“Bloodflowers” is a short story by W.D. Valgardson that takes place on “Black Island.” The story starts off with the protagonist Danny landing on the island to work there as a school teacher. As the story continues on, the reader learns more about the islander’s weird superstitions and behaviours. Danny jokingly brings up a myth to one of the islanders about how in a different location, they would make someone king for a year and then kill them to chase away the bad luck. Little did Danny know that this would end up to be his fate as the story continued on, he became the king and got anything he wanted. That myth ties into the physical artifact we have created since we created a crown with different decorations on it to represent Danny and the role he played on the island. …show more content…
They play a key role in the short story. The bloodflowers are an omen of bad luck according to the islanders. Once you pick one up, you’re cursed with bad luck unless you cut your finger or make your nose bleed. Danny leaves a strong first impression on some of the islanders since one of the first things he does when arriving on this island is picking up one of thee flowers. When, Mr. Poorwilly told Danny about the island’s superstition about the flower, Danny laughed it off. The islanders already began to see that Danny was doomed because of picking a bloodflower. Overall, the bloodflower is very important in finding out Danny’s fate. The islanders on the island also believed in a different superstition which was that if anything bad were to happen, it would happen in groups of three. On the crown, there is one large bloodflower placed among the group of three bloodflowers, to represent Marj and how she was the fourth death to happen. This meant that since there was a fourth bad thing to happen, the cycle of the groups of three would start all over again because there was an odd one