Week 3 Story: The Gold Vans
There were once two brothers who admired each other deeply. Their names were Rodney and Brandon, however, Rodney had been cast away by his widowed mother. Rodney's mother was vindictive of him because he was not actually her son. Rodney and Brandon had different mothers and so Rodney was the product of his father's affair. Rodney and Brandon's father was killed in an accident recently. Rodney had been sent away by his mother after the death of her husband. For some reason, she believed he was to blame for her husband's death. Brandon was strongly opposed to his brother being sent away but he could not oppose his mother. Rodney was highly respected in the community and by his peers, though those feelings were not reciprocated by his mother. Rodney had been away for a few weeks living on his own and finding his way. Brandon had been missing his brother and had been looking for him all over. Brandon had finally got some reliable information on his brother's whereabouts. He had heard that Brandon was living in a homeless community below an underpass. Brandon went to the underpass and called out to Rodney, “Rodney it’s your brother Brandon please come home!” He said. Rodney had appeared from one of the tents below the underpass and the brothers embraced each other. It had been a while since they had seen each other. Brandon had asked Rodney again if he would return home, however, Rodney declined his offer. Rodney believed that it was important for him to stay and obey his mother's wishes. Since Rodney could not be convinced Brandon wanted to return home with something that represented his absence. Brandon took Rodney's Gucci slides which Rodney had worn all the time. In return, Brandon gave Rodney a brand new pair of gold vans. They were a symbol of the brother’s great bond between one another.
Authors Note: For this story, I did not go in an entirely different direction from the original story. I decided to adapt a bit as far as the characters and background story concerns. More specifically, the brothers I adapted to be Brandon and Rodney were Rama and Bharata originally. Overall, I decided to keep the plot of the story kind of the same. I knew that I wanted to keep the original part where Bharata had taken Rama's sandals as a symbol, as well as, Bharata in return giving Rama golden sandals. I adapted that to be my own by changing the golden sandals to a personal photo of my own brother's golden vans.
Bibliography: PDE Ramayana, The Sandals
Hello, Wesley!
ReplyDeleteI really liked how you changed up the story to be fitting to our current era, and gave them modern names. I think that the situation you gave them was just similar enough to the original story to recognize it from the Ramayana but still original to your own way of telling it to feel new and fresh.
Hello, Wesley!
ReplyDeleteThis story was great to read. It was great to see that you switched out sandals for shoes that are found in today's generation. I also like the part how you mention that the young man, Rodney, was well respected around the area. I think you did a great job connecting the fact that Rama was highly praised in his hermitage. Another big resemblance between the stories is how the two sons had different mothers, just like Rama and Bharata. How do you think the story would have gone if her own son rather than her husbands was the one to blame? Do you think she would have done the same? Also, what if instead of saying he went to the homeless shelter, he went to his dad's friends house? I feel like that character could be considered like Hanuman.
Hello Wesley
ReplyDeleteYou really did a fantastic job on taking on the task of turning an old story into a modern fitting story with this current generation. I really enjoyed the new role in character you created with Rama and Bharata. This was a unique was of adapting their key characteristics into two brothers. The bond you were able to connect between the two was definetely the wow moment for me. I wonder what more you could create with these two characters. You could potentially build off these characters into a whole plot and maybe even create a theme for your storybook or portfolio. Another aspect of the story that drew my attention was the dramatic plot scene in the begining. However I do believe there could have been more build up in the drama. What if you were to involve more background into the characters past, that would allow the audience to build an instant relationship with the two brothers and evev the mothers. Overall I believe you did an excellent job and created youself a great draft for a big reveal.
Hello wesley! Wow great job in your story! I really liked your rendition of the sandals in the Ramayana. I also thought it was clever to use gucci slides and vans instead of sandals. Their names being changed and shoe changed also seemed to modernize the story! I also liked that you kept the foundations of the story the same and even the main elements but also gave it your style of variation. I wonder what else you could have created to modernize and change it up or even introduce other characters/ and villians in your rendition. It would be interesting to see this again in other stories. What if in the next one you can introduce your version of Sita or even see how ravana would be! I wonder how you can modernize their appearance. Keep up the great work and best wishes in all this semester and your future endeavors.
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