Story 3:15

Authors Note: In this piece I will explain what my prediction is in the story 3:15 and write what this book reminds me of. Also, I will tell how I think the ending of the story should go. 

Everyone has that one teacher that they really do not like. And maybe there are some teacher's that can't stand some kids. The story 3:15 is about Mr. Mason who is a mean, old, and grumpy teacher who hates kid who are loud, noisy, and obnoxious. That is exactly how Troy, the new kid is. When Mr. Mason gave him that jar with the purple stuff in it I predicted that Troy would pass out when he smelled the purple thing in the jar because he looked a little lightheaded after he sniffed it, but my prediction was wrong, what really happened was that there was something in the jar that as soon as Troy took a small sniff of it took away his loudness and him being immature. I like what I predicted for an ending better because it would be interesting to see what the other people at school would say to him, but he wouldn’t know what they were talking about because he lost his memory. I predict that later in the story  that Troy will be a good student and a teacher’s pet. Then later he would slowly become like Dale because no one wants to talk to him or be his friend then he would become like a zombie.

There are a lot of hints in the story that tell that Troy most likely will end up like Dale. How he won’t talk to anyone and look depressed all the time. After Troy put the jar away from his face he started talking very maturely and being polite. Also, when Mr. Mason took the jar away from Troy he had a whole shelf of different jars with different names on different jars. You can predict that Mr. Mason has done this to many kids in the school and you can tell that Troy will end up like the other kids and won’t talk to anyone and no one would want to talk to him.  

This story reminds me a lot of the book Matilda, by Roald Dahl, because the principal of the  school is also really mean and grumpy. Whenever she comes by the kids she senses off a feeling that gets the kids frightened by her and they get too scared to talk to her. Those are the same feeling the kids get when Mr. Mason is around too. Also, she hates kids who are really loud and immature and if there is a kid that gets on her nerve she will find a way to punish them somehow. That is how Mr. Mason will deal with kids too.

If the story happened the way I predicted, I think it will go like this. As he fainted on the floor you could hear a big thump out into the halls. Everyone was confused and scared and thinking what did Mr. Mason just done to Troy. As a couple hours went by Troy slowly got up, he was so confused on what just had happened and why he was on the floor. He carefully opened the door and he saw a bunch of people starting at him and people shouting "What happened to you"? "Oh my god he's still alive!?” "What did he do to you"? Troy had no idea what was going on and why people were shouting at him, he just ignored them and walked away. And from that day on, no one ever talked to him ever again. He was just another zombie at school just like Dale. 

Character Analysis

Author's Note: I analysed the main character Brian in the book Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. And  explained how his character changed throughout the book. Also, how his character reminds me of another character in a book I've read.  

The book Hatchet by Gary Paulsen is mainly about how a 13 year old boy named Brian is finally getting the chance the meet his father, since his parents got divorced, and since they got divorced he has been taking that really hard on himself. But, he never thought that going on this trip to meet his father would end up to be even worse. Next thing he knew the plane he was in had crashed because the pilot had a heart attack and he was in the middle of the woods all by himself. As he spent many lonely days in woods trying to find food, shelter, and warmth. He finds himself being more brave and thinking outside the box to make him survive in the woods. 

While Brian was in the woods he knew he had no time to think about how upset he was about the divorce of his parents because he had to think about how to survive in the woods. He needed a fire going but didn’t know how to start one the beginning, this affected him a lot because he would be freezing at night and he would need a fire to cook food if he found any. He thought that someone would find him soon so he wouldn’t have to worry about how to make a fire. But, it’s been a while and one had found him so he knew he had to make a fire soon. He tried many things with paper, stones, and sticks but it didn’t work. He was very frustrated but, then he thought adding bark from a tree would work so he added some and lighted it up then next thing he knew he had a big fire going. He was so exited he yelled “Fire, I’ve got a fire!”

Now Brian had to find food for himself. He found many things like raw eggs, berries, and a lake for water, but he didn’t want to eat it because he didn’t know if it was safe to eat these things and that was affecting him because he was not eating and he needed something since he hasn’t eaten for a while. After two days of not eating anything Brian was starving and decided to eat a raw egg. He felt a lot better after eating that so we went to try some berries but the berries was to tart for him but, he had to keep eating them because he was too hungry.

Brian reminds me of the main character, Jane, in the book Fade by Lisa McMann. Since, Brian is all alone in the woods and on one knows that he is there and no one knows what he’s going through and it is hard for him to tell people that he is in the woods. This is similar to Jane because she has a problem when people are near  her and they are sleeping she atomically passes out and gets sucked into their dream. No one knows what she’s going through, they just think that she is just sleeping and she can’t tell anyone about it because people would think that she is crazy. And she feels like she is all alone and doesn’t know what to do.

For being in the woods for many days Brian had figured out many things to do easily like finding food, shelter, and warmth. Knowing that he would be here for awhile, he had to be more comfortable going out to find food and thinking of ways to make a fire so that he would survive. And as time went on he could find food anytime he wanted to and he could make a fire less in a hour. Brian was fine being in the woods because he was capable of getting what he needed. He had conquered his fears for being the woods for such a long period of time and now he isn’t as upset anymore about his parents being divorced.

Retelling Piece

Author’s Note:This is a short retelling of the book Fade by Lisa McMann. I use will use the skills I know to demonstrate my retelling knowledge.

Fade is about a teenage girl named Jane who doesn't get to have her own dream. Every time someone sleeps  by her she automatically falls asleep and gets sucked into the other persons dream. She can see other people’s dream and she is able to control it like rewind, fast forward, and pause the dream. But, she can't have her own dream and she has to live like that for the rest of her life.