Hello, i wrote this statement of intention for the play Extinction. Can someone pls read it and tell me what to fix. Thanks
The environment has become an important topic in our current society. People have become more conscious and overtly active about the environment. After reading the play ‘Extinction’, I began to recollect a memory in which a similar event occurred. I will present the recollection of my memory in the form of a personal reflection or more specifically a short story. I aim to highlight the interdependence of man and nature, but more so how dependent nature is at the hands of man. In order to make it realistic, I will use down to earth language that my grandma and people of my background use. It will begin in a first person narrative as I am included in the story, but then switch to a third person narrative as my grandma tells the story about my grandpa.
In order to relate to Rayson’s original piece, I will appeal to the same themes, symbols, similar character traits, messages and literacy devices as “Extinction”. As ‘extinction’ is a play and it depicts the setting, sound and movement, I will employ descriptive language throughout the piece to emulate and visualise the scenes and actions. This will be achieved by utilising vocabulary that invoke the senses. Sensory adjectives such as “crumbling cement” and “rotted wood” will help the reader to visualise the story’s setting. I would also like to relate to the characteristics of Andy and Harry. For example, Harry who despite not gaining any personal benefits, provided money to save the tiger quolls, due to his emotions and nostalgic attachment to them. Likewise, my grandfather, despite everyone passing negative comments about my grandfather’s actions, he followed his emotions and tried to save the rare species of elephant in his homeland. Furthermore, like Andy, who broke his own heart in order to protect Pipers and stop her from suffering, my grandfather attempted to risk his life when he tried to rescue the elephant by force in order to protect what he cared about. Furthermore, I will also attempt to share the same message about hope and the interdependence of man and nature through saving the rare species of elephant said to be mission impossible. To Further, connect my version of the story to the original, I have imbedded quotes utilised in the original to my own piece. To conclude, I will also include a small mention of the Cape Institute, the index and the position of Zoologist to link back to ‘Extinction’.
As this particular piece is for youngsters, I would like the message of extinction and the environmental issues to be very clear like the play ‘Extinction’ and be heard by them. So much so that they will understand that the environment will and always be a paramount importance to mankind. In order to be able to do that, I will have to like ‘Extinction’ provide a very clear setting because the setting is what the environment is. The themes of emotional appeal, logical consequence and social impact will also be brought out like it did in extinction.
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