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What POV is driving the story? What central point/need/desire for your community member must be conveyed?


Overall: Violence 
        Ma Sarah :
                  -The amount they suffered was immense 
                  -The rebels were inhumane


       Mama Sania:
                 -Struggled to survive
                 -Starvation- struggle to find and keep food 
                 -Beating by the rebels


What dramatic question is organizing this narrative?


                -How to do you cope with your PTSD?

                -How do you “come back” after all this suffering?


What 5 central moments/themes must be included and why?


           1. Death- important part in Mama Sania’s story 
           2. PTSD- main focus 

           3. What higher ground has done for them
           4. Music- lighter moment 
           5. Resilience 


 In what order? How will you open, transition, close, etc. 


               -Open with Sarah’s story
               -Ma Sania’s story
               -Transition: How they got to the U.S. 
               -Suffering → today 
               -Henri talking about PTSD and how it affected them
               -Education- end 
               -Playing instruments- at the end 

Plan 1

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