ACORNS IN AUSTRALIA (draft)

After his uncle's death, it only takes a week before Ethan is dragged out of his hometown by his emotionally-wrecked mother. Internalised grief and a deep-seated disconnection sits on his shoulders as he explores a new environment far from what he calls home. He does not express many details of his personal life - instead becoming side-characters in other people's stories by coincidence alone. However, he soon becomes entrenched in the experiences that old and new friends bring with them and to him. Through the loneliness and the connection, the misery and the exhilaration that being attached to so many other larger characters brings, Ethan finds that who he thought he was is someone entirely different - just like the idea of acorns placed atop the Australian landscape's stereotype.