Protagonist Brainstorm

What does your protagonist want?

• In my story, my character is pressured to become perfect. In this society, flaws are what they look like. However, my character has grown-up with a figure that tells her that there is more in the world. So instead of wanting only to be pretty, she wants to be a writer, to tell the stories that her father told her about the world before.
• I don’t know about the writer part, maybe she wants to be a teacher, because all of the society is really focused on herself, maybe she is different because she wants to help other people instead of being really self-centered.

What obstacles stand in your protagonist’s way?

• In my story, the society is who enforces the laws. They all want to become this ideal citizen because after that they get to live a life of luxury and fame.
• Lack of Knowledge affects my main character because she knows all the stories that her father has told her, but anything else society has forgotten, or completely
• Family Members and Said “Friends” also prevent her from breaking rules, because they all think she is beautiful and she is their way to the top. Pretty much they force her to do activities to make her more beautiful so that they can be recognized as helpers of her success.
• Mirrors restrict my character because these mirrors are programmed to show flaws in the character’s look. These mirrors are placed everywhere, I am also thinking that they could possibly have camera’s to make sure the society follows through.
• Pictures/Videos of these beautiful robot women that show society exactly what they want you to be. They also show the end result of the system that the society is going through. “You go through the system and you will become perfect.” – (for example)
• Major lack of individuality, because the only thing that characters can do is fix themselves, instead of finding things that make them happy.
• Lack of happiness, because they are always focused on how they look bad, and how to make them look better.
• Live in a huge city, massive video billboards depicting the people that have made it to the top, constant reminders of what people want to be.

Specific Characteristics of your protagonist (appearance, special skills/abilities, knowledge)

• My character is curious, she wants more in her life. She also is extremely beautiful, she is the ideal citizen already, however, it is only on the outside. Inside, she questions society, wants to learn,  and understands how corrupt the government is.
• What if the mother was like her daughter, questioning, and then the government shut her down and pretty much traumatized her so much that she won’t talk about it, maybe she has features that tell how she was shut down.