https://padlet.com/jorange699/h1vh11cl645jo5jg Joshua Orange, Ashley Varela, Natalia Perez; Period 4 en-us 2022-04-20 13:50:04 UTC 2022-04-26 08:42:19 UTC hello@padlet.com jorange699 https://padlet.com/jorange699/h1vh11cl645jo5jg/wish/2150439463 1) In his 1950 play, "Master Harold and the Boys", Athol Fugard uses the off-stage character of Hally's father to further develop Hally's character and show how his thoughts are strongly influenced by his father's own racism and discriminatory views, which, in turn, has a negative impact on Hally's familial-like relationship with Sam and Willie.

2) Despite only being shown in flashbacks and brief anecdotes, Tabitha Wheelwright in the 1989 novel, A Prayer for Owen Meany, perfectly embodies a minor character who, while not have much presence within the actual plot, still holds great significance in the way she affects a number of different characters within the novel. John Irving, author of the book, masterfully writes a mother whose death leads to the trauma, sadness, and shift in character of those who she left behind. ]]> 2022-04-20 14:24:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jorange699/h1vh11cl645jo5jg/wish/2150439463 nperez654 https://padlet.com/jorange699/h1vh11cl645jo5jg/wish/2150579972 1) In the play, "The Tempest", William Shakespeare uses the element of time to display different timelines happening at the same time to build up suspense to then bring them all together for the resolution, in which characters such as Caliban, Prospero, and Ariel get their freedom.

2) A Prayer for Owen Meany, a 1989 novel by John Irving, contains a series of time shifts in which the protagonist, John Wheelwright, reflects on his childhood growing up with his best friend, Owen, and his current life without having Owen around. Irving skillfully employs a multitude of lengthy anecdotes to both contrast and enhance the parts of the story told in the present day, showing readers the changes in character of John, his family, and others affected by Owen's untimely fate. 

]]> 2022-04-20 15:48:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jorange699/h1vh11cl645jo5jg/wish/2150579972 jorange699 https://padlet.com/jorange699/h1vh11cl645jo5jg/wish/2156438699 1) In her 1814 novel, Frankenstein, author Mary Shelley develops a story in which a creature, created by a disturbed, strange scientist, is shunned from society as a whole because of his unfortunate and grotesque appearance, which, over the course of time, leads to a massive shift in his innately benevolent character, turning him into a vengeful, vindictive monster who only holds contempt for society's shallow and judgmental values. 

2) In his 2005 novel, Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro pens a story in which the entire main cast consists of cloned humans whose only use in an alternate, dystopian society is to donate their organs and bodies for the benefit of curing illness in "real", non-cloned, original humans. Kathy H., the protagonist of the novel, through the exploration of the real world after being sheltered from it for several years, is introduced to the horrors and disturbing values/beliefs of society, demonstrating how people will exploit each other for their own personal gain. ]]> 2022-04-25 12:37:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jorange699/h1vh11cl645jo5jg/wish/2156438699 jorange699 https://padlet.com/jorange699/h1vh11cl645jo5jg/wish/2156562722 1st Thesis Support:

- Hally's initial phone call with his mother where she tells him his father will be finally coming home already demonstrates to readers the major affect that Hally's father has on his character and personality. Hally is unexpectedly distraught when he hears the news, as he has very complex and conflicting emotions when it comes to his father and how he views him.

- The final phone call with Hally's mother and father shows a complete shift in his attitude towards Sam and Willie. The audience sees the influence that Hally's father has on him, as his father's racist and discriminatory values peek through his initially and seemingly innocent personality, and his treatment of Sam and Willie takes a turn for the worse. 


2nd Thesis Support: 

- Although she's only shown in brief anecdotes, Tabitha Wheelwright has many short scenes that leave a mark in the reader's mind, one of which is the scene where she is struck by Owen's fateful homerun. Tabitha's death affected not only her son and close family, but many other citizens of the small town of Gravesend. Many people attended her funeral and were stunned by her passing. 

- Another way in which Tabitha affected the plot of the story is her many unknown secrets, which, throughout the majority of the novel, keep pulling readers to the edge of their seats, especially the secret of who John's real father is. The scene where John finally confronts his real dad, Reverend Merrill, he is angered not necessarily by his mother's secrecy, but by the truth itself, which revealed to him a cowardly father and ex-lover who never had the courage to step up and take care of the child Tabitha left behind. ]]> 2022-04-25 13:41:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jorange699/h1vh11cl645jo5jg/wish/2156562722 jorange699 https://padlet.com/jorange699/h1vh11cl645jo5jg/wish/2156603061 1st Thesis Support: 

- One way that the monster feels alienated from society is the fact that, from his very birth, he was shunned by his own "father" and creator. Victor fled from his own creation the moment it gained sentience, and, even throughout the rest of the novel, failed to accept its kind, caring nature which it was born with, thus turning the creature into a beast of wrath and vengeance. 

- The monster also spends weeks camping out in front of a household of French exiles, from whom the monster was able to learn language, geography, and many other academic topics through watching their daily lives from afar. However, when the monster finally has enough courage to "show" his face to the blind, old father of the DeLacey family, he is consequently beaten and further shunned by the father's children when they returned home, lessening the monster's faith in human society. 


2nd Thesis Support: 

- Throughout her childhood, Kathy is sheltered in the school of Hailsham, and even so when she leaves to The Cottages at 16 to finally begin training as a carer. She knows her purpose in life is to donate all her vital organs to help save "real" humans, but doesn't fully grasp the gravity and weight of this burden she must carry until her first donation. 

- Her sheltered bubble is finally burst when she and her childhood friend/lover, Tommy, are told by the old headmaster of Hailsham their origins and why people decided to create genetic clones in the first place. Despite everything the staff at Hailsham did to make life promising and comfortable for the unfortunately destined clone children, they will still have to face humanity's menacing desire to use other living beings for their own benefit. ]]> 2022-04-25 14:01:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jorange699/h1vh11cl645jo5jg/wish/2156603061 jorange699 https://padlet.com/jorange699/h1vh11cl645jo5jg/wish/2156660824 1st Thesis Support:

- Two different stories play out at the same time, the main one being that of Prospero and his seeking revenge on Antonio, Alonso, and the other royals who were aboard the ship when it washed up on the seemingly deserted island. Shakespeare shows the audience Prospero's many tricks and plans to make his brother and former allies go insane, building suspense until the final scene where he decides to forgive each of their wrongdoings.

- In the other storyline, Caliban seeks revenge on Prospero for stealing his and his mother, Sycorax's, island. Caliban plots the death and murder of Prospero with his new master Stephano and royal jester Trinculo. In displaying two different timelines happening in tandem, Shakespeare skillfully creates a play which seems lengthy at first, but is revealed to only have taken place within three hours, and yet developed full backstories, conflicts, and resolutions between all of the characters shown.


2nd Thesis Support:

- A Prayer for Owen Meany also features a double timeline, although, instead of happening at the same time, it's two conjoining stories from the past and present. In the past, John describes his childhood with Owen and his cousin, mainly Hester, and the death of his mother, Tabitha. John describes how he dealt with his mother's passing and learning the secrets she left behind, and being in denial about Owen's supposed vision where he, too, will eventually die prematurely. 

- In the intertwined parts of the novel where John is grown up in the modern day (modern for when the book was written), John looks back on his days spent with Owen and begins to embrace religion for the first time, reflecting heavily on Owen's enduring belief in his visions and that he would do something great in life. John Irving was able to show with these two parts of the novel set in different times that major childhood experiences can make you an almost entirely new person when you grow up, and that having faith, even if not in a religious sense, is an important aspect to life in general. ]]> 2022-04-25 14:30:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jorange699/h1vh11cl645jo5jg/wish/2156660824