I am going to plan out my retelling of the story 'The Three Fishes' from the 'More Jataka Tales'. This was a story I was very excited about, and I want to do it right, which made me decide to do this story planning for it before I actually write it.
Rereading:
One of the main reasons that I love this story so much is because the characters are fishes, so I will definitely keep them all as fishes. As I reread this story, I remember that I also really love that the names of the fishes represent their different personalities. Their names are not things like 'Sparkle,' they are Thoughtful, Thoughtless and Very Thoughtful. This reminded me of the Seven Dwarfs, as they all have their own personalities and names. I could change this story to the Seven Fish, and make it a spin off of the Seven Dwarfs. I want to keep the theme of having these blatant, names that express their personalities. During the rereading of this story, I also realized how short and uneventful the story was. I do not even think this story would meet our usual requirement of being at least 300 words. I would definitely want to make this story much longer, which gives me the ability to add a lot more character development and action throughout the story.
Research:
The Seven Dwarfs
The Three Fishes
Conclusion:
I am going to do my retelling of The Three Fishes by changing it to The Seven Fishes. I will be doing a spin off of The Seven Dwarfs. All of the fish in my retelling will have a name that describes their personalities, just like in both The Seven Dwarfs and The Three Fishes.
Bibliography: More Jataka Tales retold by Ellen C. Babbitt in 1922
Rereading:
One of the main reasons that I love this story so much is because the characters are fishes, so I will definitely keep them all as fishes. As I reread this story, I remember that I also really love that the names of the fishes represent their different personalities. Their names are not things like 'Sparkle,' they are Thoughtful, Thoughtless and Very Thoughtful. This reminded me of the Seven Dwarfs, as they all have their own personalities and names. I could change this story to the Seven Fish, and make it a spin off of the Seven Dwarfs. I want to keep the theme of having these blatant, names that express their personalities. During the rereading of this story, I also realized how short and uneventful the story was. I do not even think this story would meet our usual requirement of being at least 300 words. I would definitely want to make this story much longer, which gives me the ability to add a lot more character development and action throughout the story.
Research:
The Seven Dwarfs
- It has been many years since I have read the story, or watched the movie regarding the Seven Dwarfs. This Wikipedia page caught me back up to speed on what the story was about. After reading this, I completely remembered the story and became very excited to create this retelling.
- I was reminded of all the names of the seven dwarfs in the story. It made me realize I do not want to duplicate any of these names, as it will be too close to the original. I want to mirror the kinds of names that were used in The Three Fishes, that are less silly and more blatant.
The Three Fishes
- This article gives a review and deeper look of The Three Fishes. It discusses how their names give insight on their different intelligent and personalities. This also discussed the different versions of this story. This story was much longer than the version from 'More Jataka Tales,' which helped me see the ways I would make the story longer in my retelling.
- I like the structure of how all of the fish are named first, and then later you see the way their personalities exhibit their name, when the action of the story comes about.
Conclusion:
I am going to do my retelling of The Three Fishes by changing it to The Seven Fishes. I will be doing a spin off of The Seven Dwarfs. All of the fish in my retelling will have a name that describes their personalities, just like in both The Seven Dwarfs and The Three Fishes.
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| Seven (or more) Fish Source: Pixabay |
Bibliography: More Jataka Tales retold by Ellen C. Babbitt in 1922
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