A story about friendship – The red and blue cloak
As the Italian proverb says, “who finds a friend, finds a treasure”, a friend is something precious, possibly for life. Though friendship must be cultivated: protected and nurtured. Around this topic you are asked to become first a philosopher and then a writer...
Try it out!
Warm up
What’s most important in friendship?
Share your answers and discuss with your buddy the following questions:
1. Why do you consider this most important?
2. What happens if this element is missing?
3. What feelings are connected to it?
Learn
This is a short story from the Congo, but it is relevant for any friendship around the world.
Click here to read it!
Dive in 1
Together with your buddy take turns reading out loud the story to each other, help each other in understanding the terms you might not know yet.
Dive in 2
Together with your buddy, find and write down answers to the following questions:
- How long have the boys been best friends?
- How and why did they start a quarrel?
- What could have been done to avoid this conflict?
Create
Step 1
Have you had similar experiences?
What would you and your buddy do in such a situation?
Share your thoughts!
Step 2
Now look back at your previously written most important element in a friendship and decide together on a topic to create a new story of two friends in a similar situation.
Following a similar structure of the story, write together a new imagined story including:
- a different backstory of a similar situation
- possible inciting incidents
- your and your buddy’s choice of action in such a situation
If you still feel like being creative, give your story a title and draw the cover of your story!
Share it with your friends and other people you love.
Reflect
Reflect on your new story:
- What are the differences between the friends in the story of ‘The Red and Blue Cloak’ and the ones in yours?
- What are the positive and negative feelings around any conflict between friends?
- What should be the most important element(s) in a friendship?
- What will you do from now on whenever you and your friends have a conflict?
Share your thoughts and make your postcard!
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