I really want to emphasize writing through the thoughts of King Arthur. Imagine being a young orphan boy who is the destined king. Then, he meets Merlin, the greatest wizard of all time. The original stories that we are reading don't capture the characters' emotions at all. The writing is very detached and impersonal. I enjoy reading stories that develop characters and have back stories. Thoughts, in my opinion, are the most interesting thing to read in a story. The audience gets a sense of a certain character's personality and they literally get to be inside their head. It is amazing that people have written up these characters, but haven't elaborated on their lives at all. I have noticed that many myths have been made into some sort of book or movie, but it still might not give the readers a perspective into the heads of the characters.
I also have the option of putting my story in Merlin's point of view. There must be a lot going on in a wizard's head, especially such a famous one. The powers that he performs and the situations that he easily gets them out of are so fantastic and I think it would be very cool to capture this and write it in an assignment.
This story was actually one of my favorites because I love magic and wizards. Although I had never read these stories before, right when I read the description I knew I would enjoy it.
An encounter with
Merlin.
King Arthur: Tales of the Round Table by Andrew Lang
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