1) I only like being scared occasionally, usually I don't like it. I'm the person in the haunted house that yells at the workers. I'm okay with being scared when I'm in a giddy mood, or with poeple I really trust. Like, scary movies with close friends is okay, as long as I can grab onto someones hand.
2) I am afraid of being by myself in the dark, like, in my basement, I always scare myself into thinking there is gonna be someone down there. Or at camp, if I have to go to the privy at night, I always sit in my bed for about half an hour before I can work up the courage to go pee. Especially at camp, because there is a true-well, I believe it- story about an 'orb' we call it "orbie", it is sadi to be the ghost of a native american mother, who on the camp-one trail in particualr-watched her children get murdered by voyagers or something...and the story goes that she's looking for her children.
I am more afraid of the possibility of something horrible happening, your imagination can be much more scary than real life.
3) Someone who has no control of their emotions and reacts automatically to everything without thought.
4) Pressures in modern socicety drive people to madness. Their personality starts to change, and their lives start to be run by ultimately, money, which makes them make decisions automatically without a thought about anything else.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Assignment #5-First Lines
1) He couldn't help it, that little green button was just so enticing, he had to press it. Little did he know that after that moment, his life would be compleately different.
2) A hard wooden desk, a bright, annoying white board, the humming of an overhead projector, John found himself in his last hour math class...but he had already lived through this moment. He glanced down at what he had thought to be a toy remote, and hit the little green button again.
3) So unsuspecting, the colors drew John's eyes to that litttle remote curiously sitting between two dumpsters. He had to touch it, had to press that green button, he had to give it an owner, a home.
4) John looked down, his shoe was gone, and he was sitting in his math desk, but he had just been waiting for the bus. He looked down at what he thought to be a little kid's toy. JOhn hit the green button again.
5) Normal, that's how you would describe John, he never really wanted to stand out. Insecurity and the strive for perfection dictated his life, as they do for most high school students. The day John found that little green remote, he took control, or so he thought...
2) A hard wooden desk, a bright, annoying white board, the humming of an overhead projector, John found himself in his last hour math class...but he had already lived through this moment. He glanced down at what he had thought to be a toy remote, and hit the little green button again.
3) So unsuspecting, the colors drew John's eyes to that litttle remote curiously sitting between two dumpsters. He had to touch it, had to press that green button, he had to give it an owner, a home.
4) John looked down, his shoe was gone, and he was sitting in his math desk, but he had just been waiting for the bus. He looked down at what he thought to be a little kid's toy. JOhn hit the green button again.
5) Normal, that's how you would describe John, he never really wanted to stand out. Insecurity and the strive for perfection dictated his life, as they do for most high school students. The day John found that little green remote, he took control, or so he thought...
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Assignment #4- Where are you going? where have you been?
1) b. How does Connie's character draw the reader in? What does she do that drives you crazy or makes you like her? Is she asking for trouble? Does she represent something in our own society?
-Connie's character draws you in because she makes the reader yell at her, she keeps them wondering what she is going to do next, how she is going to react, or what she is thinking. She dosn't look at things responsibly, she is only concerned with what is going on in that moment, not what could happen to her in the future. Connie represents the teenage girl, the only way she thinks she can get attention is if she puts herself out there as a sex object, something for a boy to look at, but she dosne't realize that this can get her into trouble.
e. What actually happens at the end in your opinion?
-Connie goes with Arnold Friend because she dosen't know what else to do, she dosen't want to be home with her wretched mother or her ignorant father, so she goes with Arnold Friend becaus ehe represents freedom, but also the cruel, sick world one must face in order to cheat their way to freedom.
f. How do you explain the actions of the male antagonist? How do you think he got to be such a disgusting human being? What could he represent in our own society? Why is he so important to the story?
-Arnold represents what will happen to someone if they live in the past and constantly try to re-live their youth. Eventually, one grows out of their youth, and moves on into adulthood, but Arnold just becomes an old man trying to scam on little girls. He is important in the story because he serves as the scape goat for the reader, the reader can comfortably put all the blame on Arnold while ignoring the idiotic behavior of Connie.
Great Short Story:
1) Conflict-to keep the reader thinking
2) Intensity-putting all the emotion of a novel into a short story
3) Character Development- get the reader to be intrested in the character in a short period of time.
4) one strong setting- keeping the reader involved in the scene, putting them inside the story
5) Expanded Vocabulary- intresting word choice
6) Poetic language- the keep the flow of the story and melodic phrasing
7) 5-12 pages long- as to not lose the readers attention
8) Origionality-a unique plot line
9) Humor- some jokes in there to lighten it up a bit
10) a complete ending!- it's so annoying when stories stop in the middle of the action!!!!
-Connie's character draws you in because she makes the reader yell at her, she keeps them wondering what she is going to do next, how she is going to react, or what she is thinking. She dosn't look at things responsibly, she is only concerned with what is going on in that moment, not what could happen to her in the future. Connie represents the teenage girl, the only way she thinks she can get attention is if she puts herself out there as a sex object, something for a boy to look at, but she dosne't realize that this can get her into trouble.
e. What actually happens at the end in your opinion?
-Connie goes with Arnold Friend because she dosen't know what else to do, she dosen't want to be home with her wretched mother or her ignorant father, so she goes with Arnold Friend becaus ehe represents freedom, but also the cruel, sick world one must face in order to cheat their way to freedom.
f. How do you explain the actions of the male antagonist? How do you think he got to be such a disgusting human being? What could he represent in our own society? Why is he so important to the story?
-Arnold represents what will happen to someone if they live in the past and constantly try to re-live their youth. Eventually, one grows out of their youth, and moves on into adulthood, but Arnold just becomes an old man trying to scam on little girls. He is important in the story because he serves as the scape goat for the reader, the reader can comfortably put all the blame on Arnold while ignoring the idiotic behavior of Connie.
Great Short Story:
1) Conflict-to keep the reader thinking
2) Intensity-putting all the emotion of a novel into a short story
3) Character Development- get the reader to be intrested in the character in a short period of time.
4) one strong setting- keeping the reader involved in the scene, putting them inside the story
5) Expanded Vocabulary- intresting word choice
6) Poetic language- the keep the flow of the story and melodic phrasing
7) 5-12 pages long- as to not lose the readers attention
8) Origionality-a unique plot line
9) Humor- some jokes in there to lighten it up a bit
10) a complete ending!- it's so annoying when stories stop in the middle of the action!!!!
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