“After the Sirens” by Hugh Hood
Post Reading Assignment
“Epilogue: After the Sirens”
At the end of the story, the three characters that survive (man, woman, child) are sent to a refugee camp. They have nothing but the clothes on their back. There is nothing left of the city they used to live in and there are only six other survivors…
Choose one of the following writing prompts to create an epilogue for this short story (2-3 pages, double spaced):
1. How does this family rebuild their life? Where do they go, what do they do, etc?
2. Who are the other survivors? What is/are their story/stories?
3. Who was the family (we don’t know a lot about them from the original story) and where are they now?
4. It’s been 10 years since the attack and …
5. After 5 years the survivors return to what used to be their city, their home …
You can write from the perspective of the family, one of the other survivors, a narrator or a newly developed character. It’s your choice.
Due Date: September 30, 2009