Imagine yourself getting on a train in Grand Central Station in modern times. When you get off you are on the third level of the train station. This you have been looking to find for your whole life. When you buy a newspaper you notice that the price is very low and that the dated is 1894. You have just time traveled to Grand Central Station on June 11, 1894. This is what happens to the main character Charley in the short story, “The Third Level”. The author, Jack Finney wrote this romance that teaches a lesson, and reminds me of the movie, The Time Travelers Wife.
This story is an unrealistic romance. In order to be a romance, the story has to have a mild conflict. This is when Charley finds himself more than ninety-eight years into the past. The story also has to end in a life affirming symbol. Whether the story was in the year 2020 or 103 it would still be very unrealistic because as of right now no one can time travel. A romance lastly has to have a porpoise of escapism and that is exactly what this story has because Charley was trying top get back to modern times the whole story.
This romance also teaches a lesson. The lesson is that even though were you are may be great, it’s never better than real life. This is true because one Charley got to 1894 he loved it because he had found the third level which wasn’t supposed to exist and he wanted to explore it. He was so happy but even though all of this joy was good, he probably would have had the same amount of joy back home.
On the other hand, the movie, The Time Travelers Wife has almost the same lesson. The movie relates a lot to the story. They are both kind of confusing and are both a romance which makes them unrealistic. The Time Travelers Wife is confusing because you never know why he leaves or why he never takes his clothing with him. It is also confusing because you never know were he is going or when. Another reason that the “The Third Level” is confusing because it is so unreal when he leaves and doesn’t know where he is, so you can’t really relate to it so you don’t know what is going on. Even though in The Time Travelers Wife they do go into the future when “The Third Level” doesn’t, they both go into the past and that makes them alike.
In Jack Finney’s “The Third level” there is a plot line of a romance that teaches a lesson and this lesson. This story would also compare to the movie The Time Travelers Wife. Overall, readers learn that finding that “somewhere” you always looked for, may not be better than were you were before.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Monday, February 15, 2010
Valentines Day
Valentines day never really works out for me. I always get coughed up in stupid situations. one year my date baled on me but it was a school dance so you would think that I would hang out with my friends but the only problem there was that they were apparently too cool to dance. i actually think that they were just scared. another year i was supposed to go It the movies with a big group of friends but well the movie got a bad review so everyone went to someones house instead and I wasn't aloud to go. the year after that I was going to the mall with my "spacial friend" (I'm not aloud to call him my boyfriend) and he got strep thought and couldn't go. I thought that this day was supposed to be about love, friendship, and happiness but for me it's tears or madness.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Ribbons
When Stacey’s Chinese Grandmother moves into her house with her, she acts kind of diabolic and fastidious. She tries to act decorous but just cant hold it in because grandma (also called Paw-Paw) gets into some impeccable, uncanny fights with her when she is not getting enough attention. In the short story titled, “Ribbons” includes many symbols, and the author Laurence Yep makes it relate to real life and also to a TV show episode that follows the same plotline, of a comedy.
Most of the symbols that Laurence Yep used in this story symbolize happiness, and or something good. It all starts out when it says, “in that bright warm rectangle of light.” This represents an non-nebulous day and also tells that something good is going to happen. Most of the time sun represents joy, or happiness. You can tell that this story is a comedy because when it mentions, “into our living room rug”, the living room and rug lets you know that this is totally normal and there is nothing unordinary about it, because you would probably find a living room and a rug in most normal houses now a days. Another symbol that caught my eye was when Laurence wrote, “she wore a silk jacket and black slacks”. This is basically saying that the grandmother is not an impecunious woman. The last symbol in the story was when it said, “mom was as meek as a child”, this is saying that mom was angry and the conflict was about to arise. This is also saying that something or someone was making her abashed.
Even though that this story has a lot of sapid symbols, it also relates to real life situations. This could happen to anyone and it has happened to me. When people pay a lot of their attention to my two year old brother, Jake, I always seem to be sequestered. This is ok though because I have learned to be on my own and now I’m very independent. People get ignored all the time by people all over the world; they also get in fights just like Stacey and her Grandmother. This says that the story is a comedy because comedies are realistic.
This story is very likely to happen in real life and also on TV. This was the same thing that happened on the Disney Channel show, “Hannah Montana” . When the Stewart family’s grandmother comes to visit, both of the kids have important events to go to and both of the kids are both extenuate but Grandma will only go to Jackson’s event because she feels that Miley has too much attention already and because she is a singer and is proverbial. So Grandma believes that Jackson is put aside and doesn’t get enough attention as Miley. This makes Miley sad and she wants this to stop. But in the end she talks to her grandmother and they work things out and everything is okay again.
This realistic story relates to real life as well as a TV show episode. The author also uses some symbols that show that this story is definitely a comedy. People will get mad when they don’t get enough attention. However, if they talk it out, this problem can get rersolved.
Most of the symbols that Laurence Yep used in this story symbolize happiness, and or something good. It all starts out when it says, “in that bright warm rectangle of light.” This represents an non-nebulous day and also tells that something good is going to happen. Most of the time sun represents joy, or happiness. You can tell that this story is a comedy because when it mentions, “into our living room rug”, the living room and rug lets you know that this is totally normal and there is nothing unordinary about it, because you would probably find a living room and a rug in most normal houses now a days. Another symbol that caught my eye was when Laurence wrote, “she wore a silk jacket and black slacks”. This is basically saying that the grandmother is not an impecunious woman. The last symbol in the story was when it said, “mom was as meek as a child”, this is saying that mom was angry and the conflict was about to arise. This is also saying that something or someone was making her abashed.
Even though that this story has a lot of sapid symbols, it also relates to real life situations. This could happen to anyone and it has happened to me. When people pay a lot of their attention to my two year old brother, Jake, I always seem to be sequestered. This is ok though because I have learned to be on my own and now I’m very independent. People get ignored all the time by people all over the world; they also get in fights just like Stacey and her Grandmother. This says that the story is a comedy because comedies are realistic.
This story is very likely to happen in real life and also on TV. This was the same thing that happened on the Disney Channel show, “Hannah Montana” . When the Stewart family’s grandmother comes to visit, both of the kids have important events to go to and both of the kids are both extenuate but Grandma will only go to Jackson’s event because she feels that Miley has too much attention already and because she is a singer and is proverbial. So Grandma believes that Jackson is put aside and doesn’t get enough attention as Miley. This makes Miley sad and she wants this to stop. But in the end she talks to her grandmother and they work things out and everything is okay again.
This realistic story relates to real life as well as a TV show episode. The author also uses some symbols that show that this story is definitely a comedy. People will get mad when they don’t get enough attention. However, if they talk it out, this problem can get rersolved.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
My Poem
If you look deep within my heart you will find that it is broken.
youll also see that it misses you.
and every day we are apart it gets worse.
soon i will die of it
i love you untill the day that people foget about Michael Jackson (always).
even wen i come to my final part i will be thinking of you.
but if you could just forgive me for what ever i did that made you mad.
can two simple words fix all the ones i wish i hadnt?
can they get us a happy ever after?
i love you
forever
I'm Sorry!
youll also see that it misses you.
and every day we are apart it gets worse.
soon i will die of it
i love you untill the day that people foget about Michael Jackson (always).
even wen i come to my final part i will be thinking of you.
but if you could just forgive me for what ever i did that made you mad.
can two simple words fix all the ones i wish i hadnt?
can they get us a happy ever after?
i love you
forever
I'm Sorry!
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Snow in WI
I walk up the bitter cold side walk. I look down to see that the snow is soaking through my ripped up old mohicans making my feet very wet. I look up and I can see the snowflakes stuck to my eyelashes. I blink they melt making it look like I'm crying,but I'm not. I look ahead and see three trees covered in blankets of snow and I wonder why they call it that because a blanket is saposed to keep you warm and it is definatly not warm out here. I walk into the school and my first thought is,"will we get out early today"?
quote
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach. ~Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Monday, February 8, 2010
Poem
Water, as thin as paper
Paper, as white as a cloud
Cloud, as fluffy as pillow
Pillow, as soft as lotion
Lotiol, as cold as ice
Ice, as slipery as soap
Soap, as sour as a lemon
Lemon, as jucy as oranges
Oranges, as good as marshmellows
Marshmellows, as sticky as syrup
Syrup, as drippy as water
Paper, as white as a cloud
Cloud, as fluffy as pillow
Pillow, as soft as lotion
Lotiol, as cold as ice
Ice, as slipery as soap
Soap, as sour as a lemon
Lemon, as jucy as oranges
Oranges, as good as marshmellows
Marshmellows, as sticky as syrup
Syrup, as drippy as water
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