Writing/Homework HELP!?

Question

I need to write a story book for my english class and it has to have a hero cycle. this is what i have so far:
Day after day, more and more color is lost in the magnificent land of Oz. In the past, this place was once miraculously beautiful. Now its color is only of evanescence. The talking trees were to bloom in the spring with delicate flowers of endless colors or pinks, yellowes, and whites. Animals of all kinds wandered the forest gracefully. Birds accompanied by talking trees sang enchanting songs which resonated throughout the entire forest. The yellow brick road would shine such a rich yellow hue that it would appear as an endless trail of gold weaving through picturesque everlasting evergreens. And the peoples of Oz were overwhelmed with joy and gayness. Yet now, all seemed to be forgotten
I want to make it so that everything turned black and white and gloomy or something rather and im not sure what made it gloomy and how its going to become colorful and gay and blah again help

Answer 1

ever seen the beatles yellow submarine animated movie? it's kind of the same plot. in that story, beautiful "pepperland" gets taken over by something evil and there is no color, fun, etc...

first, make up a hero. it can be an animal or something. talk about the smallest animal in the land and how great his life was before this disaster happened.

the disaster can be something like...a factory that pollutes the land and makes it miserable to be there.

then your unlikely hero can somehow shut down the factory (maybe he jams the machines, or convinces the factory owner that his factory is evil or something). maybe it's a logging factory that chops down all the trees in the land and destroys the animals' habitat? and then your little bird or mouse or whatever your hero is can convince all the small animals to band together and destroy the factory? this way you are showing bigger themes - like the power of many small creatures pulling together. teachers love themes.

also, i would choose a different name than "oz." it's not very interesting, as it has been used so many times. you don't have to change it a lot - how about the land of iz or something?

best of luck to you.

Answer 2

Rudy’s story is for anybody who has a dream. He models strength and endurance of the mind, body and soul. Rudy is a hero for anybody wishing to accomplish a goal. Even though the world we live in often contains many dream killers, he pushed himself to keep going. Society tells dreamers that they are better off aiming low and succeeding than aiming high and failing. Rudy didn’t care. E knew he had some small chance, so he went for it.
He defined his dream as a small boy, and had his best friend Pete back him up. He worked out and studied hard to get himself into his dream school and onto his dream team. When things were hardest, it would have been easy to give in and just stay home, in the same job, telling himself over and over that it wasn’t time yet. Instead he went to South Bend. He knew that dreaming in his head would mean nothing, so he acted on it.
Rudy’s story of struggle and success is an inspiration to anyone with a goal for their future.

Rudy is indeed...

(I can't copy the rest)

Answer 3

Black and White is a good idea, run with that by using different, more sad and gross or dark, discriptive words that can replace the words you used in the first part. Use something to do with the wicked witch or something that made it gloomy. Gloomy is a good word too, use that.

Answer 4

the story's already there... the next step would be to let your imagination free.

i suggest that you try this plot on an original setting - not in OZ. because for one, i think the story of THE WIZARD OF OZ is confining your imagination. use it to inspire you, but don't use it as a setting for your story. again, this is just a suggestion.

have fun writing your story! create colorful and original characters. spread the love!

Answer 5

Hmm...if you want a kind of traditional "black and white" then back to good, you could have some kind of evil figure come in, kind of like the evil witches, then have them turn everything back and create destruction among the people. Eventually they could drive them out, and restore peace to their people.

Answer 6

Sounds gay.

Answer 7

in reality acid rain has a tremendous affect on foliage and all this :(