The story goes that in the 1910s there was a young couple. Then the male half goes off to WWI. Fighting there, he's disfigured in an accident and eventually shipped home. But he doesn't want his lady to see him all messed up so he goes into hiding.
Meanwhile, the lady moves on with her life and gets married to someone and has a son. The son, when he's 6 or 7 or so explores the creepy house in the neighborhood. There he finds the disfigured guy holed up. The guy and kid strike up a friendship while the kid keeps it from his parents.
I think in the end the guy decides that instead of hiding out like Boo Radley he should go somewhere else and start a new life. But maybe that's too sad of an ending? What do you think?
And here's the song I used for the title:
2 comments:
It sounds like an interesting idea, and of course the success or failure of such an idea rests with the writer's ability to make us care about the characters and root for them as they face conflict and challenges.
Sounds interesting. I just wonder what you would have happen in the middle of the story.
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