Craft a narrative from the viewpoint of a character perceiving the world differently.

Creative Feature, prompt from Crimson

Rachel Jeong, 17 yrs

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Craft a narrative from the viewpoint of a character perceiving the world differently. Explore how this unique perspective influences relationships, decisions, and their understanding of reality.

.eye ym sehctac sknip letsap ni namow gnidloh-allerbmu na kniht I

.yraropmetnoC eht ot noitces tsinredoM eht morf evom I

This is the way it goes.

There are now quiet murmurs in the crammed AIC room. .won knowingness dloh I

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.enim rof rac eht ni tiaw i .sdlo-raey-owt fo weps gnimocni eht slangis ecnaraeppa s’rehcaet eracyad eht ,llitS

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i guess that’s the way it goes:

 .frivolous white uniform ni stfihs thgin eht krow I .neercs noisivelet tnatsid a morf flesym gnihctaw ,stop eht htiw rebmalc I os dnA

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 .eromyna dnabsuh reh ta skool ylerab ehs .namow deriah-egnaro eht si rehtom ym

 .srae ym ot neerg-eulb eht fo gninway lamsyba eht otni trotnoc shtgnelevaw dnuos

 ”.eromyna uoy peek tonnac ew ro ,flesruoy xif…siht od ot uoy rof aeroK morf yaw eht lla etargimmi t’ndid ew--tuo gninnur si ereh emit ruo ,seog ti woh si siht-T ?erutuf ruoy ,oykahead tuoba tahW--yrT“

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.family evah ew yhw s’taht ebyaM .ytidommoc a ekil detaert era uoy nehw ,sluos laer on era ereht nehw devol leef ot drah s’ti

 .gnihton od i os .thgin teiuq eht fo elddim eht ni ecalp til-llew ,naelc a ni rab a ta gnittis ,yllautneve nwod tel eb lliw--oot I--srotca sseltsil eht ,namow evisnep eht taht wonk i .buidings eseht ekil ynam oot ,1nemow egdirbmaC ynam oot era ereht .tnempoleved ruednarg fo snoisulli yecirp evig taht esoht--ssenwolloh ni tuo dettug ,esirec dedaf fo serutcurts esoht otni ,ti no sdneped efil ruoy ekil ,tliub snamuh eripme wolloh emos rof boj pu-edam a ni ytinamuh deifidommoc ruoy yawa krow ot niart ot ,yalp s’efil ni terf dna turts og ot gninrom nmaddog yreve emutsoc a ni pu gnisserd fo tniop eht s’tahw ? buildings school fo sdnasuoht fo snet ni drawrof gnicaf lla sriahc ni gnittis ,robal yrotcaf ekil em nopu decrofne egdelwonk ekil ytilauq tsilatnednecsnart a si yhw

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.siht ekil luos a rof degnol reven ev’i

 ?dluohs wef-doolb tceles a yaw eht em evol enoyreve t’nseod yhw ?ylimaf ym htiw eb i dluohs yhw dna ,ylimaf a si tahw .yawa gnizag ,riah regnig htiw namow eht si ehs

 .sksa amdnarg etihw gnihcaorppa na

 ”,ylimaf ruoy htiw ro--nam gnuoy ,loohcs ni uoy t’nera yhW“

 .nwod tel tog tsuj eh ebyam .em gnicaf kcab dehcuorc ,tah dna tius kcalb a ni enohp eht no nam etihw a ees i

.rehto hcae ta kool neve t’now yeht

 .rotca demutsoc trapretnuoc a ot tnecajda ,ylevisnep ,ylteiuq stis ehs .sserd der tnaillirb erom neve na ,riah egnaro tnaillirb sraew namow gnuoy a ,ecaps etartenep seye evisnep reh sa god toh a gnidloh ylsuoicsnocnu .niatnuof elbram erauqs ytic eht fo mir dednuor eht no tis i

 .stcurtsnoc eviecrep ylno i

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 .gnibborht latipicco gnitatirri tsom ,tsekciht eht ecrofne ot rettam yarg ym gnitartenep ,thgil neerg-eulb lanimil eht saw esion ylno eht

 ”.CIA“ eht ta ti was i nehw ,yam litnu ti ezilaer t’ndid i

 .gnitniap eht si ees i lla

1 “the Cambridge ladies who live in furnished souls.” e.e. cummings, 1923.