Artiom K. Short Story Proposal

Exposition

The symbol of human achievements, the stone cold icon of pure power and glory, the crown jewel of a supreme empire, hardened by hundreds of years of survival through economic instability and political turmoil. Built on the blood and sweat, a beautiful city was raised which sheltered millions of its inhabitants from the blazing sun and resentfully cold nights of the harsh desert climate. As the empire continued its existence, it created close ties with liberalism and the strong belief the in the future. The vital part of the political formation and development was taken by the higher council, a group of influential priests that controlled the prosperity level in the city.

Inciting Incident

One of priests was a newly ordained man of middle age named Meti or righteous. As he was walking through the city, he was filled with zeal and ideas of the strong need to prove his eminence to the council. Before his visage fell a scene of a guard attempting to make a group of slaves carrying rocks move faster. As the group slowly accelerates its movement, a young woman overtook a huge and strong man. She was moving at a faster pace while carrying the same load. This act provoked disgust from Meti’s side as he would never expect a women working harder than a man who is several times stronger and in good medical health. This act also inspires the man to find a motivational factor to make the slaves work to their maximum physical capability.

Rising Action

As Meti continued to cogitate about the subject, he was gradually overtaken by exhortation for the need of reaching success in his task. He began imbibed by the idea of modernizing the social structure and system and dressed as a slave. He spent several weeks in a congregation of slaves trying to find what they truly want, what could make them work harder. His cellmate turned out to be the man he saw in the city whose name was Kamenwati which meant dark rebel who always pushed long and inaugurating speeches of glories freedom.

Climax

Meti understands that freedom is the most prominent aspect for motivating the slaves to work harder. As he continues to reason, he understands that by setting a slave free, he needs to provide an incentive for that individual to continue working. He comes to a conclusion to create a secondary currency that only the freed slaves would use. For each rock that is carried in, a freed slave will receive a specified amount of money that he will be able to spend to increase his material possessions.

Falling Action

With the cooperation with the higher council Meti imposes his system. Temporarily stunned by their sudden freedom, the freed slaves don’t know what to do with their newly acquired. As time continues to unravel, the system proves to be extremely affective as people try to earn as much money as possible. They built wagons to transport rocks faster, some people begin to serve food to the workers for money, and some provide medical assistance.

Resolution

The story ends with the people, unknowingly becoming slaves in another system that uses an individual’s natural desire for more against him.

Two Important Characters

Meti

Meti is a middle aged man who easily stood out of the crowd due to his differentiating features. He was a man of small proportions and seemed to be a dweller of establishments that focused upon their employee’s mental capabilities rather than physical. He had an ability to strike up a conversation inquiring any topic and had a calm personality. Just like any person in the higher council, Meti was affluent and had a strong sphere of influence in the city.

Kamenwati

Kamenwati was a young man that surpassed most of those around him in physical strength. During the time he spent with Meti, he has showed his passionate and emotional character and his wonderful abilities as an orator. Kamenwati is significant in the story because he provides Meti with the details of the life and the burdens and desires of a typical person in the lower congregations of society and acts as a stepping stone for Meti that will lead to a new social system.

Master Plot

I think this short story would be categorized as a pursuit without the elements of an adventure or quest because the main character remains more or less stationary throughout the story. This could also be categorized as a pursuit not as in the sense of escape but more like a moral struggle to achieve a goal. In the case of Meti, he wants to prove his is worthy of the position in the higher council and also wants to modernize the empire he loves.