Ti Moune Quiz Question

I would costume Ti Moune, similar yet fairly different then the rest of the peasants. I would definitely want her to look somewhat like them, because she is very poor and doesn’t have money like the rich do. However, the book also makes her out to be different, and a “day dreamer.” Which is why I would want certain aspects of her costumes to be different than the others.

     To make her similar to the peasants, I would put her in a burlap bag type of cloth. The one that scratches at your arms, and that is sort of dirty, old looking. It wouldn’t have long sleeves, and would be fraying at the sides, where it looks like it was cut poorly. I would want it to look hand made, and literally taken from a burlap sack, and then thrown together. Her parents couldn’t afford much, and it was hard enough taking her in. However, that would only be her shirt. For her pants, I picture a thin brown cloth. I would be cut just before it gets to her knees. Like a pair of shorts that don’t give much room for protection. One side of the short will be cut shorter than the other, again to show that is hand made. As for her shoes, it would be just a pair of loafers. Some holes in certain spots from walking in the open fields. The bottoms of the shoe would be really thin, so they would hardly offer any protection for.

      However, I would also want her to look like the gods and the rich people, because she is different. I would make sure all the peasants eyes were a brown color and I would make Ti Moune’s eyes green. This way it looks more like the rich, and she would stand out from the rest of the peasants. The rich in this area typically have lighter eyes and hair. I know this is changing the book slightly, but I think it would show a more whimsical separation that is different.  She would look off in the distance with her bright green eyes. Also, I would want to represent her as looking somewhat like a god’s The gods that I made all had large headdresses that were filled with many different things depending on where they were from. I would want most of the peasants to wear, bandana like things on their head to block the sun. However, Ti Moune, would be wearing a flower headband. It would be woven out of vines and filled with flowers and moss. It would look very earthy and whimsical looking. Although, it wouldn’t be as big as the gods, it would defiantly show some resemblance to the god’s headdresses. Lastly, I would want Ti Moune to have a marking, this marking would be different then everybody else’s. It would be in the shape of a little crown right on her neck. The grown would represent a queen, as if she was meant to do something great. No one else, not even the rich would have a marking like this, which makes her even more closely related to the gods.  

      Ti Moune has many similarities and differences from the normal peasants. She is a part of them, but not at the same time, which makes her so different. I wasn’t positive on the green eyes, but I think it might be an interesting idea to do, so it separates her from the rest. All in all, she is a very interesting character to try and imagine.