What Were Other People Thinking?
During his life, Carlos met lots of people. I’d like you to choose one of those people and write about their experience meeting Carlos. What did they think when they saw him? How did they react to him? What was his reaction to them? Write at least one paragraph. It can be written in the form of a story, an interview, or anything else you can think of!
Example
I wrote my story in the form of an interview. Carlos’s sisters are being interviewed after they got to see him for the first and last time after they were all kidnapped.
Journalist: I’m here with two young girls who have been kidnapped from their home and sold as slaves. Girls, can you tell me about yourselves?
Girls: We are sisters who are part of the Yavapai people. We lived peacefully with our family until the warring Pima tribe attacked and the US Government did nothing to stop them. We used to live in a tribe of 150 people, and lived on the beautiful red earth plateaus where our family has always lived.
Journalist: What has happened to you recently?
Girls: Ever since we were captured during the raid, we have been very unhappy. We were sold as slaves to the man who owns us now, and we have not seen our father, mother, or baby brother since then.
Journalist: But what about your other brother?
Girls: We saw him recently. The man who owns him brought him to see us. When we saw him, we ran out of the house saying “Wassaja!” which is his name. We were so happy to see him. But then he had to leave, and we are afraid we will never see him again.
Example
I wrote my story in the form of an interview. Carlos’s sisters are being interviewed after they got to see him for the first and last time after they were all kidnapped.
Journalist: I’m here with two young girls who have been kidnapped from their home and sold as slaves. Girls, can you tell me about yourselves?
Girls: We are sisters who are part of the Yavapai people. We lived peacefully with our family until the warring Pima tribe attacked and the US Government did nothing to stop them. We used to live in a tribe of 150 people, and lived on the beautiful red earth plateaus where our family has always lived.
Journalist: What has happened to you recently?
Girls: Ever since we were captured during the raid, we have been very unhappy. We were sold as slaves to the man who owns us now, and we have not seen our father, mother, or baby brother since then.
Journalist: But what about your other brother?
Girls: We saw him recently. The man who owns him brought him to see us. When we saw him, we ran out of the house saying “Wassaja!” which is his name. We were so happy to see him. But then he had to leave, and we are afraid we will never see him again.