FINAL PROJECT
Moral of Story 3: Problems of eating too much candy.
- There is a boy who loves candies and refuses to eat his vegetable.
- As a result, he teeth began to decay, and one day chips off.
- He visited the dentist and had his two front teeth extracted
- He learns his lesson after that and eats in moderation.
01. Characters
Edward
The story centers on Edward, the main character of this story. Edward plays a child who is obsessed with sweets and candy. His obsession went to the extend where he would mix sweets and candy together with his vegetables and rice in order to finish his dinner. His teeth began to decay and he had to see the scary dentist. He learns his lesson from that day on and doesn’t binge on sweets anymore.
Edward’s Mother
Edward’s mother is portrayed as the role of the adviser and she is not able to get Edward to listen to her. This is a reflection of the situation in reality, in the sense that most of the time, the parent’s advice is not heeded – unless physical punishment is used – until the kid suffers the consequences. Therefore, most kids can relate to Edward.
Dentist
The dentist is the main tool in the story’s use of fear appeals. During the group’s discussion, it was interesting to note how most of us were afraid of the dentist as a kid. This stereotype of the “killer” dentist is therefore amped up with the use of unusualness in his facial features.
02. Plot
This story is centered on Edward who is obsessed with sweets, candy, ice cream and basically all the sweet stuff that most kids love. Ignoring the warnings from his mother, he eventually loses his teeth. From that day on, he learns his lesson and practices self-control and eats his sweets in moderation.
03. Storyline
Introduction Scene
Edward is a normal boy whose only problem is his sweet tooth. He loves it so much that he goes to the extreme by his mixing sweets with his rice and vegetables during meals. His helpless mother perpetually warns him of the consequences of his eating habits, however he does not heed her advice and continues to binge.
As days go by, he continues his bad habit and periodically goes to the fridge to take his sweets. (It is questionable on why there would be sweets in the fridge in the first place, but we made this assumption to keep the story simple for children)
The body
Eventually Edward’s teeth began to decay and turn yellow as days past. One day, his teeth finally chipped off in the midst of his candy binge. In shock, he ran to his mother to seek comfort and started crying. Edward’s mother then decides to bring him to the dentist, which becomes a frightening experience.
At the dental clinic, Edward hides behind his mother when he was introduced to the dentist. The dentist then examines Edward’s teeth and shakes his head in dismay. Edward tooth decay was so bad that he needed to extract a number of his teeth.
The dentist takes out a syringe and injects Edward to put him to sleep for the “surgery”. Edward’s vision starts to blur and doesn’t have an recollection of the surgical process. Even though in reality, a surgery will not actually happen when you get a chipped tooth, however we felt that this storyline would compliment the use of fear appeals.
The Climax
Edward wakes up the next day thinking that it was a dream. When he goes into the bathroom and looks at mirror, he gets a nasty surprise. A lot of his teeth were missing and it looked very ugly.
Conclusion
From that day onwards, Edward learnt his lesson and began to limit his “sugar” intakes and stopped binging on sweets. Overtime, his teeth grew back and he had his smile again.
Typography
Burbank Big Wide for our cover.
- Font size: Title: 60pt / Done by: 15.4pt
This font gives the feel of cartooned vibrancy and excitement, which fits in perfectly with the style of the art form. This complements the overall appeal of the front cover of the storybook
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