Part 1 Fanfiction.
Hey there. I have a
story to tell you. You won’t regret listening as it is my great adventure with
my best friend Tintin saving China from a Japanese invasion.
As my best friend and I
travel all around the world in great adventures solving crimes and mysteries we
do need rest every once in a while. We were invited to stay at the palace of
the Maharaja of Gaipajama in India, which we thought was the rest we needed but
this was start of another adventure.
It was another great
day, I was keeping the Prince entertained and then I saw someone in the bushes.
He has holding an object that did not looks safe so I ran toward him to stop
him but I was too late and he fired some sort of dart in the direction of my
best friend Tintin. I chased after the stranger but he was too fast and I
didn’t want to chase him too much as the Prince could be in danger. When I
returned to the Prince’s side I saw a crazy man dancing and Tintin yelling we
must go to Shanghai.
We travelled to Shanghai
on a boat. When we landed, I smelt danger but a strange sight pulled my
interest. Instead of horses pulling carts there were people pulling carts to
carry people on. Tintin got on so I jumped on too. It took us to the Hotel we
are going to stay in. While I was being dazzled by Tintin’s talent to throw
clothes in to such neat piles there was someone at the door with a message that
Mr. Mitsuhirato want to see Tintin.
When we meet with Mr.
Mitsuhirato, I did not like him one bit. He looked fishy to me. I thought my
trusty friend would realise at once but he didn’t. He told Tintin that the
Maharaja was in danger and we should return to India immediately. As we were
leaving I had more doggy senses tingling but I was glad to leave this strange
place.
As we were walking back
to the hotel, Tintin said we were lost. Even though I knew the directions as
any friendly companions will do, I kept quiet and followed. Suddenly a car
drove past with submachine gun blazing. We saved by someone but our saviour was
nowhere to be seen.
Back at the Hotel,
Tintin and I were thinking about the stranger that saved us. We heard something
at the door so we checked it outside to see nobody there but a parcel and a
note. Someone wanted to see Tintin but did not want me to come because there
was only one set of disguise in the parcel. Tintin left without me and I was
left to guard the hotel.
Tintin came back to the
Hotel all shaken and told me we should quickly return to Maharaja. On the boat
I was smelt something unusual, just as I was about to warn Tintin he was pulled
upwards in a lifeboat. As I was barking, something fell from the lifeboat and
without hesitation I bit down and that was all I remembered.
When I woke up I was on a
soft bed. On the bed Tintin laid unconscious beside me. I was so worried and
when I was about to look for help I saw Tintin waking up. I was so happy that I
licked all over his face.
We didn’t know where we
were so we decided to have a look around. While looking around the place we
were in we saw someone, Tintin shouted excuse me multiple times but strangely
that person did react, suddenly as Tintin walked closer that man ranted some
weird saying and started swinging a sword at us. I was so scared that I hid
under a Vase. Suddenly a wise old man came in the room and stopped the mad man
from killing us.
The wise old man
introduced himself as Wang Chen-Yee. He revealed that he was a part of a secret
society known as the Sons of the Dragon, who are devoted to combating crime in
China. He told me and Tintin that Mitsuhirato was actually a Japanese spy
and was responsible for opium smuggling. I knew something was fishy about that
guy. Mr Wang said he needs our help in order to stop Mitsuhirato and we agreed
as we can’t walk away from such bad deeds.
While listening on to Mitsuhirato’s coded radio message, we
found out that he was planning to meet someone at the Blue Lotus at 10pm
tonight which is a private club in Shanghai. As Tintin snuck into the Blue
Lotus I stood watch outside. I was worried but on the other hand I was
confident that Tintin would be alright. It wasn’t long before I saw a man and
Mitsuhirato come outside and they got into a car. Just as they got in Tintin
jumped out the window and told me to wait while he snuck on the back of the
car. As I was worried I barked and chased after the car but Tintin shushed me
and the car took off. I was so sad that I could go and help out my best friend
who might need me. In case he needed me I hid in the alley way so I could be of
assistance when the time was right.
I doze off for a little bit, just little and suddenly I heard
crashing noises which woke me up. I rushed over only to see my dear friend
Tintin running around like mad shouting Action man and Mitsuhirato laughing at
him. I tried to bark some sense into Tintin but that grab the attention of
Mitsuhirato who wanted to shoot me. As Mitsuhirato was coming in closer to
shoot me, Tintin my dear friend threw a trash can over Mistuhirato’s head which
knocked him out. I jumped into Tintins arms and licked all over his face. I was
so glad that he wasn’t mad.
When we returned to the Sons of the Dragons hide out we found
Mr Wang looking worried sick. He told us that Japanese occupation has begun to
restore order because some bandit blew up the train tracks which killed many
people. Tintin told us the real story. It wasn’t bandits who destroyed the
train tracks it was Mitsuhirato. Mitsuhirato was financing the whole operation
with the money he made by his drug operation. We had big days coming ahead.
I think this is enough for today. I hear Tintin calling for
me. See you around if you want to hear the rest of my story with Tintin.
Part 2 Commentary
In my Fanfiction I wanted to re-tell the story in Snowy’s, a
white fix terrier dog, point of view. Snowy is known to speak to the views by
showing expressions that are intent for viewer and are not known to other
characters in the story. I wanted to bring that character in more perspective
to show what it would like in his view.
My Fanfiction does not bring all of the Vogler’s (1988: 1992)
mythic structures as the story had to be cut short. Here are stages of journey
that are included in my Fanfiction.
Stage 1 Ordinary world: Snowy is shown to keep company of the
Prince at Maharaja of Gaipajama in
India. They are taking vacation there and are showing his everyday life.
Stage 2 The Call to Adventure: When the stranger attacked the
palace, Tintin takes Snowy to Shanghai. The reason is not necessary for Snowy
as he is a companion to Tintin. This is the initiating incident of the story.
Stage 3 Refusal of the call: Snowy does not direct refuse the
call but when Snowy and Tintin was on the boat to return to India they were
kidnapped by the Sons of the Dragon and forced the refuse the fake call to
India.
Stage 4 Meeting with the Mentor: When Snowy and Tintin meets
with Wang Chen-Yee, he provides them with shelter and guidance to the adventure
and leads them to the right way.
Stage 5 Tests, allies, enemies: Snowy gets tested on his
loyalty to Tintin when Tintin tells him to stay while he chases after
Mitsuhirato and a man. Even though Snowy dozed off he did stay and listen to
Tintin. Allies will be the Sons of the dragon who made sure both Snowy and
Tintin know who the enemy is. Enemy will be Mitsuhirato who lies to Snow and
Tintin about the truth and made attempts to assassinate them. He is the
mastermind of the crimes in the story.
Stage 6 The Ordeal: Snowy almost gets shot when Mitsuhirato
tries to shoot him. Tintin saves him by throwing a trash can on Mitsuhirato’s
head.
Stage 7 Reward: Snowy again find the loving bond between him
and Tintin as he saved his life even though he could have been in danger.
Stage 8 Return with the Elixir: At the end it is not Snowy
who bring information about the mastermind but it is Tintin but by showing
their bond in the story it show they can be shown as one entity.
According to Vogler (1988: 1992) there are eight major
character archetypes. Here are how some of them are linked to characters in my
Fanfiction.
1.
Hero – Snowy or Tintin, they are both willing to sacrifice
themselves to save each other. They are also willing to put themselves in
danger to help China from the drug smuggles.
2.
Mentor - Wang Chen-Yee, who provides guidance and opens
their eyes to the truth and the villain of the story.
3.
Herald – Is the Crazy dancing man who made Tintin go to
Shanghia which starts the journey.
4.
Shapeshifter – The Sons of the Dragon seemed like the
bad guys when they abducted Tintin on the boat but are later known to be the
good guys.
5.
Shadow –Mitsuhirato is the villain and the drug ring
leader that is the mastermind villain in my story.
6.
Ally – Both Snowy and Tintin are best friends, in
return allies.
References
Retrieved from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeH0xG63VXI
Vogler, C. 1998. The writer’s journey: Mythic structure for
writers. Studio City, CA: Michael Wiese Productions.
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