Edwidge Danticat’s Krik? Krak! shows the difficulties of many Haitian faced in their lives. One of the challenges is about immigrants to or their country. As it is shown in the story Children of the Sea, a young boy is on a boat going to America, and the girl who he loves is staying in Haiti. Both of them imagine they have each other to talk with and to start writing letters to record their lives. (Intro)
The story deeply attracts me at the beginning. It is a very dramatic story with a lot of information that needs reader to explore beyond its surface. I see those illegal immigrants on the boats with the boy, all those people have their past, which forced them to leave their country. Considering the background of the story, when Haiti was under dictatorship. I understand that for those people, their lives in Haiti was hopeless, so they want a new life. So those brave people left their country to America, through the bad pass on the sea. From the boy's’ letter, the writer describes the actions of the boy, the story of some passengers, and how the boy think in his mind. These expressive the despite those illegal immigrants without saying directly, which bring me more impressions. The story also tells about the other people who stayed in Haiti through the girl. The girl witness how to crush the dictatorship brought the country into. She saw the violence of the solder wand the powerless of ordinary people like her. Staying or leaving is always a hard question for those people, the story shows the two different kinds of chose to express the hard condition for Haiti. This impressive me a lot, and I feel confident to adapt this story into a performance. (Summary of original story)
This story Children of the Sea has great concept inside, but my partner and I do not satisfied with only performing it. We decide to change the setting of the story from Haiti to North Korea and let the character grows up. We want to present a different story that has its highlights to interest audiences. The concept of Haiti and North Korea is very similar, which both of the countries were under dictatorship and its people were struggled to decide leave of stay. Changing the setting to North Korea also let our story seems more interesting to play. I act the role of the boy, who grows up, married with the girl become a father. The second main point of our performance will be how the character extends from the origin story. It is interesting to continue the story and bring new views to the original story. (Summary of the adaptation)
In the performance, I use my expressing in the school threaten to create the stage, blocking and the lights. We use pictures and background Music to help to tell the settings. For example, the King Zen-un’s picture, the national song of North Korea. Moreover, I use two spot lights to force the character when they are writing their letters. The letters with the spot lights create the finest expression that I looked for. It fits with the story and brings audiences into the deeper level of the character's mind. (Setting, blocking for performance)
The final performance goes on smoothly. My partner and I were familiar with the story and knew what we should do on stage. But I was nervous on the stage and forget lines very often. So I force on remembering the lines more than living as the character on stage. I notice that there are moments that my character breaks up on the stage. But one thing that I am very proud of myself is there was a whole line that I forget, but I push myself to say some words that my character would say. Like “this is for her to have a better life” and let the conversation continues. It is a great save in my mind, and I find the moment the most successful as acting the character on stage. (Value the final performance)
It is a very meaningful experience for me. I learn a lot throughout the princess, and I enjoy the time I have with my partner and all my classmate in the theater. There is a long way to go to reach professional acting; I am glad that I try my best to bring out an excellent performance.(Conclusion)
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