Character journal
Natalie Boyle aka Alexia Meisterkoch
Who you are - past
Who you are - now
What you want
What is your job right now?
Who you are - past
- What is your full name? Alexia Meisterkoch
- What else are you called? (nickname?) Alexia
- What is your sex? Female
- What is your age? 31
- What is your height and weight? 5’10 and 130
- What color are your hair, eyes, skin, etc.? Blonde hair, blue eyes, pale skin, faint freckles all over face, small framed glasses
- What sort of posture do you have? straight, confident
- What is your overall appearance? (good-looking, over- or underweight, clean, neat, pleasant, untidy. Shape of head, face, limbs, etc.) good looking, slightly underweight, feminine, clean, kind of plain/ boring
- Any defects? (deformities, abnormalities, birthmarks, diseases) no
- Where do you live? (city, state, country) Berlin, Germany
- Where were you born? Aachen, Germany - small farming town
- What class of society are you? (working, ruling, middle, poor) born poor, now upper middle
- What is your occupation? (type of work, hours of work, income, condition of work, work ethic, union or non-union, attitude toward organization, suitability for your work) scientist for the Nazi party, father has ties to Nazi regime
- What is your education? (amount, kind of schools, marks, favorite subjects, poorest subjects, aptitudes.) studied university in germany and paris, majored in biochemical engineering, studying microorganisms in food
- What about your home life? (parents living, earning power, orphan, parents separated or divorced, parents' habits, parents' mental development, parents' vices, neglect) mother died when I was 10, father and I have a good relationship, very close and supportive
- Do you have any brothers and sisters? How many older and how many younger? no
- What do you remember about the house you grew up in? it was a small, simple log house with a big fireplace everybody would sit by that constantly radiated heat, my parents both had rocking chairs by the fire, my mother would rarely sit in hers because she was always cooking and we had an upstairs attack where I would play and hide in
- What religion do you practice if any? none
- What is your race or nationality? German which Irish ancestors
- What are your political affiliations? Nazi relations
- What do you do for amusement? (hobbies, books, newspapers, magazines you read, TV programs you watch if applicable) Love to read especially American authors like F. Scott Fitzgerald
- What about the neighborhood you grew up in and what were some of the special occasions in your family? (holidays, reunions, picnics, vacations, etc.) I grew up in a small farm town and we didn’t have any houses close to us. We were very far away from other people, completely surrounded by crops
- Name some of the special homemade foods you ate as a child. My mom would always make these sweet apple pies from the apple tree in the front yard. They were so delicious and warm with a dash of cinnamon. They made any bad day perfect and I haven’t had one since she died.
- Name and describe some of the games you played as a child. I played chess with my dad when I was younger. He is a very logical and strategy driven man and he tried to teach me to think like that when I was younger.
- What is your favorite childhood memory? Apple pies
- What is your worst childhood memory? When I found out my mother died. I just got back from school on my bike and my father was sitting in on his rocking chair which tears streaming down my face and he had to explain to me what happened but I could barely understand him through his heavy sobbing.
- What is your best feature? My eyes
Who you are - now
- Where are you? Describe it in detail (you must create this for the audience, so be as detailed as possible. in a lab with my partner
- What are you wearing? How does this affect your body? (Think heels for women, heavy coats, suits, rags and bare feet…) Lab coat, glasses, hair tied up, reasonable shoes, black skirt and shirt under lab coat, clean scientist look
- What objects do you have around you that you can pass the time with? (Tea, scientific materials, food to eat, things to clean, etc.) handing out samples, clearing/ restocking plates
What you want
- What do you want more than anything? to understand how food spoils and how to prevent to so soldiers can be supplied fresh, quality food
- What is your goal for the next 5 minutes? 5 years? Life? be a famous world known scientists that helps Germany and other countries
- What will happen if you don’t get it? I will cry and give up on life
What is your job right now?
- What is your goal for the next two hours? study and explain the best process for preserving food
- What do you need to accomplish? how to safely, easily, and quickly get food to soldiers
- Who can help you with this? my partner from America
- What can help you with this? The sample experiment results we had completed and the research conducted on preserving food