Commander Barton and Leonard Mead are two different people, but they have a few things in common. They are both outsiders in a world that’s advancing very rapidly in technology. Commander Barton is a commander on a ship in space, and his ship carries medicine to men on a planet named Woden. Leonard Mead likes to take walks at night and look at how everyone likes to sit at home and watch television all night long.
Commander Barton has stowaways on his ship to help him prepare for his trip. When it leaves for Woden the extra person has to be ejected into space because the ship doesn’t have enough fuel to get him and the other person to Woden. One of his stowaway’s was a girl, which was unexpected because it’s usually a guy. When he saw it was a girl he was shocked. He didn’t want to have to kill the girl, but he was a man who followed orders so he did.
The city Leonard Mead lives in is swarmed with car driving, television watching, and technologically brainwashed people. He walks around at night with sneakers on his feet so he won’t disturb everyone that’s watching television. One night in November he went for a walk, just as he did the night before, except something unexpected happened. The only cop car in the city stopped and talked to him. It was strange though because the cop car didn’t have a cop in it. It was driving itself. It asked Leonard to get in because it thought it was weird that a person was walking all alone at night while everyone else was watching television. The cop car took him to an institute so they could check him out.
Commander Barton and Leonard Mead are alike in a few ways. Each day Commander Barton travels to Woden, and Leonard Mead walks at night to examine everyone that’s watching television. They both started the day as if they did the previous, but an unexpected twist messes up their routine. For Commander Barton it was life changing because he had to put an innocent woman’s life to an end. For Leonard Mead it left him questioning why it was a crime to walk at night instead of watching television like the rest of the city. Also, they never fully understand what happened that day. They both will never side with technology.
Although they’re alike, they have many differences. Commander Barton has to follow orders, but Leonard Mead chooses to walk around at night. It was outside Commander Barton’s control to end the woman’s life, but Leonard Mead could have just been like the rest of society and watched television all night long and went for walks in the daytime.
Commander Barton and Leonard Mead never caught up to technology, and they didn’t care if they did either.
Monday, October 13, 2008
Thursday, October 9, 2008
The Sons of America
Symbol: Money represents new things and a different way of living. Berl and Berlcha symbolize the way people can live without money and upgrading.
Outline of Plot: Exposition: When we are introduced to Berl and Berlcha and the town they live in. When we find out they have a son Samuel that moved to America.
Inciting Event: When Samuel comes back to Lentshin
Rising Action: We find out Samuel was a baker in New York, and he helps his mother prepare for the Sabbath. Neighbors come over and visit Samuel, and we learn that he's not Jewish any more.
Climax: When Samuel finds out that his parents haven't used any of the money he sent them and that they're keeping it in a boot under their bed.
Falling Action: Samuel offers to build different buildings for the people of Lentshin.
Resolution: When Samuel finds out that Lentshin doesn't need anything.
Protagonist: Samuel because he thinks that the people need better things
Antagonist: Samuel’s parents because they are the ones telling him that they don’t need modernized things.
Type of Conflict: Person V. Self because Samuel doesn’t realize that some people like and can live with out upgrading to better things and can still be happy.
Summarize the story: This story is about a family that lives in Lentshin and has a son that goes over to America. He sends them money, and they never use it. The son comes home and he finds that they haven’t used the money, and he realizes that not all towns need to be modernized.
Theme: People can live life and enjoy it without having to be modernized.
Outline of Plot: Exposition: When we are introduced to Berl and Berlcha and the town they live in. When we find out they have a son Samuel that moved to America.
Inciting Event: When Samuel comes back to Lentshin
Rising Action: We find out Samuel was a baker in New York, and he helps his mother prepare for the Sabbath. Neighbors come over and visit Samuel, and we learn that he's not Jewish any more.
Climax: When Samuel finds out that his parents haven't used any of the money he sent them and that they're keeping it in a boot under their bed.
Falling Action: Samuel offers to build different buildings for the people of Lentshin.
Resolution: When Samuel finds out that Lentshin doesn't need anything.
Protagonist: Samuel because he thinks that the people need better things
Antagonist: Samuel’s parents because they are the ones telling him that they don’t need modernized things.
Type of Conflict: Person V. Self because Samuel doesn’t realize that some people like and can live with out upgrading to better things and can still be happy.
Summarize the story: This story is about a family that lives in Lentshin and has a son that goes over to America. He sends them money, and they never use it. The son comes home and he finds that they haven’t used the money, and he realizes that not all towns need to be modernized.
Theme: People can live life and enjoy it without having to be modernized.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Protagonist-Henry
Antagonist-Henry
Type of conflict- person v. self
Plot- Exposition: "I" is describing the city after gold rush, he meeds Henry
Inciting Event: "I" learns that Henry has a wife that's beautiful
Rising action: 3 veterans come and ask to hear the letter, they set up for arrival of the wife
Climax: When we find out the wife's dead
Falling action: None
Resolution: The 3 veterans come every 3-4 days before saturday to ask how she is and if Henry's heard from her
Antagonist-Henry
Type of conflict- person v. self
Plot- Exposition: "I" is describing the city after gold rush, he meeds Henry
Inciting Event: "I" learns that Henry has a wife that's beautiful
Rising action: 3 veterans come and ask to hear the letter, they set up for arrival of the wife
Climax: When we find out the wife's dead
Falling action: None
Resolution: The 3 veterans come every 3-4 days before saturday to ask how she is and if Henry's heard from her
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Words of the day
The recalcitrant boy was ignoring his parents demands.
The student’s sublime paper earned him an A.
The young boy played with his dog on the verdant grass.
The acrimonious speech made the crowd angry, and they started throwing tomatoes at him.
The dog’s ephemeral life was full of adventure and curiosity.
After seeing the vampire sucking blood from a cow, the tremulous boy ran as far away as he could, hoping that he wouldn’t be the next victim.
The silhouette of the tree outside the window made it look like someone was holding an axe.
The psychopathic women interrupted the wedding because she thought it was her brothers.
We were going to sedate the Yakutat cheerleaders because they couldn’t cheer.
When you lose a loved one your heart is left in desolation.
The student’s sublime paper earned him an A.
The young boy played with his dog on the verdant grass.
The acrimonious speech made the crowd angry, and they started throwing tomatoes at him.
The dog’s ephemeral life was full of adventure and curiosity.
After seeing the vampire sucking blood from a cow, the tremulous boy ran as far away as he could, hoping that he wouldn’t be the next victim.
The silhouette of the tree outside the window made it look like someone was holding an axe.
The psychopathic women interrupted the wedding because she thought it was her brothers.
We were going to sedate the Yakutat cheerleaders because they couldn’t cheer.
When you lose a loved one your heart is left in desolation.
The Bet
Protagonist- Prisoner because he took the bet and spent 15 years in prison
Antagonist- The banker represents society because he challenges the prisoner to a bet of imprisonment for fifteen years
Type of conflict- Person v. Society because society is the ones who came up with the death penalty and imprisonment for life and with out this there wouldn’t be a conflict
Plot: Exposition- When the journalists and intellectual men are at a party, hosted by a banker, arguing over the death penalty
Inciting Event- When the Banker made a bet of two million dollars with the lawyer that he couldn’t stay in jail for fifteen years
Rising Action- What the lawyer did in prison such as playing the piano, reeding, writing, studing different languages, and drinking wine during his fifth year in prison
Climax- When the Banker finds the letter and reads that the lawyer doesn’t want the two million dollars
Falling Action- When the banker finds out from the guard that the prisoner left
Resolution- When the Banker puts the letter in the fire-proof safe as if the bet never happened.
Symbol- All the money the banker owns represents greed
Meaning of Freedom- When you have freedom you can go see and talk to people, play sports, go for hikes, or even sit at home and watch television. The lawyer didn’t have any freedom because he was kept in jail and couldn’t socialize with anyone, and he could only write stories read certain things. He did have the freedom to say no to the bet, but he wanted to prove a point, and in doing so he lost fifteen years of his life, and the freedom to do whatever he wanted for those fifteen years.
Meaning of Home- Home is a place where you can relax, eat, sleep, be warm, and be comfortable, and to me has carpeting. It’s also a place with really familiar surroundings. The lawyer might have had that, but when he took the bet he went somewhere that probably didn’t have the best heating, hard cement floors, scarce food, and an uncomfortable bed. None of his surroundings were like the ones of his home.
Antagonist- The banker represents society because he challenges the prisoner to a bet of imprisonment for fifteen years
Type of conflict- Person v. Society because society is the ones who came up with the death penalty and imprisonment for life and with out this there wouldn’t be a conflict
Plot: Exposition- When the journalists and intellectual men are at a party, hosted by a banker, arguing over the death penalty
Inciting Event- When the Banker made a bet of two million dollars with the lawyer that he couldn’t stay in jail for fifteen years
Rising Action- What the lawyer did in prison such as playing the piano, reeding, writing, studing different languages, and drinking wine during his fifth year in prison
Climax- When the Banker finds the letter and reads that the lawyer doesn’t want the two million dollars
Falling Action- When the banker finds out from the guard that the prisoner left
Resolution- When the Banker puts the letter in the fire-proof safe as if the bet never happened.
Symbol- All the money the banker owns represents greed
Meaning of Freedom- When you have freedom you can go see and talk to people, play sports, go for hikes, or even sit at home and watch television. The lawyer didn’t have any freedom because he was kept in jail and couldn’t socialize with anyone, and he could only write stories read certain things. He did have the freedom to say no to the bet, but he wanted to prove a point, and in doing so he lost fifteen years of his life, and the freedom to do whatever he wanted for those fifteen years.
Meaning of Home- Home is a place where you can relax, eat, sleep, be warm, and be comfortable, and to me has carpeting. It’s also a place with really familiar surroundings. The lawyer might have had that, but when he took the bet he went somewhere that probably didn’t have the best heating, hard cement floors, scarce food, and an uncomfortable bed. None of his surroundings were like the ones of his home.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Monday, September 22, 2008
The Thrill of the Grass
Symbol- Baseball is a symbol of America because it is the sport people identify about America. Grass represents freedom because the players remember playing on grass as children, and when you’re a child you are free, and when they bring back the grass on the field it brings freedom.
Protagonist- locksmith that breaks into the baseball field
Antagonist- society
Conflict- person v. society because if society didn’t replace the grass with Astroturf there wouldn’t be any problem because everybody liked the grass and they would have left it alone.
Point of view- 1st person
Inciting Event- When the locksmith first sneaks into the baseball field
Climax- When they lay down the first piece of sod.
Brief Summary- It’s about a failed shortstop that loves baseball. He breaks into his home baseball field and finds out that it is made out of Astroturf. He goes and talks to a guy that he sees at every home baseball game, who sits about eight rows in front of him, to help him replace the Astroturf with real grass. They gather more and more people so it would be done faster. They finally finish replacing the Astroturf with grass. This is an important story because it shows that not all up-graded things are more efficient and more liked by people.
Theme- It’s connected through home because when people grow up they play baseball on grass fields, and then they go play on Astroturf and it’s not the same. It’s connected to technology because Astroturf doesn’t need to be mowed, which cuts down the cost. It’s connected through freedom because all the pro baseball players grew up playing on grass, and they didn’t get to have a decision in switching the grass for Astroturf, when they would have chosen to keep the grass.
Protagonist- locksmith that breaks into the baseball field
Antagonist- society
Conflict- person v. society because if society didn’t replace the grass with Astroturf there wouldn’t be any problem because everybody liked the grass and they would have left it alone.
Point of view- 1st person
Inciting Event- When the locksmith first sneaks into the baseball field
Climax- When they lay down the first piece of sod.
Brief Summary- It’s about a failed shortstop that loves baseball. He breaks into his home baseball field and finds out that it is made out of Astroturf. He goes and talks to a guy that he sees at every home baseball game, who sits about eight rows in front of him, to help him replace the Astroturf with real grass. They gather more and more people so it would be done faster. They finally finish replacing the Astroturf with grass. This is an important story because it shows that not all up-graded things are more efficient and more liked by people.
Theme- It’s connected through home because when people grow up they play baseball on grass fields, and then they go play on Astroturf and it’s not the same. It’s connected to technology because Astroturf doesn’t need to be mowed, which cuts down the cost. It’s connected through freedom because all the pro baseball players grew up playing on grass, and they didn’t get to have a decision in switching the grass for Astroturf, when they would have chosen to keep the grass.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
The young boy’s insolence towards his parents was not tolerated.
The boy’s churlish comment upset the teachers.
Titan was an irate dog that loved to fight.
The efficacy of basketball practice made the team win regionals.
The boy cajoled the dog to come to him with a treat.
The girls basketball team pummeled the Kake team after they lost the runner-up game at regional’s.
The perspicacity of the student amazed the teacher.
The girls chagrin look had me wondering what happened.
The assiduous dog learned its tricks very quickly.
The boy had a malicious look in his eye.
The boy’s churlish comment upset the teachers.
Titan was an irate dog that loved to fight.
The efficacy of basketball practice made the team win regionals.
The boy cajoled the dog to come to him with a treat.
The girls basketball team pummeled the Kake team after they lost the runner-up game at regional’s.
The perspicacity of the student amazed the teacher.
The girls chagrin look had me wondering what happened.
The assiduous dog learned its tricks very quickly.
The boy had a malicious look in his eye.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Is Merylin to blame?
Yes, I do think Merylin is to blame for the whole situation. Although she didn’t know what the law was, she could have just waited for her brother to return to earth to see him. So, if she didn’t go to space to see her brother they wouldn’t have to be in this big pickle of having to stick by the law and kill her, because the ships only get just enough fuel to get them there, and the extra weight just weighs the plane down more, which would have to use more fuel then they were given, which would kill her and six other men because the serum wouldn’t have gotten to them.
Yes, I do think Merylin is to blame for the whole situation. Although she didn’t know what the law was, she could have just waited for her brother to return to earth to see him. So, if she didn’t go to space to see her brother they wouldn’t have to be in this big pickle of having to stick by the law and kill her, because the ships only get just enough fuel to get them there, and the extra weight just weighs the plane down more, which would have to use more fuel then they were given, which would kill her and six other men because the serum wouldn’t have gotten to them.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Harrison Bergeron
Freedom and equality have two totally different meanings. Freedom is where a person can do just about whatever they want when ever they want. They could sing while they’re walking down the street, be as smart as they possibly can, play sports to the best of their ability, and even wear what ever they want. Where as equality is where you make different things equal. So, we’d all have to walk down the street, either singing or not singing, be good or bad at sports, we’d have to have the same intellegents, and wear the same type of clothes. If we all had to be equal, it would make this planet a really dull and boring place to live. For example, there wouldn’t be any competition because we’d all have the same skill level in sports and even in businesses. This would not be a fun type of society to live in. There wouldn’t be any characterization, and all the people would be dull. You wouldn’t be able to be yourself and live a fun and exciting life, which is what most people hope for.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Ending for the pedestrian
The drive was long and quiet, but we finally arrived at what looked like an institute. It was out of the city, and deep in the woods. Once we pulled up the cop car told me, “Go inside and talk to the person at the main desk, he will instruct you from there.”
“What if I run away?”
“Then I’ll run you over, so just do yourself a favor and go inside.”
“Okay, okay. I was just exploring my options.”
As I entered this “institute” there were lots of cold hands grabbing me, trying to wrestle me to the floor. I must say I put up a pretty good fight, but they got me down and tied my hands together and taped my mouth shut. Then I was dragged to a dark room that had a single light shining on a chair. The chair looked like the ones off the human experimental lab places. It had the “hat” that had lots of wires coming to and from it. As I took a closer look, they were hooked up to what looked like a huge generator and computers. The next thing I knew I was forced into the chair with that creepy hat on my head. I was sitting there for a couple minutes, and then all of a sudden, without warning, the hat was electrocuting me. It felt like it lasted for hours, but it was only for a few seconds. First, I tried moving all my body parts to make sure I wasn’t paralyzed, which I wasn’t. Second I asked, “What the heck was that? Did you really have to electrocute me?”
“We didn’t ‘electrocute’ you, we sent waves through your brain which might have shocked the rest of your body. We’re just trying to see why you are so different than the rest of the city.”
“You didn’t need to go and shock my body to figure it out; I would have happily told you. I’m not going to have anything wrong with me am I?”
“No, you shouldn’t, but there are risks and side effects just like everything else. You may lose some of your memory, or go blind, but so far that has only happened to three out of the three we experimented on, so we’re pullen for you to be the first without side effects.”
“Thanks. That makes me feel a lot better. Can I go now?”
“Go ahead. We have all the information we need here.”With out hesitation I got the heck out of there. On my long walk home nothing seemed to be wrong, but we’ll just have to wait for the morning. There was a cold nip in the air, and everything seemed very dark and quiet. To tell you the truth I was getting a little spooked, so I sped the walk up and got home as quickly as I could. As I entered into the city, I noticed that everyone still had their TV’s on. It didn’t surprise me though; I’m used to seeing them on. When I got home I slipped my Pajamas on and went right to bed. The next morning I couldn’t remember what happened yesterday, and I thought that was odd because I have a really good memory, or at least I thought I did, but with old age comes memory loss or something like that. Anyways, each night I continue to walk and see all the lazy people in their houses watching their TV’s, and the next mornings I can’t remember what happened the day before. I guess that guy was right, I did lose my memory.
“What if I run away?”
“Then I’ll run you over, so just do yourself a favor and go inside.”
“Okay, okay. I was just exploring my options.”
As I entered this “institute” there were lots of cold hands grabbing me, trying to wrestle me to the floor. I must say I put up a pretty good fight, but they got me down and tied my hands together and taped my mouth shut. Then I was dragged to a dark room that had a single light shining on a chair. The chair looked like the ones off the human experimental lab places. It had the “hat” that had lots of wires coming to and from it. As I took a closer look, they were hooked up to what looked like a huge generator and computers. The next thing I knew I was forced into the chair with that creepy hat on my head. I was sitting there for a couple minutes, and then all of a sudden, without warning, the hat was electrocuting me. It felt like it lasted for hours, but it was only for a few seconds. First, I tried moving all my body parts to make sure I wasn’t paralyzed, which I wasn’t. Second I asked, “What the heck was that? Did you really have to electrocute me?”
“We didn’t ‘electrocute’ you, we sent waves through your brain which might have shocked the rest of your body. We’re just trying to see why you are so different than the rest of the city.”
“You didn’t need to go and shock my body to figure it out; I would have happily told you. I’m not going to have anything wrong with me am I?”
“No, you shouldn’t, but there are risks and side effects just like everything else. You may lose some of your memory, or go blind, but so far that has only happened to three out of the three we experimented on, so we’re pullen for you to be the first without side effects.”
“Thanks. That makes me feel a lot better. Can I go now?”
“Go ahead. We have all the information we need here.”With out hesitation I got the heck out of there. On my long walk home nothing seemed to be wrong, but we’ll just have to wait for the morning. There was a cold nip in the air, and everything seemed very dark and quiet. To tell you the truth I was getting a little spooked, so I sped the walk up and got home as quickly as I could. As I entered into the city, I noticed that everyone still had their TV’s on. It didn’t surprise me though; I’m used to seeing them on. When I got home I slipped my Pajamas on and went right to bed. The next morning I couldn’t remember what happened yesterday, and I thought that was odd because I have a really good memory, or at least I thought I did, but with old age comes memory loss or something like that. Anyways, each night I continue to walk and see all the lazy people in their houses watching their TV’s, and the next mornings I can’t remember what happened the day before. I guess that guy was right, I did lose my memory.
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