My language arts teacher assigned our class a narrative.
Since I am having troubles thinking of characters, I would like your help.

I want to know if anyone would like their characters to be included in my narrative.
Also, maybe you could give me some tips in writing this? I am very inexperienced in the Post-Apocalyptic field, and I would like to think this could also help me out in my RP skills.

Guidelines to follow:
- This is for SCHOOL. So I doubt I will be allowed to add gore and erotica.
- Characters must be post-apocalyptic themed.
- I am looking for 3 people.

Also, I need help with the ending.
Not entirely sure how I want to end this narrative, so if you could give me some ideas that'd be great!

Thank you!

Spam, behave yourselves.
I suggest taking a look at some stories in the genre you are writing on. And I'm sure there is several here in spam who know the genre very well.

Vladimir VonCliche

An Eastern-European-something man of large build. He wears winter clothing at all times, despite the current enviroment and has a lit cigar or is in the process of lighting a cigar at all times in the story.

I am probably being a little bit nitpicky with these questions, so please bear with me. When the assignment says "characters must be post-apocalyptic themed" and "avoid cliches", did your teacher provide an example? To me, the concept of a "themed" character runs parallel to cliches. For example, a post-apocalyptic archetype is the desensitized, violent youth, often a child born or raised during the apocalypse who is now much more violent and callous than its parents or even some of its friends. That, while fitting with the setting, is also common enough now that it is a cliche. So, while I realize that the assignment is calling for creative characters, I find those two rules together are somewhat useless and I'd like to know if there was clarification.

Also, do you have a world in mind? Zombies? Alien invasion? Nuclear war? Ruined city or jungle? Right after the apocalypse or centuries afterwards? Any inklings you have already will help us better assist you with your narrative.

Francois Cliché

A beret wearing Frenchman of dubious courageousness. He wears a horizontally striped black and white shirt and skin tight pants every hour of the day, including to bed. He carries around, but never consumes, a loaf of fancy bread, and is always seen either smoking or hitting on nearby women (and men).

Let me clarify for you.

My teacher did not say this was supposed to be post-apocalyptic themed. I am making it like that myself, for she is letting us write whatever we want.
And in this narrative, I am planning on having no zombies, no aliens. Think Fallout, but without ALL the weird mutants and corrupted animals.

Right after the apocalypse. Like, specifically 10 months after, where everyone is still getting used to everything though still know basic things about survival.
Ruined city with some rural areas, more specifically in northern Colorado. I can't decide whether it should be IN the mountains or in a town near the mountains. Ex.: Fort Collins, Pueblo, Colorado Springs, Salida... MUCH more.

And now that I think about the whole cliche character thing, I suppose you can just ignore that piece there. I typed this in class so do whatever the hell you want.

Thanks for the clarifications. I'll get on thinking about this with some degree of seriousness. As for right now, I should glance at this linguistics problem set before I get emotionally invested in character building.