Wednesday, April 30, 2008

In Character

3. Cookie Monster: The cookie monster is quite impactful on our country for one reason. He loves cookies. the cookie monster is a positive influence both because kids love that the only thing he wants is cookies and because he would never do bad things to get that very cookie. Cookie has quite a history. He didn't even start off as the cookie monster, he started off as a monster on commercials who ate junk food. He has been transformed into a positive role model for children on the ever-so-loved show, Sesame Street.

Bugs Bunny: Bugs is very important to american history because he is one of the most well known characters in the world. He's the loveable jokester that everyone knows. Bugs Bunny has no rules to follow, not even the ones of gravity. He does what he wants, when he wants and most the time he only does it to make people mad. Bugs is important in america because he represents what everyone wants to do, play by their own rules.

4. The Simpsons: The simpsons are very important to American culture because in a way, they represent most families in America. There is a character that covers every trait possible. Marge is the caring and loving mother, Homer is the lazy slob father, Bart is the troublemaking son, Lisa is the intellectual daughter, and Maggie just seems down to earth. The family covers such a broad display of traits that it might even be hard to see how theyre related. Other than they all look alike. The Simpsons are very important because a lot of americans can relate to them.

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Characteristics of a well told story

Part 1: Stories are important to childhood because they usually teach important life lessons. People read stories to children to put them to sleep and so the kids learn life lessons. from stories kids learn what they should do in certain situations.

Part 2: Older people read stories because the older you get the more interested you get in books. Older readers learn to read better and they also get more important life lessons from reading. the more you read, the more you know.

Part 3: Stories are important to our nation for many different reasons. Authors can use stories to teach people about things that are going on that readers might not already know about. Stories fit into our national identity because a lot of great books have come from America. America could possibly be known for some of the stories that it writes.

Part 4: One story that i remember from when i was a little kid was about this kid who was weak and then he ate some avocados and he became really strong and was the strongest in the neighborhood. The moral of the story was that kids should eat right if they want to grow up big and strong.

Part 5:
1. Make the falling action as interesting as the rising action
2. Make sure there is plenty of unnecesary violence
3. there should be some mystery
4. There should be well thought out dialogue
5. The conflict should be very clear
6. The ending should always be good and make people cry
7. The turning point of the movie should be obvious