Pages: 118-218
Prompt: Analyze the impact word choice has on the meaning or tone of a text. and analyze how dialogue or specific incidents reveal information about characters. Make sure to include textual evidence. 3.)• Describe the major conflict. What side are you on?
Word chose can change the tone of the book from positive to negative and vis versa. An example of this is on page 131 the first full paragraph you can read "But the emotion that came in it was brand-new and shocking in its intensity. Hatred" which change the mood of the chapter because before this he was just bored at Sentia but now he felt hatred from a vision he was having. Another example of this is on page 143 in paragraph 1 it states that "but when Mr. Morrison tried to help you, you pushed him away and told him to mind his own business." This shows the reader that from being a regular day for Jax it turned into a terrible day because of the vision he was having in the previous paragraph that caused his to push the teacher and get sent to the principal office. While an example of negative moment turning into a positive moment was on page 156 on paragraph two the author wrote "The jumper swung his left leg over the barrier and was a jumper no more." Which show the reader that the negative tone is gone because the person is out of danger for now.
Analyzing dialogue helps us find specific information about a character because it show something about them that we could not tell without an image or backstory. Chapter 22 shows the reader Jax is a good person because in that chapter he saves the life of a man that want to jump of a bridge by hypnotizing him and caring him. Another example of this is on page 148 the last paragraph when talking to Wilson he makes fun of Jax and calls him names. To the reader this shows that he is being a bully Jax of course their are other examples throughout the other chapters. On page 117 on the last paragraph to you can read that Tommy tries to help out Jax so that he does not get beat up by the school bully. This shows the reader that Tommy cares for his friend so that he is not hurt.
Major Spoiler !!!!!!!!
The major conflict of the book is that Dr. Mako wants to hypnotize Americans to vote for Trey Douglas by using Jax hypnotic powers, Jax is trying to stop him. Personally I am on Jax side because he wants to stop him so that the candidate win fair and square. Another reason that I am on the side of Jax is because he is trying to stop a man from taking a person's freedom away from them. I am on the side of Jax because he is the good guy trying to save people from being controlled without knowing what happened. The final reason I am on his side is because he did the video to hypnosis the people to save his mother and father and so that he could have control over others.
Dear Omar, nice job! I really liked the textual evidence. Don't forget to fix the font.
ReplyDelete-The one and only,
Evie