Eenie Meanie Minnie

The premise of this book is to look at the same set of events through a series of characters through the narrative. Every event is viewed differently by the viewer of that event.

The title of the book comes from the childhood game ,'Eenie, Meanie, Miny, Mo....' because of the structure that the story can be approached through any of the characters of the book.

The inspiration of the whole story, especially that of Mini comes from the Greek tale of King Minos and the Minotaur. One of the protagonists of the story abandons his family and arranges a complex labyrinth for them to find out the truth.

The handmade elements of the book are that it is an old art book that has three 14 page booklets embedded inside it with an adjoining page having book elements that are reflective of the stories in the books.

The fonts used for the body text throughout the book is a sans serif font, Century Gotham and the cover fonts include Rockwell, Ashby Medium and Kingthings Knobson.

Documentation based on the guidelines discussed in class.

Plot

The basic principle I followed was to write an overall umbrella story and divide individual stories into the following pattern

Main Plot- Sub plot- Plot- Sub Plot- Plot

The sub-plots were my favorite tools as each of the characters could have their internal personal stories outside the narrative structure.

Structure

The structure of the book was that you could start reading any of the three separate stories in any order, and end with the same story.

Words

I intended an adult audience for the book. The distinguishing factor was that Miny's story was written in first-person while the two others were written in third person.

Subject

The subject is a family story that deals with the issues of death, abandonment and the hero stereotype that we hold on to in our lives.

Style

I wrote the three stories which were characterized by 3 ways of observation; thinking/feeling, intuition and sensory.

Books and Movies that were an inspiration.

The Lilac Bus, by author Maeve Binchy.

Roshomon

Vantage Point

12 Angry Men