Narrative Homework

·         Hero: Veronica Harington- Author

·         Anti-Hero: Rico Coope – Nurse

·         Villain: Jackson Nobel- General Surgeon

·         The Donor: Granddad Bill- Deceased

·         Dispatcher/Helper: Vivienne Harington – General Surgeon

Story: Episodic.

Told in Veronica’s POV.

Equilibrium: 26 year old Veronica is on a plane to New York to attend a meeting, she coincidentally finds herself sat next to Cameron Quinn, an old friend from High School. She pulls out an old pocket watch belonging to her grandfather- stares at it fondly. Cameron comments on the watch, Veronica begin to tell him a story told in flashbacks.

Flashback begins.                                        

Equilibrium:  Begins with five year old Veronica with her granddad in his arm chair- tubes connected to his nose with an oxygen tank sitting next to him- telling her about his pocket watch then about a ‘cure’ he invented that could save him.

Flash forward to the year before present day: Veronica’s grandmother gives her grandfather’s pocket watch- she finds a date engraved on the back of the watch- 2805- but convinces her the date is a code. This marks the beginning of her journey to find a ‘cure’.

Disruption: Jackson Nobel introduced as the general surgeon who disapproves of this ‘cure’ because it doesn’t exist but Veronica believes it does. Rico Coope is a resident at the hospital who is trying to help Jackson.

Disequilibrium: Enlists her sister, Vivienne, to help her find the ‘cure’. Veronica tries to prove Jackson and Rico wrong by ‘finding’ it- goes all around her home town searching for answers belonging to ‘cure’.

Attempt to repair the disruption: Vivienne, sick of playing along to Veronica’s mission on finding the ‘cure’ her grandfather told her about when she was five, takes her to the hospital where Jackson, Rico and Vivienne all detain her in isolation.

New equilibrium: Three months later of seeking psychiatric help, Veronica is released and has accepted her grandfather’s death that died when she was 7 years old.

Veronica begins to use writing as a therapeutic emotional release, suggested by her sister. Once finished with the book she becomes determined to get the book published. After months of sending manuscripts she gets the attention of a publisher in New York.

Back to present day on the plane:  Plane begins to descend as she Veronica finishes her story. She then looks down at the pocket watch she’s holding and she places it around her neck. She stares at the manuscript on her lap titled: Untitled 2805.