Bill Huang, Period 7, 5/4/23

Bill Huang

5/4

Period 7

Modern Mythology 2023

Creativity and Fiction

Craft a piece of FAN fiction related to any of the reading we’ve done in class that addresses one or more of the following: 

Literary elements (i.e. structure, tone, diction, mood, irony, and figurative language) to craft a narrative.

Fanfiction about Sharon from World War Z

It was wet and cold. [Sharon crosses her arms and shivers violently] It rained before. The wind kept hitting me. The forest was quiet. Just me there. [She lays on the ground in a fetal position] I went to sleep then.

When I woke up, my tummy hurt more. [She rubs her stomach as it growls] I walked around. No food anywhere. I felt weak and dizzy. Then I heard voices. 

[Sharon stands up and limps forward] I saw them. People around a fire. They all had … [she mimes a pistol]. They had bags of stuff too. They were sitting or sleeping. Two of them were looking away. I watched them from behind a tree. Mommy said to not trust strangers. 

They had food. They were eating. They looked angry. [She mimics different voices] “You left us there to die!” “We barely held our own, Zack was all over us too!” “Bullshit, you just wanted all of our supplies for yourselves” “She died because of you!”. One of them stood up and [she mimics cocking the hammer of a revolver] pointed at another adult. None of them talked now. 

I leaned out past the tree more. Some of the people sleeping were hurt. An old woman went between them, making sure they were okay. It was like when mommy checked me when I was sick. 

One of the men saw me and shouted [she mimics a rough voice] “Zack! Over there behind the tree!”. Everyone stopped and looked at me. 

“Kill it!” “Crush it’s skull!” “Make those fuckers pay!” as they came closer. I hid behind the tree. [She mimics the sound of a gunshot and a ricocheting bullet]

[Sharon puts her hands over her ears and screams]. Then they stopped. [She mimics various voices] “She’s one of us, stop shooting!” “What if she’s infected?” “Keep her away!”. I slowly looked at them from behind the tree. They looked back at me, some scared, some sorry. 

They brought a dog over. [She mimics the sound of a dog sniffing] After that, they let me eat and sleep next to the fire.