Saturday, April 17, 2010

Charlotte Temple 21st Century

The plot of the modern Charlotte Temple would start with Charlotte's parents disappearing and so she was sent to a orphanage in Ohio. Charlotte was the outcast because she was thin and lanky for a young girl and came in refusing to accept that her parents did not want her. She makes a friend Rachel who she confides in and as they grow up they aspire to be models and escape the orphanage. One night after a large fight among the girls of the orphanage Charlotte runs away to Chicago to starting acting and hopefully modeling. On the bus she meets Montraville who tells her that he can make her a successful model if she sticks with him. Charlotte falls for Montraville and his charming ways. Charlotte is used by Montraville in Chicago where her talents grow though she is unhappy in her life of strangers. He and La Rue tricked Charlotte into going to Paris to promote her and her modeling. This is where they strand her and she finds out that she is pregnant. Walking alone at night, Charlotte is attacked and beaten. The police find her and save her baby but Charlotte dies. Her parents had been looking for her and went to Paris to get their granddaughter.
The settings would be in Ohio first, then she runs away to Chicago, then she is taken to Paris.
The Modernized Charlotte Temple would have all the same characters just differently placed in the story and in her life.

1 comment:

  1. I really enjoyed your version of the modern day Charlotte Temple. I like how the orphanage in Ohio represents the boarding school in Britain. Although there were some difference (like in the real Charlotte Temple, Charlotte cares for her parents and vice versa and always wants to please them) I though your story could have really been true if Charlotte Temple were to take place in the 21st century. I also like the way you used the same characters names as in the real Charlotte Temple. It really made relating the book back to the original book easy. Overall I really like your story, it was very creative. I think if it really was a book I would enjoy reading it!

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