The character I created for my journal entries is named Ethana Bruckner, she is 15 years old at the beginning of the journals. She grew up without a mother because of parent argument and divorce. Ethana’s father was abusive and an alcoholic. It was only Ethana and her father growing up, they grew up very poor and relying off the little amount of money that her father made as a janitor.  Ethana didn’t have many friends growing up because most people thought that she was mean and desperate for money and friends. When in reality she is a very sweet soul, and is very intelligent.

 

My blog post was from the perspective of a middle aged girl who lost her dad to the American revolution. She later on had to kill her lover because of the revolution as well. She wrote these journals to show her anger towards the fights because so many people had lost their loved ones because of the American revolution. I wanted to write something more personal for my character so it could connect to the reader more and give more of a journal effect. I added more of a dystopian feel to these journals because at the time of this event the world could never feel perfect or safe. I thought that adding a dystopian background would help outline that idea.