'Under Pressure'

'Under Pressure'

1. "Write a story with the title 'Under pressure'

   • 1.Man joins the army
     • Pressured by his desire to be celebrated
       • Thinks that being in the army will make people proud of him
     • Pressured to join
       • People tell him how much he'll be recognised
       • Made to sound great
         • Paid to hold a gun
         • Get to see the world
   • 2.Starts off enjoying it
     • Hints of unease
       • "Cut off my hair, but it's not too bad"
       • Learning how to kill
     • Everyone bonding and becoming friends
     • Likes the marching
     • Pressured to enjoy it
   • 3.First mission
     • First time of unhappiness
     • Has to take a man hostage
       • Doesn't like having to take the man
         • Away from family and friends
         • Children crying
       • Other soldiers beat the man
         • Tells them to stop
         • Pressured to join in
         • Ends up joining them
   • 4.Kills first person
     • A woman
     • Won't stop walking to them
       • Pressured to shoot her
       • He shoots her
         • Slow motion
         • He feels...
           • ...ashamed
             • No reason to shoot
           • ...betrayed
             • Nobody told him that is would be like this
           • ...meek
             • Submissive to the army's ways

2. "Write an extract from the autobiography from one of the charactors in your story

   • Also pressured in her life
     • Pressure to join the U.N
       • Brother and sister both peacekeepers
         • Mum killed by roadside bomb
       • Otherwise dad would disown her
   • She wanted to fight in what she believed in
     • Same as the man just for different reasons
     • She died with a flag in her hand