Friday, December 16th, 2016- Reading Log #7- Topic Choice #4- Literary Elements and Devices12/16/2016 Setting, foreshadowing, and point of view are the literary elements presented in the book “The Austere Academy”. Each element is being used differently. For setting, the book takes place at Prufrock Preparatory School, the three orphans attend it in this book of the series. Also, it takes place at a dull gray place with buildings shaped like tombstones, or to others, thumbs. Mr. Poes exclaims, “Rather odd architecture,” Mr. Poe commented. “Each building looks like a thumb.” Even Mr. Poe think the rather odd shaped building look like thumbs. The author's purpose for using setting was to better describe how horrible it was living there and to help you understand their feelings of the scenery. For foreshadowing, the V.F.D foreshadows about Count Olaf’s secret that may or may not be revealed later on in the series. The author states, “The children had to find out the secret of V.F.D. and the dreadful thing the Quagmires had discovered. Perhaps it could help them rescue the two triplets. Perhaps it could bring Count Olaf to justice. And perhaps it could somehow make clear the mysterious and deadly way that their lives had become so unfortunate.” V.F.D is like an acronym for something that has foreshadowed Count Olaf’s secret. The author’s purpose for using foreshadowing was to give some mystery and to make you ponder as to what the Quagmire triplets were referring to. For point of view, the story is told in 3rd person. The author’ s purpose for using point of view was to describe their unfortunate lives from his perspective and narrate using the words “he” and “she”. The literary elements are being used to better describe and better explain every horrible and unfortunate event that has happened to the three Baudelaires.
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The main conflict is that Coach Genghis, Count Olaf, is trying to steal Violet, Klaus, and Sunny’s fortune. It starts when Coach Genghis is making the three Baudelaires, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny, run laps. That was his plan to steal their fortune. He made them paint a large glow in the dark track for them to run around after dinner when it was dark. He wanted them to be so tired they would fail their classes and get suspended, that way they would come and live with Count Olaf, Coach Genghis. This is a conflict, instead of an important event because the idea that Count Olaf always comes up with a new way to try to steal the Baudelaire fortune is what fuels each story, so without this conflict there would be no story. This is a problem because Count Olaf will do what whatever it takes to get his greedy hands on the Baudelaire fortune, even committing murder. This problem affects the Baudelaire children, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny. The three orphans react fearful of what he might do to them if he gets his hands on their fortune. The author states on page 21, “But how can a computer keep Count Olaf away?” Klaus asked. “He could still show up and cause trouble, no matter what appears on a computer screen.” Klaus does not believe the computer can stop Count Olaf. He must be scared of what he can do to the Baudelaires when he does show up at the school. The characters try to find out what Count Olaf is really up to because of the conflict. On page 78 the author explains, “What we need is a plan. Now, we need to prove to Nero that Coach Genghis is really Count Olaf. How can we do that?” They react by trying to create a plan to expose Coach Genghis’ true identity. The conflict is external because it is caused by an outside force. The conflict is situational because Count Olaf scheming to steal the Baudelaire fortune is a situation in the conflict, it is not personal. I have not finished the book yet, so I do not know if the conflict was resolved.
The Baudelaires and Aunt Josephine are hurriedly on there way back to Damocles dock. They are trying to escape from the mouths of the Lachrymose Leeches. These leeches will eat any food they smell, even food that has already been eaten by a human. Aunt Josephine had recently eaten a banana, so the leeches were chasing after them, trying to crack the boat and get to their prey. Violet Baudelaire thought of an idea to signal for help. Her idea failed on her first attempt at it, but her second attempt worked. The thing is, the person who saw her signal was none other than Count Olaf. It was both a blessing and a curse. He saves the Baudelaires and Aunt Josephine. When they were safely on the boat, Count Olaf walked over to Aunt Josephine, angry at her for not doing what he told her to do. He pushed Aunt Josephine off the boat and she ended up being eaten by the evil Lachrymose Leeches. This scene, on Lake Lachrymose is happening towards the end of the book. This scene is so important because it was a very scary scene and Aunt Josephine did end up dying, which was a surprise. The author made the reader think that this was it, the Baudelaires are going to die. But, the three children did indeed not die. He also made the reader think that Aunt Josephine would end up not dying and would care for the three orphaned Baudelaires. But, she did die and certainly would not care for the Baudelaires. It does not create the conflict. It shows the characteristics of Violet Baudelaire. The scene showed her inventive characteristic by having Violet invent a signaling device. It does not help create the theme of the whole book. Violet reacts very sadly that her first attempt to start a fire as a signaling device did not work and then she was very happy about her second attempt. On page 61 of the book “The Wide Window” it explains, "It's not working," she said again, and dropped the oar in despair. "We need a fire, but I can't invent one." Violet is unhappy that she can’t invent something to help their situation. She usually is able to solve their problem with an invention easily. She was then upset about Count Olaf finding them. On page 64 of the book “The Wide Window” it states, "If it weren't for you," Violet said fiercely, "we wouldn't be in Lake Lachrymose to begin with." Count Olaf wants to steal the Baudelaire fortune. Violet does not want to be found because of that. The point of the plot structure in this scene that takes place is falling action. Why did the orphaned children not attempt to save their Aunt Josephine?
The main characters of “A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Miserable Mill” are Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire and Count Olaf. Violet Baudelaire is the eldest of the three Baudelaire children and an amazing inventor. Klaus Baudelaire is the second youngest child of the Baudelaires and a genius at reading and grammar usage. Sunny Baudelaire is the youngest of the three children, who has stunning sharp teeth, and loves to chew on many different items lying around. Count Olaf is a menace, who tries to steal the Baudelaire fortune every time they move from place to place to escape from him. The Baudelaire children are the protagonists, who move from city to city and place to place to get away from the clutches of Count Olaf. Count Olaf is the antagonist, who will always try to get their fortune, but has not succeeded yet. They are important because the whole series and book revolves around the children’s miserable life and Count Olaf’s mischievous life. The author regarding Violet said, “The mill might have complicated machines, and you would find it interesting to study them." "That's true," Violet said” (page18). This shows that Violet admires machinery and building them too. The author writes about Kluas intelligence, “This time she probably meant something like ‘But Klaus reads many complicated books!” (page 7) This shows that Klaus Baudelaire must have high intelligence to be able to read difficult books. Sunny Baudelaire is attentive. The text states, “You're going to live here, at the Lucky Smells Lumbermill?" "Cigarn!" Sunny shrieked, which meant "Look at this note" ( page 22). This quote shows us that Sunny observant in what others say and responds to what they say, even though she can not truly speak English. Count Olaf is vengeful. The author observes, "This book was certainly helpful to you, orphans," Count Olaf said, holding Dr. Orwell's Advanced Ocular Science high in the air, "and now it will help me." With all his rotten might, Count Olaf turned and threw the heavy book right through one of the library windows. With a crash of tinkling glass, the window shattered and left a good-sized hole. The hole was just big enough for a person to jump through, which is exactly what the bald man did, wrinkling his long nose at the children as if they smelled bad. Count Olaf laughed a horrible, rough laugh, and followed his comrade out the window and away from Paltryville. ‘I'll be back for you, orphans!’ he called. ‘I'll be back for your lives" (page 188)! This shows that Count Olaf will do whatever it takes to get his revenge on the Baudelaire orphans and steal their fortune. The Baudelaire orphans, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny, are dynamic because at the beginning of the story they were discouraged and hopeless because their life so far had been miserable, but at the end of the book they realized they were lucky to be alive and were hopeful for the better. Count Olaf is static because his main goal throughout the whole book is to take the Baudelaire fortune away from the children.
Meg Murry's feelings towards herself changes over-time. At the beginning of the story she expressed deep hatred of her flaws and herself. The author states, “- A delinquent, that’s what I am, she thought grimly“ (page 8). This quote shows that she knows she is calling herself names because she does not favor herself in any way. Another example is, - Why can’t I hide it, too? Meg thought. Why do I always have to show everything?” (page 9). This shows that she does not like her personality and her flaw in self-expression. Towards the end of the story, Meg begins to have a change of heart about herself and her flaws. The text explains, “Father said it was all right for me to be afraid. He said to go ahead and be afraid. And Mrs. Who said—I don't understand what she said but I think it was meant to make me not hate being only me, and me being the way I am. And Mrs. Whatsit said to remember that she loves me. That's what I have to think about. Not about being afraid. Or not as smart as IT. Mrs. Whatsit loves me. That's quite something, to be loved by someone like Mrs. Whatsit” (page 226). This quote shows that Meg accepted the challenge of loving herself and that she is not horrible because others actually love her, even though she has many faults. In addition, the text states, “She knew! Love. That was what she had that it didn’t have. She had Mrs Whatsit’s love, and her father’s, and her mother’s, and the real Charles Wallace’s love, and the twin’s, and Aunt Beast’s. And she had her love for them” (page 228). This shows that Meg changed her feeling’s towards herself and she was loved by her friends and family. Meg Murry’s feelings towards herself and her flaws relate to the GATE icon, change-overtime.
The main conflict is that Meg’s father has been captured by IT on Camazotz and Calvin, Charles, and herself need to save him. The problem started when Meg’s father, Mr. Murry, was trying to tesser to Mars because he worked as a scientist for the government. While tessering he was imprisoned by IT, who is also a part of The Black Thing. This is a conflict because Meg is fighting against IT and the Black Thing in order to save her father. Meg is the protagonist and IT and The Black Thing are the antagonist. This is a problem because Meg misses her father and he has been gone from home for a while. She misses him and so does the rest of her family. The problem affects Meg, Charles, Mrs. Murry, Sandy, and Dennys. The problem is internal because it makes her and her family feel like he does not love them anymore. In chapter one it says, “But it was impossible to think about father without the danger of tears. Only her mother could talk about him in a natural way, saying, “When your father gets back-”. This shows that Meg and her family are very sad without father in their life. It is external because IT and The Black Thing are physically imprisoning Meg’s father on Camazotz. These conflicts are resolved because in chapter nine it says, “Meg kicked at Charles Wallace and ran at the column. She felt as though she were going through something dark and cold. But she was through. “Father!” she cried. And she was in his arms.” This shows that Meg had rescued her father from IT and The Black Thing.
The main characters are Meg Murry, Charles Wallace, Calvin, Mrs Whatsit, Mrs Who, and Mrs Which. Meg Murry is the protagonist of the book and is sent by Mrs Who, Mrs Whatsit, and Mrs Which to help save her father from The Black Thing, which is a dark and cold shadow that represents the evil force they are fighting. Charles Wallace is Meg’s five year old little brother who is unimaginably smart with the ability to read minds. It says in chapter one, ”How right had he had been about that, though he himself had left before Charles Wallace began to speak, suddenly, with none of the usual baby preliminaries, using entire sentences...How did Charles Wallace always know about her? How could he always tell?“(pg. 15 and 13). He is sent with Meg to help save her dad. Calvin is a high school athlete that is unloved and unnoticed by his large family. He is sent to help Meg and Charles Wallace save their dad. They are important because the whole book is centered around their actions. Mrs Whatsit, Mrs Who, and Mrs Which are celestial beings that help lead the three children to their dad so they can save him and the universe from The Black Thing. Meg Murry is filled with flaws and has an attitude toward them. It says in chapter one, “A delinquent, that’s what I am, she thought grimly...Why can’t I hide it too? Meg thought. Why do I always have to show everything?”(pg. 8 and 9). This shows that Meg’s attitude toward her flaws is hatred and unwanting. Meg Murry is dynamic because she used to dislike her unwanted flaws but now she treasures them and uses them to her advantage. Charles Wallace, Calvin, Mrs Who, Mrs Whatsit, and Mrs Which are all dynamic because they grew from their failures throughout the story.
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