Week 22: Oscar

2/11/2021

Prompt:
William Shakespeare the Shake Shack waiter. Abrahan Solo. George Washington of South Africa. Isaac Newton the DJ. Mix together a historical figure with a different environment, location, era/time period, occupation. What’s their story?

Word Count:
150-185 words

Expectations:
-Remember that you are writing for the King's Academy community. Please be respectful of that community.
-Respect the word count
-Your work should have a title--this is not part of your word count.
-Include your full name and word count at the end of your submission.
-Have fun with this challenge.

Deadline:
22:00 Tuesday, February 16th

Photo Source:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/two-gentlemen-of-lebowski-adam-bertocci/1112398924?ean=9781451605815

4 Comments

Lina Obeidat

2/12/2021 10:53:53 am

Billboards

My back was in pain, the harness was chafing away at my skin, and the scaffolding was rough; it had me numb at the knees. I looked below me at the cars driving past on the highway--it was just after dawn so there were only a few of them--and then far beyond that at the streetlamps twinkling in the distance, caught up in a mess of electrical wires and billboards and trees that barely grazed their bottoms. The sky was just sobering up to the day, and the air was nice too, still cool and brisk, but my back was in pain and the harness was only digging in deeper. I craned my neck to look overhead at the advertisement we had just put up. It was big and loud just like the rest of them. I thought of all the people who would be stuck in traffic this morning who would have nothing better to look at, and the people tomorrow morning, and the morning after--desperately searching for something to keep them awake. But then came a voice from below me.

“Michelangelo, coming down?”

Word count: 185

lara abuali

2/13/2021 10:43:34 am

When Isaac Newton put down his quill and picked up his grandfather's violin, the world suffered. With Isaac's negligence, and with the unnoticed apple (Isaac was trying to compose a tune that sounded strangely similar to Bad Romance by Lady Gaga), he failed to do the one thing he had to do for humanity to progress: invent gravity. And by the time the apple fell, it was too late... there was nobody else to sit under the tree. Isaac's violin continued to be a floating violin, and Isaac continued to be a floating Isaac, for the rest of time. Not only was there no gravity, there was also no calculus. This left mathematics teachers across the world hovering near their blackboards, wondering just what was missing. Oh yeah, and man also never went to the moon. How unfortunate for us. I'm sure the Russians will figure it out eventually.
On a lighter note, Isaac did become one of the most critically acclaimed violinists of the 17th century, akin to Mozart, Beethoven, and Yo-Yo Ma.

lara

2/13/2021 10:44:26 am

oh whoops sorry lina i replied to yours instead of making a new comment

Oscar Depp

2/17/2021 04:25:21 am

Thank you for participating in this week's prompt. I thoroughly enjoyed reading both your responses, it was probably the hardest to choose out of all the weeks because both were very imaginative pieces, and it probably could've gone either way. Lina, I liked how the subtlety of the piece tied together fluidly to(what I'm assuming) lead to the rock climber, Michelangelo, on the painting, which I thought was interesting considering everybody is always looking up at the painting. Lara, I loved how you considered the effects of Newton's actions in a surreal way to pursue his individual goals in a space other than music, yet still was able to excel in the end on a positive note. There is also definitely that component of interacting with the different time & space with my favorite song, "Bad Romance." I chose Lina this week as the winner. Both keep writing!

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