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When a Maori tribe surrounds another, a young Maori warrior who is mute rises up and earns a terrifying reputation until he meets an English female doctor who leads him down a path of love and self-discovery.
And who is the lead character? ?The warrior or the doctor? ?The baton for the lead seems to pass from the warrior to the doctor. ?Who owns the baton -- that is, who owns the story?
And who is the lead character? ?The warrior or the doctor? ?The baton for the lead seems to pass from the warrior to the doctor. ?Who owns the baton — that is, who owns the story?
See lessUpdated: When an Eskimo grandmother is abandoned by her migrating family during a famine, she struggles to survive through a bitter winter until?the ?spring ?thaw.
>>>Does granny make it through the winter only to still have her family not want her? That?s not very fulfilling. What other big goal does she have to survive for? At her age, with her infirmities, fighting to survive through the winter -- fighting for her life isn't enough?? ?In her circumRead more
>>>Does granny make it through the winter only to still have her family not want her? That?s not very fulfilling.
What other big goal does she have to survive for?
At her age, with her infirmities, fighting to survive through the winter — fighting for her life isn’t enough?? ?In her circumstances, what greater goal , greater stakes can she have? ?Can any human have?
She can hope her family will return and take her back. But that’s only a hope, not an objective goal. ?It’s beyond her control to make them come back for her.
(I can see an allegorical subtext to this story, how in our more advanced and “humane” societies, we abandon our elders, offload the burden of taking care of them to senior citizen warehouses where they wither away and die ignobly.
It’s not “very fulfilling” that we’re all going eventually die. ?At least she’s doing it with nobility and courage.
See lessWhen during a famine a loving Eskimo grandmother is abandoned by her migrating family, she reflects on her past life and faces death, which is inevitable. Or isn’t it?
Two other points comes to my mind why it is better to focus on the struggle to survive rather than the reminiscing in the logline.1]The struggle for survival constitutes a strong visual story line. ?Without knowing anything else about the story, it immediately evokes specific?images of what it takesRead more
Two other points comes to my mind why it is better to focus on the struggle to survive rather than the reminiscing in the logline.
1]The struggle for survival constitutes a strong visual story line. ?Without knowing anything else about the story, it immediately evokes specific?images of what it takes to survive in the Arctic.
Reminiscing — not so much. ?Reminiscing about what? ?What’s the visual on that?
2] The struggle for survival through a harsh winter is a strong indicator as to where the story is going. ?It’s obvious, needs no elaboration.
And again, in contrast reminiscing — where is the story going with that?
>>>for never doing enough for people in your environment who die.
Okay, but even when we do enough — people are going to die anyway, all of us eventually. What matters, then, is the quality of our living and of our dying.
Your protagonist is a grandmother. ?Which means she has successfully nurtured the survival of 2 generations of her family in a harsh, unforgiving environment. ? No small feat. ?I suggest that in the end, the story ought to pay homage to her accomplishment.
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