TGT Characters I
by Leigh K Cunninghamin The Glass Table
20 Aug 2009 | 1 Comment
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I would like to introduce you to the primary characters in The Glass Table—the twelve children cast into a spell to live in the river Kai in two opposing spirit groups: the river spirits and the wood spirits. The river spirits can escape the spell, but only with dire consequences for the wood spirits, which strains relationships and pits the two groups against each other. First, the river spirits: Fourteen-year-old Jack Irwin-Hunter becomes the leader of the river spirits by default since no one else wants the position due to the responsibility and sacrifice that comes with it. This character is named after two people: my nephew, Jack, and Steve Irwin, the crocodile hunter, and the character traits of Jack Irwin-Hunter are very much those of the real Jack who is now fifteen and too young to sue. Jack finds himself at Lake Como when the spell is cast having run away from home, feeling unloved and unwanted following the tragic death of his younger brother, Colby, who was killed by a speeding car. As mentioned in FAQs, this was influenced by my own experience as a 16-year-old when my older brother, Paul, was killed on his motorbike. I know the turmoil that follows the death of a sibling and how difficult it is for a child to understand any of it. It is only through Jack returning home as a river spirit, unseen by his parents, does he come to appreciate that in fact, his parents love him very much and will do everything in their power to find him and bring him home. Next blog: river spirits, Jordan Carrefour, Ming Zhi Chen, and Lucy Bintapple. Regards |
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Comments (1)
I know it's tough thing naming your characters. I certainly like the basis of them, it shows you have put a lot of thought into it. You have also made then poignant which means they will easily generate recall in your readers. well done Leigh.
22 Aug 2009, Kev Webb, http/:www.johnnymarsh.net