Thursday, May 23, 2013

A Wrinkle In Space and Time


Warping through space and time to an unknown location in the universe. Thats what three kids name Meg, Calvin, and Charles Wallace have to do in A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L'Engle. The three of them meet three women named Mrs. Who, Mrs. Which, and Mrs. Whatsit. All of them embark on a journey to another world to save Meg and Charles Wallace’s Father. The  conflict of this story is the dark thing that is taking over stars and planets.

Although explaining the conflict helps it would help to explain it. The reason that this is the conflict other than Charles Wallace and Meg’s father being stuck on camazotz is because if the dark thing took over a planet then everything on that planet turns evil. If the dark thing takes over any planet then it either destroys it or turns it evil. This type of conflict is person vs. self because on camazotz they have to help themselves from letting IT take over them.

Even though the conflict is interesting the resolution of this story is even more interesting. The resolution of this story is when meg tessers back to camazotz and saves charles wallace from IT and they escape camazotz without any further complications.

In Addition the resolution is valuable to this story and what led up to the resolution. Some factors that lead up to the resolution were that Meg wanted to get her little brother Charles Wallace back from IT. Another thing could have been that Mrs. Whatsit didn’t believe that Meg have fully accomplished what she was supposed to do on camazotz. These are some of the events that lead up to the resolution and help with what resolved the conflict.

All in all the conflict is when the dark thing taking over stars and planets and either turning them evil or destroying them. The resolution of this story is when Meg frees Charles Wallace and tessers back to Earth.

Monday, May 13, 2013

Who Am I?


The Mean Green Fighting Machine

Getting chased by the army when he is enraged and a physicist when not. Running through the streets with ripped shorts. Almost infinite rage, anger for anything that wants to capture him. Smart when calm yet not when enraged. Started from gamma ray radiation and not able to control his rage. 

When enraged he turns into a colossus man with huge muscles, and when he isn't, he is just a plain physicist. Started when he was exposed to the blast area of the gamma radiation after a system malfunction. Running from himself when he is fueled with rage and trying to make the military understand that he is a normal human. 

After becoming the fighting machine, he discovered how is the way he is .His father was a scientist for genetics growth after being refused to work in that category his dad lost it. His dad got fired for doing human trials on himself which is how he got it. Afterward his dad started a nuclear meltdown that destroyed his home town.

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Barely Escaping


Darkness, not being able to move or feel any limbs. This is what it is like when Meg, Calvin and Charles Wallace feel like when tessering in the book A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L'engle. The climax starts when Meg, Calvin and Charles Wallace start walking down the hill. Before they start walking down the hill it says “She was completely unaware that her voice was trembling like an aspen leaf.” (Page 114 - 115)

Although talking about what the climax was I think I will explain why this is the climax. The reason I believe this is the climax is because everything after this point goes completely wrong; they figure out everyone has synchronized tasks. Some things that could have cause this is because of the dark thing that shadows over planets and turns them evil. Either the dark thing has made them evil or the evil brain IT has taken them all over.

Even though these cause the climax don’t forget about the effects of the climax. Some of the effects that were cause because of the climax were that they almost lost Charles Wallace. Another effect from the climax was when Meg got frozen when the tessered to another planet with their father. Another thing that was cause by the climax was “She Heard Calvin’s frozen voice: “But its beating. She’s Alive” (Page 180).

On the other hand if these events never happened at all then numerous situations would have never happened. One example is that if these events didn’t happen then Meg and Charles Wallace would never see their father again. Another thing is that the frightening situations that happens to them like Charles Wallace getting taken over or Meg getting frozen would have never happened.

All in all the events that occur in this book is important to the climax and what happens throughout the story. I know that the climax starts after they start walking down the hill on camazotz. They start to notice that something is wrong once they start getting to the outskirts of the town.

Thursday, May 2, 2013

"After You, My Dear Alphonse" Response

Author's Note: This is a response from the story "After You, My Dear Alphonse" by Shirley Jackson. 

This story relates to naivete and reverse racism because the mother is trying to connect racism to the little boy johnny brought home. Every time she tries to do so it ends up being the complete opposite thing that she is trying to say about him. Like when she says, “Boyd, Johnny has some suits that are a little too small for him, and a winter coat. It’s not new, of course, but there’s lots of wear in it still. And I have a few dresses that your mother or sister could probably use. Your mother can make them over into lots of things for all of you, and I'd be very happy to give them to you. Suppose before you leave I make up a big bundle and then you and Johnny can take it over to your mother right away." When she says this she is thinking that his family doesn't have a lot of clothes and that his mother knew how to sew because she is connecting him and his family to what people had slaves do before the civil war. 

Some naivete in this story are like how the boys are so naive that they don't understand what johnny's mother means when she says everything she does. Some ways this story compares to some countries in the world is pretty much everywhere because some people think about someone a certain way because of their race. A lesson that shirley jackson is trying to say is just because of someones race doesn't mean that you should judge people by their race.