The Life of a Peasant

This is a script I wrote for my history project at school. I'll upload the movie that I directed and starred in.

The Life of a Peasant – Time Travel

(a short movie)

Scene 1a [in a bar] before Enlightenment

Peasant1: (singing out of tune) Hey ho! Have a merry jolly life. Hey ho! Have a nice day. We agricultural farmers work day and night, day and night, all day long. Ha!

Noble: (strides into the bar) what is that racket?

Bar keeper: Uh… um…uh… um…

Noble: (pulls rifle from his leather belt) Bang! Bang! Bang!

Peasant1: (pretend to be dead and fall to the floor)

Noble: And you too, Bar keeper! Shut up! Bang!

Scene 1b [in a bar] after Enlightenment

Narrator: If only they lived in the Enlightenment. John Lock had a political enlightenment idea. He proposed that people have the natural right to life. Let’s flash forward to the Enlightenment. (time flashes and peasants are transported to the Enlightenment)

Peasant1: (singing out of tune) Hey ho! Have a merry jolly life. Hey ho! Have a nice day. We agricultural farmers work day and night, day and night, all day long. Ha!

Noble: (strides into the bar) what is that racket?

Bar keeper: Uh… um…uh… um…

Noble: (pulls rifle from his leather belt)

Bar Keeper: STOP! What are doing with that gun in my bar?!!

Noble: Er… I’m the almighty Duke of Diocesan. I can shoot anyone I want.

Bar Keeper: No way. This is the Enlightenment, man. Now put away that gun and leave my bar at once! NOW!

Scene 2a [in the agricultural fields] before the Enlightenment

Peasants: (singing) We work all day, and get no pay. Working all day, we want to get away. Just give us some money and we will stay.

Noble: (walks into the fields accompanied by a servant) Hey! You! What was that I heard? Hah? Complaining again? How dare you! You shall work here all day for the rest of your life! No dinner for you tonight! You will work here 24/7 until I say stop!

Peasants: (trembling) Oh no… no… no… Don’t imprison us here! I have a family and my dear children are waiting for me! I have to go home. Please don’t keep me here!

Noble: Shut up! Who are you to talk to me like that? You’re just a peasant! (slaps peasant’s face)

Peasant: (sobs) boo-hoo…

Scene 2b [in the agricultural fields] after Enlightenment

Narrator: I wonder what would have happened if the government protected the people’s natural right to liberty? Let’s flash forward in time! (time flashes forward)

Peasants: (singing) We work all day, and get no pay. Working all day, we want to get away. Just give us some money and we will stay.

Noble: (walks into the fields accompanied by a servant) Hey! You! What was that I heard? Hah? Complaining again? How dare you! You shall work here all day for the rest of your life! No dinner for you tonight! You will work here 24/7 until I say stop!

Peasants: You can’t do that, you know? Huh? Who do you think we are? We are not slaves. We do not have to work for you unpaid. My wife is waiting for me at home. Come on, let’s go home!

Noble: Don’t leave me!!! There will be no one left to work for me! AGRH! (screams)

Scene 3a [in the market] before Enlightenment

Peasant 2: (yelling at the top of his voice) Hello! Come buy my bananas! Fresh and sweet! Come buy my bananas! Only at two shillings for a pound!

Shoppers: I want some! I want some! I’ll give you two shillings.

Noble: (struts over) And I’LL give you none. No shillings for you. Give me those bananas!

Peasant 2: (stuttering) wha- wha- what?

Noble: I SAID, GIVE ME THOSE BANANAS!

Peasant 2: Bu- bu- but you have to pa- pa-

Noble: What! You lowly peasant! You want me to pay for your measly bananas? I can get everything I want without paying. (steals bananas and puts them under his cloak)

Peasant 2: (crying) My bananas… (covers face with hands) Why? Why me…

Scene 3b [in the market] after Enlightenment

Narrator: Hmmm… John Lock also proposed that people have the natural right to property. Flash! (time flashes and they are transported to Enlightenment)

Peasant 2: (yelling at the top of his voice) Hello! Come buy my bananas! Fresh and sweet! Come buy my bananas! Only at two shillings for a pound!

Shoppers: I want some! I want some! I’ll give you two shillings.

Noble: (struts over and shoves shoppers aside) And I’LL give you none. No shillings for you. Give me those bananas!

Peasant 2: WHAT? You’ll pay like everybody else.

Noble: I SAID, GIVE ME THOSE BANANAS!

Peasant 2: I SAID, YOU’LL HAVE TO PAY FOR THEM!

Noble: (tries to steal bananas behind Peasant’s back)

Peasant 2: (slaps Noble’s hand) AND NO STEALING ALLOWED UNDER MY NOSE! Even if you’re a Noble, I don’t care if you are the Duke of Diocesan, you’ll have to pay for your stuff. Now leave my shop.

Scene 4 [Reflection]

Narrator: During the Enlightenment, thinkers different ideas in politics. The idea of natural rights are one of them. During the Enlightenment, people believed they were born equal. Peasants used to be lowly and neglected, and they were even abused and enslaved by the Nobles and Monarchs. The ideas of the Enlightenment changed everything.

Peasant 1: Yeah, man. I like equality. We are born equal with the Nobles. Even the Duke of Diocesan.

Peasant 2: Yeah, man. I like Enlightenment ideas. I never knew they were so useful. We won’t be killed, abused or cheated on.

Peasant 1: Yeah. This is good. Our lives and rights are protected. We’re FREE!

Peasant 2: Yeah. (turns to camera) Hey, thanks for joining us in this time travel.

Narrator: Thanks for watching! Bye!

(All wave)

~ The End~

Star Beast

This is a continuation of The Star Beast by Nicholas Stuart Gray. Enjoy.

Some time afterwards, there came a brilliant swath of light which tore the night sky in two. There were excited murmurs and squeals of delight from the town astronomers. But no one could find the origin of this spectacular display, and the matter was soon forgotten.

The creature had heard it, too. The way the beam of light had shot down seemed almost familiar. The creature sighed. It was probably imagining things.

A day later, several hooded figures were seen knocking on the front door of a certain farm. The farmer’s wife opened the door and welcomed the strangers in.

They were strangers indeed. Their faces were as green as leaves, with tufts of blue fur around the chin. Their eyes were a sulfurous yellow and slanted. They were tall and thin, with emerald hands and feet. They wore no shoes.

The farmer’s wife welcomed them warmly. “How may I help you, sirs?”

The strangers stared blankly at her, shook their heads, and muttered foreign sounds to her.

The farmer’s wife shook her head. “I don’t understand.”

The strangers spoke to each other in their foreign language. They meant “She doesn’t understand the universal language. Our friend has probably left. There’s no sign of him.”

One of them replied, “We shall go search somewhere else.”

So the hooded figures left the farm and went off to search high and low for their friend.

A month later, one of them sent off a signal that vibrated the country. The other strangers glided immediately to the woods where the signal was set off.

“What is it? Have you found him?”

“Yes! Yes! There, look!” One of the strangers pointed.

The others followed his gaze. There lay a whimpering creature. Its fur was matted and filthy. It was crouched on all fours, its feet and paws immersed in mud. Only its eyes were barely recognizable.

“Caelesti? Caelesti? Is that you? Why are you like this? Who did this to you? Stand up straight! Don’t lie there like a common creature!”

The creature whimpered.

The one who had found him sighed. “He won’t speak. He has lost all sense of language and dignity. He’s just an empty shell of his former shell. His soul is long dead.”

“Caelesti! Caelesti! Wake up!” One of them exclaimed. The creature shook its head. Tears brimmed up in its yellow eyes.

Several days later, an unknown spacecraft lifted off into the heavens. And a pile of grey dust and two topaz stones were found in the woods.

Welcome

Welcome to a collection of my works. My inspiration comes entirely from my subconscious, that is to say, I dream what I write. It's sort of strange, isn't it? But life is all but a dream... Only our soul is forever. The body is made up of two parts: The soul (or mind) and matter (atoms). The ability to think and feel is what separates us from other living beings. But are we actually beings or are we just puppets in the stage of life? No one knows. That is why philosophy is important. If we do not know the origin of the Earth, or the Universe; then at least we can reflect on our own lives. Why do we exist? Do we exist?