1. What is the SUBJECT of the text/communication act? Be specific. (Don’t say “potatoes” if the subject is really “ten easy ways to prepare potatoes a family dinner.”) • The Subject of the text The River is ways brian can survive and keep Derek alive in the forest all alone. I say this is the subject of the book because throughout the story there really is not any other events other than the events on where it is telling us what Brian is doing to try and survive and keep Derek alive. This is what the stories overall meaning is. Its to entertain but show what Brian does throughout his journey of survival. This story is mainly about the Governement talking to Brian about going back to where his plane crashed 2 years ago to survive in the Forest …show more content…
What is the OCCASION for the text? Be specific. (Don’t say its “the Presidential election” if the occasion is actually “a visit by Presidential Candidate John Kerry to Central Illinois.” Remember, OCCASION consists of: time, place, social attitudes, historical events.) • The government goes to visit brian at his small house in New York where is father lives during mid summer to talk to him about going back to the Canadian Forest to survive alone all over again so they can see how he does this. The government gives him a visit since the first time he was stranded in the forest alone he survived 54 days alone before getting rescued. So they want him to go back and try and survive his so called hisctorical event or significant event all over again. Also the Occasian that attracks the readers eye when reading it is when they realize Brian must survive for 60 days all alone during the middle of summer. Many people have certain social attidtudes towards this book. They feel that survival is very serious event in the world because you are fighting for your life. However, in the book the characters feel that Brian going back to survive is serious but not as serious as the first
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The past experiences of the main character, Chris McCandless, had an extraordinary effect on his life and the gradual end he met in Fairbanks bus 142. Between Chris and his father, Walt, there was a lot of tension. Chris had always been livid towards his father for his actions that put a massive strain on the whole family. Ever since that tragic event occurred, Chris’s childhood was never the same. This event influenced his personality, similar to how his early exposure to the wild also impacted him.
The author highlighted the early similarities in the lives himself and the other Wes Moore to make it clear that, when their paths diverged, it was largely due to choices. Additionally, to ensure readers learned from the mistakes they made, Moore emphasized the consequences each man faced. Finally, the epilogue laid out the benefits of overcoming obstacles versus succumbing to the environment you grew up. In conclusion, the decisions the author made in terms of the plot helped him successfully communicate his purpose that working hard to overcome obstacles is
One of the people Twain doesn’t admire is The King because he portrays him as a river con man who claims to be a dissapeared heir to the French Throne who also takes control of Huck and Jim’s raft. Pap would be another character who is not admirable because he treated his son worse than a slave owner treated a slave. The Duke is also portrayed as a bad man because he is The King’s side-kick who is also a con man. The Shepherdsons were also a group of unadmirable people because they shot Buck Grangerford along with his family. Mrs. Loftus is a little bit unadmirable because she didn’t let Huck have any of her food or things that he was in need of.
A place where memories do not exist and the normal day-to -day life does not occur. He becomes unstuck in time. Billy faces the consequence and lives in a different reality than everyone else. Vonnegut uses Billy’s experience to show how being unstuck in time made Pilgrim become helpless, powerless, and lack free will.
The first is when the pilot had a heart attack and the second is when Brian’s encounter with the bear. When the pilot started to have a heart attack Brian had to act fast, if he didn’t react as he did he would have died. This event made Brian adapt and become used to life and death situations and to the quick reactions required. This event was also very surprising no one would expect the pilot to have a heart attack out of nowhere, yet again for Brian to successfully crash-land into the lake.
In the book Brian 's winter the main character is Brian from the book Hatchet. Brian 's winter is a spin of book telling the story of him if he wasn 't rescued at the end of Hatchet and had to last the winter in the woods. This book was made to the people wondering what would 've happen to brian if he wasn 't rescued. Brian 's Winter shows how tough he has to be able to survive and make it through the winter.
In the book “Tangerine”, by Edward Bloor, the character Paul Fisher goes through many tough episodes, but the toughest one was making the choice on weather to lose a friend, or to lose trust. Paul’s actions on jumping on Coach Warner did lead to helping his friend Tino escape a thrilling problem, but the consequence waiting for him later on was not so forgiving. ”I landed hard on Coach Warners back and held on tight. Riding his neck and shoulders.
Intro BP 2a. Audience -tone (Text evidence+text evidence) 2b. Purpose-repetition 2c. Context-organization 3.
He starts off by introducing the story of Gene Rossellini, a brilliant man who chose to abandon society to look for answers to his curiosities but he ended up committing suicide when he did not get the results that he wanted. Like Rossellini, Chris also chose to abandon his wealth and chose to cut himself from society due to his beliefs and connection with nature. In contrast, unlike Rossellini, Chris did not give up and did not commit suicide when he made a fatal mistake which caused him his life. Next, the author introduces the story of John Mallon Waterman, a risk taker and a very talented mountain climber, who eventually became mentally unstable due to the depressing situations he experienced which possibly prompted him to climb Mt. Denali and end his life.
The theme of the story is the struggle between adventure and peace. On page 102 it says, “Where’re you going next? I haven’t decided yet, I’ll think it over” this clearly states that he is searching for adventure. (Bradbury 102) The Rocket Man wants to stay with his family which is the peace part, but is torn between going back into space.
Into the Wild essay Some may believe that Chris McCandless went into the wild out of nowhere, but the real reason he left everything was because he wanted to escape all the problems he was going through, especially with his parents. Chris was a smart, educated, wealthy guy, who just graduated from college and decided to give up everything he had to experience a new journey. Why would anyone ever give up the perfect life? His parents gave him anything anyone could ever dream for, but he did not accept anything. McCandless had a couple different reasons to why he left, the main one was to start a new life.
The novel tells a story of an unnamed man and his son in who struggle to survive in this horrific environment. I feel that the language in the novel is verbose. McCarthy is blunt in his descriptions. He uses repeated struggles and similar scenes forcing the reader to share the tough experience of the characters. I agree with the author that The Road is the picture of a post-apocalyptic world.
Gary Paulsen 's Hatchet is a modern classic tale of a stranded boy 's struggle for survival in the wilderness. The book is based on a 13-year-old who is accustomed to big-city life and comfort when he finds himself alone in a remote Canadian forest with no tools but a hatchet his mother gave him. Brian Robeson, a thirteen-year-old boy from New York City, is the only passenger on a small plane headed toward the oil fields of Canada. Brian is on his way to spend the summer with his father, and he 's feeling totally bummed about his parents ' recent divorce. he doesn 't have much time to dwell on his unhappy family situation, though, because the pilot the only other person on the plane suddenly suffers a heart attack and dies.
Because he is not prepared, McCandless dies in a bus he finds. Chris had every intention of coming back to civilization, but sadly eats something poisonous and is unable to get it out of his system. Prior to eating the poisonous food, Chris tries to cross the river that he had easily traveled through in the spring. Since it is now winter, he is unable to do so and is forced to retreat back to the bus. Though the book focuses on McCandless, it tells brief stories of other men who have gone into nature and passed away as well.