UWW '05 Prompt 5

Beginners Short Story Prompt 5:

Character Formation:

Character Name: Thomas Brown (known as Tom to his friends);

Age and birth date: Age 56, born May 1st 1948;

Place of birth: Pembury Hospital, Pembury, Kent;

Place of current residence: Beech House, South Street, Hythe, Kent, CT21;

Hair and eyes colour: Thick, curly grey hair, bearded, pale blue eyes;

Skintone: Pale with freckles;
Places to vacation: Eastbourne, Bexhill on Sea;

Likes:

Food: Traditional English cookery, Coffee made with milk and two sugars, Biscuits, Corned Beef Sandwiches;

Colour: Brown;

Books: None – Sun Newspaper, Roy of the Rovers Comic;

Hobbies: Jigsaw puzzles;

People: Fellow residents of Beech House, particularly Mildred;

Music: Elvis, Peggy Lee, Hymns;

TV Programme: Local news and weather, The Paul O’Grady show, Emmerdale, Big Brother;

Other: Feeding the ducks, Boot Fairs;

Dislikes:

Food: Foreign Food, Trifle, Fruitcake;

Colour: Purple, Pink;

Books: Does not read books;

Hobbies: Sport, Card games
People: Peter, fellow resident in neighbouring room, Jamie Corcoran, owner of Beech House, Martha Bridges, cook at Beech House;

Music: Pop Music, Opera, Classical;

TV Programme: Any documentary, Motor Racing;

Other: answering the telephone, having his haircut, going to the dentist, change;

Hopes and Dreams: to marry Mildred, and to own a car;

Current Realities: Lives in a residential establishment for people with a learning disability, and is in receipt of benefit;

Job or Profession: Has never worked owing to learning disability;

Educational Background: In remedial class throughout school, left school at 14;

Style of speech: Simple, very quietly spoken;

Style of dress: Wears tweed jacket (brown), grey trousers with hem coming down, shirt and tie. Has a brown overcoat for inclement weather, but also always wears open toed sandals with socks;

Anything else: Tom spent most of his life living with his parents in Folkestone until their deaths in 1976 (father) and 1980 (mother). Since 1980 has lived at Beech House in Hythe. Can make snacks and drinks, can take care of personal hygiene, but has difficulty with reading, writing, and numeracy, though is able to make small purchases without assistance. Tom absolutely dotes on Mildred, who accompanies him almost everywhere. Mildred is more obviously disabled than Tom, seldom speaking, and reliant upon him for assistance with walking. Being able to help Mildred gives great pleasure to Tom, and is probably his primary focus.