Week 2 Story: The man with Three Wishes
Updated Story
There was a man that lived not too long ago who was in his late twenties. He found a lamp one day and decided to rub it. Out came a genie that granted him three wishes which could be whatever the man wanted them to be.
The man at this time was working as a doctor and decided he was done helping people so he wanted to travel the world. He told the genie to make him a pilot so that he could fly anywhere he wanted and see different places. The genie agreed and made the man a pilot which left the man with two more wishes.
After only a week of being a pilot he decided that this wasn't the life for him because he would have to be awake for the majority of the flight and be cramped in a tiny little cockpit. When he was a doctor he had to he was awake a lot as well but he liked that much better because he was actually helping people.
The man had always wanted to be a professional football player so he summoned the genie so he could use his second wish to become a football player. The genie made him the best player in the world with all the fame and money. The man thought this was what he wanted until he started to get hit on the field all the time and started to break bones. He also was tired of being recognized in public because people would always want him to be in a good mood and treated him like he wasn't a human being.
After 3 days of doing this he decided that he wanted to call the genie again for his final wish. The man thought back to what his life used to be like when he was a doctor and decided that he wanted to go back to helping others. When the genie came he explained why he wanted to go back to being a doctor and the genie granted his wish.
Now the man is in his late 70s thinks about how if he had stayed with one of those other professions his life would have been miserable. He is happy that he received those wishes because without them he would've never realized how amazing his life was in the first place.
Bibliography:
The Man in the Moon by Katherine Neville, Source
Authors Note:
I decided to use the the story of The Man in the Moon and put my own modern twist on it. I didn't want to use the same ending because I wanted it to be a story where the main character realized his mistake.
There was a man that lived not too long ago who was in his late twenties. He found a lamp one day and decided to rub it. Out came a genie that granted him three wishes which could be whatever the man wanted them to be.
The man at this time was working as a doctor and decided he was done helping people so he wanted to travel the world. He told the genie to make him a pilot so that he could fly anywhere he wanted and see different places. The genie agreed and made the man a pilot which left the man with two more wishes.
After only a week of being a pilot he decided that this wasn't the life for him because he would have to be awake for the majority of the flight and be cramped in a tiny little cockpit. When he was a doctor he had to he was awake a lot as well but he liked that much better because he was actually helping people.
The man had always wanted to be a professional football player so he summoned the genie so he could use his second wish to become a football player. The genie made him the best player in the world with all the fame and money. The man thought this was what he wanted until he started to get hit on the field all the time and started to break bones. He also was tired of being recognized in public because people would always want him to be in a good mood and treated him like he wasn't a human being.
After 3 days of doing this he decided that he wanted to call the genie again for his final wish. The man thought back to what his life used to be like when he was a doctor and decided that he wanted to go back to helping others. When the genie came he explained why he wanted to go back to being a doctor and the genie granted his wish.
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Now the man is in his late 70s thinks about how if he had stayed with one of those other professions his life would have been miserable. He is happy that he received those wishes because without them he would've never realized how amazing his life was in the first place.
Bibliography:
The Man in the Moon by Katherine Neville, Source
Authors Note:
I decided to use the the story of The Man in the Moon and put my own modern twist on it. I didn't want to use the same ending because I wanted it to be a story where the main character realized his mistake.
Hey Mohammad! Interesting take on the Man in the Moon story. I appreciated your ending as I think it did fit better to have your character realize his mistake for wanting anything other than his original life. When you switched from pilot to football player things got a little muddy. I wondered why the character wanted that, so possibly adding a couple extra sentences to connect the two would have helped the flow of this story. Overall, a very well written rendition of the original story.
ReplyDeleteHey Mohammad! I love this take on the Man in the Moon story. It definitely gets to the root of “the grass is greener” theme, and I like the inclusion of the genie lamp. I think it’s a bit strange that you say the doctor was only a football player for three days but he was getting hit and breaking bones. Maybe it would be better to make that three months, or one whole football season. I really like what you did making the ending a learning experience. Maybe at the beginning, you could mentioned why he became a doctor in the first place (Was it to help people? Help children? Cure diseases?) and then revisit that in the last paragraph.
ReplyDeleteGreat job! Keep it up!
Hey Mohammed. I really liked the three professions that you chose to portray in the story. I feel like I can identify with the man. Even though you make a lot of money, I know that being a doctor is a very stressful field to be in. You have to be on call the majority of the time, and there's a lot of pressure on you. I can also see that it might seem cool to be a pilot, but it's also very stressing and isn't what you would envision when you want to travel the world. Then as a pro football player, it comes at the cost of being famous, and I definitely don't want to be famous in the future, because you get a lot of attention and you have to watch everything you do. Overall, I just liked the three professions you chose because they each embody a specific pro and con, and they're very different in their respective ways.
ReplyDeleteHey Mohammed. I really liked your story. It was a cool modern twist but it still had that magical element that I liked from the original story. I also think that it was cool that he realized his mistake, and even though he didn't pay the price for his indecision and become the man in the moon, I think that the message of the original story is still present in your adaptation. How did you choose the professions that he wanted to switch to?
ReplyDeleteHey Mohammed! I have read the original story "The Man in the Moon," and I thought your retelling of the story was great! I liked how it was short and to the point. I also liked the reasoning on each wish and why the man decided to change his wish. It's always a good ending when there is a valuable lesson. Nicely done!
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