I am finding it hard to practically draw together different aspects of Eddie Aikau's personal life to make for a compelling story to read. What I find difficult to describe is the transition point from the peaceful scene of Eddie singing for the people at the party before the journey to Polynesia, to the point where he sacrifices himself after said journey failed prematurely.
At first, I was certain that it all had to be written in the view of one of Eddie's friends, one Nainoa
Thompson. This was because he was the last man to talk to Eddie. I was honestly corrected by my colleagues of this notion, and now I am trying to figure out how to make the piece both historically correct and written in multiple points of view. The main problem is that even with an interesting person to research like Aikau, there is bound to be a lull somewhere. I found a few, but what really strikes me as difficult to write about is that Eddie acted unusually relaxed when he was leaving the sinking vessel. He did not give a moving speech that a fictional character might do, all he said was "I'll be okay. everything will be okay."before he left. I suppose this is what it means to accept what the truth is, even if it does not fit to how I want it to end.
It is also proving difficult to tell how exactly I will be ending the story, as Eddie simply disappears after a few moments. Also, a real problem is in which person's view the story should end in. I have a feeling that most of the writing should be in Nainoa Thompson's view. I think it would be a good idea for the story to jump back and forth between the point of view of Eddie, and Nainoa, but I will be ending the piece with Eddie swimming away, in his perspective.
Of course, first it will take a great deal of diligence to make this story work, as is proven by the amount of difficulties listed above. Eventually all of this will sort itself out in my mind, and I hope that it will be an entertaining piece to read in the end.
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