Line #42 Literature/FindingHope


1	''[[http://therealjackieboy.deviantart.com/art/FINDING-HOPE-612294494 Finding Hope]]'' is a short screenplay written by Tropers/{{Therealjackieboy}} as a final project for his high school literature class. jackieboy wrote the screenplay as an homage to [[SpaghettiWestern Spaghetti Westerns]], mainly the ones made by Creator/SergioLeone, containing loads of references to various [[TheWestern Westerns]] of his, along with a bit of deconstruction. jackieboy has no intent on turning the screenplay into a movie, and just wanted to tell a story using a different format.
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3	It's been a year after [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar the Civil War]] has ended, and the Peck family, consisting of Lee, his wife Maude, and their son Gerald, finish up what they are doing in order to pray to God and have some lunch together. Right as they are about to chow down, the Peck family is invaded by an unwelcome and mysterious stranger who goes under the name [[BigBad Jack Angel]]. Things start going for the worst when Angel claims to be hunting sheriffs for the sole purpose of exterminating every human being on earth, Lee being one of them. The plot then takes a turn for the worst.
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5	A novelization has also been written by therealjackieboy, which can be viewed [[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3321845/1/Finding-Hope here.]]
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7	Spoilers are unmarked, it's best to read the script first before diving into this page.
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10	!!This script provides examples of:
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12	* AmbiguousEnding: Whether or not Nobody accepts Gerald's offer at becoming the new town sheriff is left entirely up to the reader.
13	* BittersweetEnding: Jack Angel is killed by Nobody after exacting his revenge on him, but Gerald's parents and Nobody's sister are still dead, something that even Nobody comments on.
14	* BreakTheCutie: Gerald after Jack Angel kills his parents.
15	* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Jack Angel forgets who Nobody is, despite the fact that he killed his sister fifteen years ago. He suddenly remembers seconds before he dies.
16	* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: Maude talks some sense into Jack Angel (who has a gun pointed at her husband) without caring about what he'll do to her.
17	* DodgeTheBullet: Nobody dodges both of Jack Angel's bullets when he first meets him. Same can't be said for their duel.
18	* DuelToTheDeath: Jack Angel and Nobody have one over Gerald's fate.
19	* EvilCounterpart: Jack Angel is one to Nobody.
20	* EvilIsPetty: Jack Angel shot a priest and took his hat after the priest claimed Angel to be "a man of sin".
21	* EvilWearsBlack: Jack Angel dresses in an all black attire.
22	* FatalFlaw: Nobody's pride and confidence almost gets him killed, while Jack Angel's blind determination to complete his goals does.
23	* FauxAffablyEvil: Jack Angel appears to be very gentlemen like and polite. In actuality, he's a monstrous sadist who kills people with a smile on his face.
24	* TheHeavy: Jack Angel is the one behind every conflict in the story.
25	* HeroOfAnotherStory: Nobody's quest to find Jack Angel.
26	* HolierThanThou: Jack Angel thinks of himself as this.
27	* {{Homage}}: Towards Creator/SergioLeone westerns, and the entire Western genre as a whole
28	* HumanShield: Angel attempts to use Gerald as one in order to keep Nobody from shooting him.
29	* {{Hypocrite}}: Jack Angel claims to Lee that he "can't stand people who kill others just trying to live out their lives," despite the fact that he's doing just that to Lee's family.
30	* InvincibleHero: Averted and Deconstructed with Nobody. Even though he's pretty good at dodging bullets, he still manages to get wounded after his almost fatal duel with Jack Angel. Nobody even comments on how he always makes it out unscathed, realizing that he's not as invincible as he thinks.
31	* IronicNickname: Jack ''Angel'', who is far from a saint.
32	* KickTheDog: Jack Angel attempting to kill Gerald, all because he heard him kill his parents, grinning while trying to pull the trigger.
33	* KnightTemplar: Jack Angel believes himself to be a righteous man who is expelling evil from the world by killing people, starting with the sherifs. In actuality, Angel is a violent lunatic who is blinded by religion.
34	* MementoMacGuffin: Nobody's locket, which contains a photo of him and his older sister.
35	* NoNameGiven: Both Nobody and Jack Angel are just aliases.
36	* SlasherSmile: Jack Angel gives one before he kills Gerald.
37	* TheSociopath: Jack Angel, who doesn't care about killing people, just as long as he accomplishes his twisted goals.
38	* TryingNotToCry: Nobody holds back some tears while trying to tell Gerald his backstory.
39	* VillainousBreakdown: Jack Angel goes through one when he attempts to take Gerald's like for a second time right after Nobody shoots him in the stomach; he gets louder and more bloodthirsty.
40	* WouldHurtAChild: Angel doesn't mind trying to kill Gerald after he noticed him killing his parents. Even after getting shot in the stomach, he still attempts to kill Gerald.
41	* WouldntHurtAChild: Nobody, however, wouldn't dare hurt a child.
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