I know it's waaaayy too late, but now that I finally got in bed early I'm going to post on Oktapodi and Mermaid before I go to sleep.
Oktapodi
Setting: A sunny day in Greek?
Characters: Two octopuses(the blue one a guy and the pink one a girl and are probably in love), the man and the bird
Conflict: A good relationship vs something that tries to break it
Irony: The blue octopus saves the pink octopus from the man and are happy together again, but next the blue one gets taken away by a seagull.
Ending: At the end the blue octopus was carried away by a seagull and the pink one went after it. I think that they will be able to be together again, but most likely the next enemy is ready to separate them apart. But as long as they have feelings for each other, I think they will find a way to work things out.
Mermaid
Setting: Near the sea. A time when imagining freely was prohibited.
Point of View: Third person.
Conflict: imagination vs reality
Symbols: The mermaid is definitely a symbol of something... maybe in this case imagination.
Ending: So the boy goes to the ocean to return the fish to where it belongs and then the mermaid that he couldn't see suddenly appeared again, and somehow he had fins too and they swam until no one could see them. It turned out to be a sad and shocking story in the end, since he probably died. But this is one of the the best stories I have ever seen without any words.
