Monday, April 9, 2007
Allegory Story
Once upon a time there where to kingdoms parted by great water. In the middle of the great water was a gigantic tower as high as the eye could see. In this tower on the highest flaw, lived a princess named Lio. She was the most beautiful woman in the whole world and she was much sought after. But because she was in the tallest tower in the very middle of the great water no one even thought about trying to get her down. In the two rival kingdoms there lived two princes Addam Sushien lived in one palace and Gregor Hubs in the other. At the age of ten they were both sent to the same boarding school to further their education. They became very close until they found out that they came from apposing kingdoms. After that they became very competitive with everything they did, if one got a girlfriend the other had to go and find a prettier one, if one got a dog the other had to get a bigger one et cetera. they got older and older and yet they still competed in everything. Many thought that as they got older they would grow out of this childish attitude. But they didn’t. They both graduated top of their class with the same grades in very subject, for it seemed no matter how much they competed with each other neither one of them was able to win. When they got home to their own castles, they looked across the great water and imagined the other having more than them, and then a thought struck them both at the same time. LIO. ‘That is how I will beat him’ they thought. ‘I will have the most beautiful wife in all the land’. So they both started plotting how they would rescue their fair princess. After months of preparations both princes set off to rescue unsuspecting Lio. As her castle was in the very middle of the great water they reached the palace at the same time! As the princes saw each other they were both overcome with rage. So they fought. Addam Sushien bombed Gregor’s ship and Gregor sent in his armed forces. They fought for years and years and no one won despite their efforts. Both princes died in action. Proving that jealousy doesn’t solve anything but ends in death and destruction, and in the end neither prince got what they desired.
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Your allegory makes a very good point about jealousy and competition in general and the war in Iraq in particular. You have tried to give it a fairytale feeling and this has worked to some extent - the simplicity of your language and plotting for example (which you comment on effectively in your author commentary). I like the use of the anagrams and the setting of the tower and the great waters - it gives it a fairytale atmosphere. I think you have given the issue of the war on terror a new approach with this story and made us think about the motives of the people involved. I do think you might need to use the spellcheck and avoid the use of etcetera - it feels odd in the context of a story.
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