees a different story. Whether the character went through the story, telling the story of a friend or only experienced half of it. The narrator helps the reader get a better understanding of whatever the author intended.

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Not a love story. 

Dystopias aren’t a dating ground for the main characters, unlike what Hollywood thinks.

Dystopian environments should make the main character and reader question everything and everyone. Would they tell me to the government? Would they leave me behind as we run away from infected people? Should I trust them? 

Hollywood focuses too much on love to notice that the economy is collapsing and trust is a difficult and complicated thing while living in a dystopia.

In this essay I will be comparing The Hunger Games, The Maze Runner and between the books and the movies.

In the Hunger Games Trilogy, the books written by Suzanne Collins), there are plenty of instances when the main character, Katniss Everdeen makes it plainly clear that she doesn’t want to have a relationship with either Gale (her childhood best friend) and Peeta (the boy who saved her life when they were young.)

She only wants to save her younger sister, Primrose, and their mother. Anyone else is just a bonus. However, playing the star-crossed-lovers is what managed to save her and Peeta from the first games, because the Capitol (like America and Hollywood) wants to see a love story. After 74 years of having every other type of victory story, romance is perfect for them. “Haymitch is right. Star crossed lovers, they eat that stuff up in the Capitol.”

Katniss Everdeen fully believes in the “eye for an eye” motive. She cannot let go of the fact that Peeta saved her life when they were young, which proves to be a good motivation to destroy the Capital and its ideals of using child slaughter as entertainment. 

Even though everyone in the Capital, as well as real life fans who only watch the movies, believe that Katniss and Peeta’s love for each other is what sparked the rebellion that led to the revolution, that is incorrect.

It was the murder of a 12 year old girl in the first games and Katniss’s grief that made the other Districts realise that they are done watching their children be placed in the awful situation where humans are pitted against each other and are forced to fight for the entertainment of others.

If Peeta wasn’t in the Hunger Games, it would still have a powerful message and Katniss Everdeen would still not be with Gale.

Although, in the prequel of the Hunger Games, we learn that before the 11th Game the Capital people didn’t enjoy watching the Hunger Games, not while contrasting their reactions in the 74th. For them it was as much punishment as it was for the District people.

In the end of the books, it is even shown that Katniss left Peeta. She left both of her love options so she can just live by herself and do what she wanted back in District 12. 

Peeta, like always, came to her. 

Survival takes precedence over romance within the books of The Maze Runner. We see it numerous times. 

In the Scorch Trials, when Teresa betrayed Thomas and still believed that W.I.C.K.E.D was good, that was the answer.

In the movies of The Death Cure, Teressa choses W.I.C.K.E.D again and decides to stay, even so. The romance still clouded Thomas’ decision, he was hesitant to trust Teresa but less so than the others.

In the movies Teresa betrays Thomas on an almost daily basis, it was starting to get very tiring. She kept getting into contact with W.I.C.K.E.D (Although it is spelled WCKD for some reason), ignoring the fact that they have failed so many times at so many things. They were meant to keep the Gladers(or subjects as they referred to them) under control, and failed. They were meant to find a cure for the Flare, but failed. They were meant to save humanity and yet again they failed.

In the movies, Teresa’s faith in WCKD was conflicting with her love for Thomas, but near the end of the books Teresa thought she was saving Thomas.

In both The Maze Runner and The Hunger Games (the movies), people’s main focus is romance. As such the screenwriters must have decided to use that to their advantage and focus on it as well. Perhaps because the real meaning of the books were too dark for Americans to take seriously and probably because when someone goes to see a movie they want to be entertained, they want to be moved by something that is seen in regular life. Cranks and murdered children are often evasive from the day-to-day life of people.

So, what is the real meaning of the books?

With The Hunger Games, I believe its main focus is how easily humans can be distracted by positive media, sparkly dresses and good food. As long as things are disguised by something pretty and something that releases endorphins, it’s ok.  The Capital uses bureaucracy, politicians, social, culture and  media control, that is what makes it dystopian.

With The Maze Runner, the main focus is how easily humans betray one another for “the greater good.” It is easy to be lied to, especially when they want to be lied to.

W.I.C.K.E.D lied to themselves. They believed they could play God with children. There were alternatives that they could have taken, but they were less entertaining to do. W.I.C.K.E.D used bureaucracy control like the Capital, but there wasn’t much media to control over, so they got creative. They used psychology to confuse the main characters, making them doubt everything. Their names, their whereabouts. The Gladers were physically confined into the Glade.

Bureaucracy, psychology, resources, physical and information control. 

Dystopian is described as an unfair society… Like ours.

[ohnocreativity]

The leader and his spy, what are you going to do, little bug? - it's not a question of what we are going to do. then what is the quiestion? - are you going to survive? and what is the answer to that? - you've insulted my wife. She doesn't like to be insulted so the answer is no, duh.

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“Murder soothes the mind.” “How about you try meditation?” “Meditation is a tool to clear the mind, not to prevent murderous intentions.” "Pretty sure it's a multi-tool."

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is it illegal to rescue children? - No. It's illegal to kidnap the children and traumatize them. is it though? - Yes! • I've been trying to tell her that for years. - this has been going for years?! i should run away from the girl with the knives and anger issues, shouldn't i? • yes

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"Why do writers hate writing?" Because for a small period of time we found peace. the demons in our head silnced in awe or they spoke up saying "That's not how you spell silenced." or they speak up saying "You should have added a comma there." or, "Who taught you how to write this badly?"

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Hell, Heaven and the human realm are all as real as hairbrushes, but the rules are diffrent. Humans aren't alone on their realm, in fact they only make about 38% of the population in Edenia and 0.001% in Hell. That is why Lord Venus, J, Lucifer usually doesn't leave Hell and with his friends, a fae shifter, a vampire from a mythical land called France, the twins of science and wings, and the newest addition to their gang, a beautiful (rather odd but the most polite out of them all) stranger. They accidently find themselves in Edenia the captial city of Disunlealive, inside the building of one of the most infulintail companies that 'help' non-humans Where the rules are much stricter than Hell, the human guards are more hateful than the demons. Who can be trusted? Is it the sweet little witch or the elderly demon who has been living in Edenia for quite a while? The strange doctor who lives in the middle of the city or the charasmatic farmer who lives on the edge of civilasation?

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a regular human college teen with the best parents in the world acciedently summons a demon who refuses to go away, so now the human keeps trying to help their demon friend to blend in

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the queen of demons wakes up to find her child is gone and her wife is nowhere to be seen. She looks for them and sends all of her servants and guards to find them. Only to recieve intel that they have been kidnapped by the king of angels and he is holding them for ransom. So the queen of demons gather all of the demons who are loyal to her to go bring back her beloved child and wife. this time heaven doesn't stand a chance

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"all are equal in the grave" my grave should have been made for a mortal your grave should have been made for the gods my grave might have not been remembered the corpses of flowers that you would place while your grave filled with offerings and flowers but you asked for me in your place of resting so now we are/were together Overworld/Underworld

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a dragon warrior (f) gets lost after an ambush from the enemy. she has traveled all the way to the faeries forests (the enemy) and meets a faerie (m)who tells her he deserted the army (when he's actauly the faerie prince) and tells her of a peacful kingdom just over the ocean and they decide to travel together and slowly learn that they are not so bad. faeries aren't evil tricksters and dragons are not vicous monsters. they also discover that

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A moving planet with a shifting gravitational force, moves into earth's circle. It's huminoid species visit earth only to find a destroyed econemy and its dying species. So they help them by bringing their own (tree dragons) as the humans call them, who help cleaning the air and help rebuild the cities. The two main charcters are the president's (who kind of destroyed the world) duaghter and a homeless boy who meet and admire the dragons, as they uncover the secret the goverment hid from humanity and the real reason why earth was destroyed so quickly.

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A maid of the royal family falls in love with an assasin. Whose boss finds out he has connections to the palace and asign the task to kill the royal family using his connections. But will the maid help him?

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In a world filled with criminals, gangs and mafia; A homeless teenager tries to mug an old lady but instead he acciedently gets adopted by her. She keeps trying to put him on the right path and teaching him life lessons along the way.