Mr_Shank

Chapter 10- The Palace of Green Porcelain

• The Time Traveler and Weena go to a ruined museum
• He is very interested in some of the exhibits others he is not
• The time traveler hears the sound of morlocks in the darkness
• He breaks a lever off on of the exhibits and runs out of the museum with wenna.
• He realizes that they still do not have a shelter, but he doesn’t think much of it because he has weapons against the morlocks.

Chapter 11-In the Darkness of the Forest

• His plan was to go to the white sphinx statue, but then he decided to go through the woods then he was going to go as far as possible and then build a large fire.
• They were both growing ver tired as the day dragged on
• As they got closer to the woods they could hear morlocks behind them.
• They were now surrounded by the morclocks so the time traveler quickly started a fire and  and went to sleep feeling safe
• He wakes up to feel morlocks grabbing him
• He grabs his lever and swings wildly killing a  few morlocks
• The small fire he had made is now a huge forest fire and he cannot find weena
• He runs after the morlocks hoping they will lead him to safety
• He heads toward the hiding place of the time machine

Chapter 12- The Trap of the White Sphinx

• When he reaches the white sphinx statue he realizes that the pedestal was open
• He walks into the pedestal knowing that the door would close behind him and morlocks would attack him, but he thought he would strike a match until he got in there he had nothing to strike it against
• He gets on the saddle of the time machine and screws in the lever he pushes the lever and goes off into the future

Chapter 13- The further Vision

• Although the time traveler is traveling hundreds of years per second he sees day and night and notices a change in the sun it is now larger and redder
• He brings the time machine to a stop. He is on a beach there is vegetation on everything
• He sees a crap and feels another one behind him
• He quickly goes a month into the future. He finds the beach has more crabs. Then, he goes on even farther.
• He stops every hundred years or so looking at how everything is changing. He finally stops 30 million years into the future.
• There is small snow flakes in the air and eclipse is starting to cover the sun there is barely any animal life.
• He climbs back onto the time machine and goes back in time. He stops the machine when he is in the laboratory, his guests are in the dinning room.
• The time machine was moved to a different end of the laboratory which was the distance from the his little lawn to the pedestal of the white sphinx
• He tells the men the story.

Chapter 14- After the Time Traveler’s Story

• The narrator is now one of the men in the room like it was in the beginning of the story
• The guests do not believe the time traveler’s story.
• The time traveler prepared for another journey
• He said he would be gone half an hour, but that was three years ago the time traveler has not been seen since

Questions:

1. Why do you think the author changes the narrator in the story

2. What do you think happened to the time traveler?

3.Do you think he will ever come back?

4. What did you think of the ending?

Word to know:

credible- believable- they do not believe the time traveler’s story

hoax- a joke/ tick- this is what they think the time traveler is doing to them

eluded-escaped- the time traveler escaped the morlocks

begrimed- dirty-the time traveler was very dirty when he came back because of all that he has been through

portal- doorway- the time traveler went in to doorway of the white sphinx statue

This post is going to be very short due to the fact that Gatsby was only in the one chapter before the twist of the story. 

Before I get to my point I need to give some back round on Chapter 8.  In this chapter Mr. Wilson ( the husband of the dead Myrtle) wants to find who killed his wife.  He remembers seeing a car that looked like one Tom would know the owner of.  Wilson finds out that it was Gatsby’s car and thinks that Gatsby killed Myrtle and that Gatsby was the one having an affair with Myrtle.  While this is happening Gatsby tells Nick that he has never used his pool and as going to go for a swim in it.  Nick leaves and Gatsby is alone.  Mr. Wilson goes to Gatsby’s house and shots him.  Wilson then shots himself. 

My point, Gatsby’s emotions in the beginning and the end were both the same.  He stated out feeling upset and lonely without Daisy and that is the exact same way how he felt when he died.  There was a time in the middle where he was happy.

Questions:

1) How do you think Gatsby was feeling at the end before his death?  (your opinion)

2) Do you think Daisy felt at all guilty for Gatsby’s death?

~Lauren Gress~

I am going to be honest with you guys because I wasn’t sure if Denn could actually win the Big Deal, I was holding my breath in those last couple pages…

Denn- A poker player who has been though it all: Heartache, starvation, sleeps deprivation, wins, loses, and encounters with bad people.  Throughout the book we have gotten to known Denn and see him grow as a person.  Denn use to read people and learn their signs for when they had a good or bad set of cards he has learned that using that method doesn’t always work and now thinks twice before he make a move.  Denn is a smart person and even though he made be wasting his money away it doesn’t matter because people do what they have to do in life. 

Did you honestly think Denn was going to win the tournament?  If you had your doubts what were they and why? 

Cattie- This girl was very confusing to us at the beginning of the book and we didn’t know if she was on the good side or bad side of Denn’s situation.  Cattie Hart is a poker dealer who grew up with a slut for a mother and learned how to make money herself and get what she needed in life.  Cattie Hart originally tricked Denn into a poker game with Morty and Frisk but in the end she helps Denn win the most money he has ever had. 

What reaction did you have when you read Cattie had come back to the Big Deal wearing Denn’s gold necklace? And why? 

Who do you think Cattie was helping more during the tournament Artie or Denn? Why?

Artie- The man with all the money during the poker tournament until Denn wins it all from him after a chip mix up.  Artie thought he could win his own tournament but by then end of the night he was breaking his own rules and giving up quickly.  When Cattie was dealing his table she was suppose to help him win but Cattie ended up making him lose and was sent away from his table and sat out the rest of the tournament.  Did Artie have this bad luck coming for him?  Is karma part of it? 

After Denn won the Big Deal what do you predict happened to Artie?

Morty- This guy is a friend of Arties and helped out in the first set-up Denn was a part of.  In the last chapter he has to call a shot for Denn or Artie and he picks Denn, this was very shocking!  There weren’t that many people around and Morty was suppose to help Artie, what do you think happened to make Morty choose to play fair?  This is unusual considering what we know about his character.

Jimbo- The main “narrator” throughout the story.  He also played in the Big Deal tournament and went pretty far but left his table before the last few rounds started.  We also had our doubts about Jimbo while reading the story but in the end Jimbo was just one of Denn’s friends trying to help him out.

Who was who?

What character completely changed from who they were at the beginning of the book to who they were at the end?

Who spoke Spanish over the phone with Denn?

What characters played at Lucy Lou’s?

Who drives a Lincoln Navigator?

Who drives a Camaro?

Who was your favorite character? WHY?

Who was your least favorite character? WHY?

To start things off I would like to say, ” FINAL POST!!!! WAHOOOO!!!” Now, I insist that everybody who is reading this should have a little party of their own, just like I did.  Alright, now I guess I should write about something that I am supposed to write about. =]

In the last section of the book the frenzy, I talked about earlier, has seemed to have reached its climax and then ended.  In the previous section the Time Traveler only had the want to kill the Morlocks, but now he has.

“I struggled up, shaking off these human rats from me, and then holding the bar short, I thrust where I judged their faces might be.  I could feel the succulent giving of flesh and bone under my blows, and for a moment I was free…  I determined to make the Morlocks pay for their meat.  I stood with my back to a tree swinging the iron bar before me.  The whole wood was full of the stir and cries of them.”

This extreme change I believe is caused by three things.  It is my opinion that the most obvious reason is that the threat of his own life is in play.  In this view his actions are like a defense.  Another reason is probably because he is homesick, and can not stand the Morlocks tricks anymore.  All he wants is to retrieve the time machine and go home.  The final thing that may have changed things for the Time Traveler is the disappearance of Weena.  The way this is described you can assume that she is dead, either by fire or the Morlocks.  The Time Traveler really cared for her so this may have resulted in the Time Travelers change.  Whatever the reason may have been the Time Traveler’s mental state seems to have snapped, at least for that moment, in time.

What is also interesting is how easily the Time Traveler seems to go back to his normal (or at least as normal as he gets) self.  This happens pretty much as soon as he gets back home.   Most people, after a traumatic experiance do not recover this easily.

The final thing that I would like to point out is the reactions of the Time Traveler’s guests and then the responses followed by the Time Traveler.  After telling this grand story known of his guests believe him that it is true.  They believe that it was in fact just a story.  The odd thing is that the Time Traveler even has a hard time convincing himself that the events had actually occurred.

” I’m d-d if it isn’t all going.  This room and you and the atmosphere of everyday is too much for my memory.  Did I ever make a time machine, or a model of a time machine, or is it all only a dream? They say life is a dream, a precious porr dream at times- but I can’t stand another that won’t fit.  It’s madness.  And where did the dream come from?… It’s alright now.  The story I told you was true.”

Here are my questions as usual:

1.  What do you believe is the main reason for the character’s frenzy?

2.  Would you have snapped in this situation, or would you have stayed cool and thought rationaly?

3.  Do you think that the Time Traveler did infact time travel or was it just a story?

4.  If you were one of the people hearing the story would you believe the Time Travler?

and just for fun…

If you were to be the person to have created a time machine where would you want to travel to?  Tell of your adventures and what you see.  Be creative.

♥☺Last post ☺♥

Now that we are done with the book I’ll give a summary of the previous sections along with the summary of this section.

The story started when Kathy got evicted from her house, and it just happened that the other main character Behrani bought the house at an auction. Things were not going so well for Kathy, she w as trying to get her house back and while doing that she got threatened by Behrani. She also met Lester who fell in love with her even though he had a wife and kids. Kathy tried to kill herself, but Behrani stopped her. He took her back to her house and she tried to kill herself yet again. Lester comes to the house and takes the family hostage. He orders Behrani to give the house back to Kathy.

In the last section Lester takes Behrani and Esmail into town to sign the house over to Kathy. While they’re walking down the street Email grabs Lester’s gun, not knowing it was unloaded, and pointed it at Lester.  People started to gather and Lester fought Behrani to the ground. Someone called the cops. As the cops came they saw Esmail with the gun and they shoot him 2 times, one in the chest and another in the leg. They arrest Behrani because they think he is the cause of this, but because they know that Lester was a cop they take him in too. They question Lester and he tells them everything about what has happened. He is arrested and sent to Jail. They let Behrani go, and he goes to the hospital to see is son, but when he gets there he is told that his son is dead. Behrani was very upset. He goes home and strangles Kathy (she didn’t die) and his wife. He leaves a note to his daughter because he is going to suffocate himself. Someone found Kathy and took her to the hospital. When she wakes up there is a police officer there to arrest her. She has someone call Connie Walsh and she tells Kathy everything that happened. She is then sent to jail.

Questions:

1.      Since we’re finished with the book, overall what did you think of it?

2.      Why do you think that the author of this book decided to kill Esmail first?

3.      Do you think that police need to learn the facts before they arrest someone, because in this Behrani was innocent and he got arrested.

4.      Do you think that Behrani’s decision t kill everyone was the right decision?

5.      Do you think that Kathy should have been arrested; it was Lester who started this, she was just confused and sad and wanted her house back?

Okay, so as you all know, this is the last Dracula blog. All I have to say is even though it had its tedious times, Dracula was a book worth the read!

Now my passage for the last blog comes from the chapter twenty-three from paragraph four. It is words of a conversation between Harker and Van Helsing (also known as “The Professor”…). With Harker starting, here it goes:

Harker groaned and said, “And this is all arrayed against my darling! But how is he experimenting? The knowledge may help us to defeat him!”

“He has all along, since his coming, been trying his power, slowly but surely; that big child-brain of his is working. Well for us, it is, as yet, a child-brain; for had he dared, at the first, to attempt certain things he would long ago have been beyond our power. However, he means to succeed, and a man who has centuries before him can afford to wait and go slow. Festina lente may well be his motto.”

My first question for you is: how does this paragraph turn Dracula from a powerful monster to a simple id? Why?

The second is: Why do you think that the author, Bram Stoker, sought to insert this information into the readers’ (our) minds? Does he have a motive or just trying to add interest to the story?

My final question is: What does the phrase Festina lente mean and why is it a good motto for Dracula?

There is my LAST Dracula blog for you!

-Jenni Kantor

I wrote a short play to describe how blogging another 4 weeks is

(Prince looking guy enters.  Majestic music is playing, and he is addressing a large crowd.)

Prince: Finally!  The day has come were we can lay down or hands, hang up our hats, and be done with blogging.

Servant: (Scurries to Princes side, wispers something in his ear.)

Prince:  What’s that?  We have to Blog another 4 weeks?  No!  Why will King Shank not take mercy on his poor subjects!  Why has he left us to drown in our work?

(King Shank enters.  He stand 9 feet tall, and carries a 10 foot long sword.)

King Shank:  Silence!  No complaining or you will be smited at the hand of my Mighty Sword!

Prince:  I guess we have no choice but to obey.

Servant: Sugercane!

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Aha!  I was right!  In the second Blogging of this rotation I said that Sarath was sneaky and sly.  However, in the third section of the book, Sarath appeared as if he was truly sincere, and he really wanted to help Anil.  But I was right all along.  Sarath does end up betraying Anil, which was a shocker to some, but noow me.  As you may have guessed, I am examining Sarath in this section.  In this section, that author focuses less on backstory, ande more on the actual plot of finding Sailors killer.  Sarath appears as if he is sincere in his hope of finding Sailor, right until the last moment.  When Sailors identity was discovered, Sarath got out of there.  He then tried to discredit Anil, and make her seem less believeable.  This is the section of the book where we see the final transformation of Sarath from friend to enemy.  Sarath was a Dynamic character.  he changed throughout the course of the book.  He started out as a mysterious helper, but ended as a terrible villian.  My question for you guys is:  Do you think Sarath was planning on betraying Anil the whole time?  Or did he simply have a change of heart at the last moment?

Brian Wawrzyniak