Narrative

The narrative is about a derelict house that has just been bought by a family of a man, a woman, and their 2 daughters, aged 5 and 7. The house is situated in a rich, high class area where everybody in the neighbourhood is friendly. But it may all seem to good to be true. The family witness haunting events occurring in their house, such as scratching of the doors and light bulbs popping. What they don’t know is, underneath their house is a masked man. The neighbours always help the new welcomed family and reject any strange behaviour which occurs in the neighbourhood, this makes the new family wonder if they may be too paranoid as they feel watched day and night. However, due to these distraught events and feelings, the family decide to leave, but when they try, their car suspiciously breaks down, with the nearest repair shop miles away. The family then call a family friend over to the house to collect them and help them leave. But when they arrive, there is a turn of events. They begin to leave and one of the kids leaves a toy in the house, and as the father goes to get it, he finds a hole, and as he looks into the hhole he sees an eye staring back. They try to leave as fast as possible, however the car the family friends have bought, has also very suspiciously broken down. The father begins to wonder who is underneath their house, so he and the family friend, bravely try to get underneath the house through the floorboards and finds a man who is trapped in a mask and has his hands tied together, the masked man reaches for a wooden spear which looks like he has made scratching at a chair leg. He aims at the father, just before the father shouts "Who are You?", he then stops. The man cannot speak, so he points to a wall where he has painted his blood which shows what happened to him. He was put under the house by his neighbours, because he tried to leave the neighbourhood. The masked man then helps the two families escape as he seeks revenge against the neighbours and gives them a neighbours car.


It is a Linear Narrative
There is an Equilibrium f when the family moves to the new house, then a Disequilibrium of the family witnessing strange events, then a New Equilibrium when the masked man helps them leave.
There is an Enigma code of people wondering who the masked man is under the families house.

There is an Action code of the wooden spear being held by the masked man.

The Villain is the neighbourhood itself.

The Helper is the family who gives the masked man his freedom to go after the villain.

The Hero is the masked man as he saves the family from the neighbourhood who were preying on the new family.

The False hero are the neighbours as they all appear to be helpful and good but are bad

The Princess are the family and the family friend who need to be rescued.