Rachel, I liked the way you used another character to depict the new girl. She seems aloof and she's cool to other people because they don't know much about her and want to know more. She has a nonchalant attitude because doesn't try to impress people which is what the character is so impressed with. She also has physical attributes and a style people admire.
Jia Min,
When I read the story I can hear your voice in my head reading it lol. I liked how the girl gave advice to the little boy. The way she helped him is cool because she doesn't just save him she tries to get him to become stronger too. How she helped him is cool and she is admired for those qualities, plus she is very talented in archery.
Bao Lin
“Hey, I know. But seriously fishing doesn’t mean it is not cool. It is one of DJ Becareful’s favorite activities.”
“Oh! Cool. I still have to shoot a few more photos. See you and have a good one.”
I thought it was an interesting point that when a cool person does something, that activity is cool by association, even if it usually isn't. The twist at the end is interesting. Parkho is the cool character at the beginning because he's just doing what he likes, by taking pictures and kind of appreciating everything but he thinks Eddie is a loser for being the class clown. When it turns out the anonymous blog that he admires is Eddie he seems less cool because he was looking down on him. So in the end, it shows that people you think may not be cool may be cooler than you.
Dinorah
Damn it... I really should've said no...
I think this is so interesting how everything snowballs like this for the main character. The ending is like he knew he shouldn't have done it but he does it anyways because he wants to be cool, but he's not really cool because he's going along with what everyone else says and not what he really wants. The way you show that from the "times", "first time", "second time", is like we're really following along with what's happening. I wonder if there will ever be a "last" time.
Lauren
Lauren, I liked how concise this story is. The new girl seems to be cool because she doesn't let Regina phase her and we kind of know from your character's reaction that she is cool, when she considers talking to her tommorow.
I think the pattern I see is that the characters who were cool, don't really let things phase them and they have their own pace. With Lauren's, Jia Min's and Rachel's story their character's don't get ruffled by what happens. Lauren's character isn't afraid of Regina, Jia Min's character doesn't get scared of the bullies, and Rachel's character is kind of like the mysterious loner and doesn't get phased by girls who are jealous of her. The uncool characters in these stories are usually the people judging other people or trying to put someone down. Like the girls who are jealous of the new girl. Or how Parkho thought Eddie was a loser for being the classclown. Or the bullies in Jia Min and Lauren's story.
What makes the characters in the stories cool is that they accept who they are and other people as who they are and also having their own pace. Alot of times people's opinions factor alot into the way other people views someone and themselves. If everyone thinks a person is cool then that's what they become.
Alot of archetypes appear in these stories: the loner, the bully, the athelete/jock, the hero, popular girl, etc. They're all someone's personal idea of what is cool/uncool. In stories, when the main character or someone else is deems someone cool, the reader usually thinks so too, because they see it through the character's eyes. What the character does will fit in with some aspect of what cool means to them. That's somewhat similar to how we see people. I don't think its as one dimensional, (sometimes its two or three...), but in the stories we take in the actions of the characters as evidence of their coolness because that's how the writer wants them to be seen, and sometimes people do that to other people because that's how they want to see them. They make archetypes of each other. But sooner or later everyone realizes they don't fits perfectly into the set role and will eventually come to see them as just people. They aren't the nerd, the savior, or the villan, they're just people.
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