https://padlet.com/jakepedersen/pm57xzoh7p0brghi Think about a story (can be a novel, movie, folk tale, etc) that you really like? Why? What makes it a story that you like? It can be characters, plot (storyline), setting, supsense, climax (peak drama), ending (resolution), etc. en-us 2022-01-20 04:59:10 UTC 2025-12-18 06:50:56 UTC hello@padlet.com jakepedersen https://padlet.com/jakepedersen/pm57xzoh7p0brghi/wish/2026573430 A narrative that I love is the Breaking Bad series.  I think the plot (a nerdy HS chem. teacher becoming a drug kingpin) is so intriguing.  He is a "normal" and respectable person who continues to put himself in bad situations that result in him becoming a criminal. Thus the title, "Breaking Bad". ]]> 2022-02-03 01:22:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jakepedersen/pm57xzoh7p0brghi/wish/2026573430 songkouyly https://padlet.com/jakepedersen/pm57xzoh7p0brghi/wish/2460813496 attack on titan turns an avenge plot into something I didn't expect I exactly like how the character and world went from oh ya this is simpal to oh god now there's politics and racism but back then there was just the kill all titan ]]> 2023-01-30 04:04:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jakepedersen/pm57xzoh7p0brghi/wish/2460813496 hourinrithngeth https://padlet.com/jakepedersen/pm57xzoh7p0brghi/wish/2460815390 A narrative I love is fight club, I think plot is so exciting with unexpected twists and how everything could change the next day, diving deep into the world of criminal underground and into violence.]]> 2023-01-30 04:07:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jakepedersen/pm57xzoh7p0brghi/wish/2460815390 sereyvaddteysavy1 https://padlet.com/jakepedersen/pm57xzoh7p0brghi/wish/2460816269 A narrative that I love is the book "Earthlings" by Sayaka Murata. There are many reasons to why I love this book, with one of it being the plot. The book tells us a story revolving around the main character "Natsuki" who believes that she is an alien since her early years. The book starts off with Natsuki, who was first introduced to us as an abnormal 11 year old. Then it fast forwards into the present where Natsuki is in her 30s and willingly binds herself in a marriage with a man she found on a random website. As a grown woman, the remnants of her burdened past are constantly chasing and catching up to her regardless of how she pretends to live as a normal 'earthling'.

Throughout the entire book, we see things from Natsuki's point of view, where most of surrounds how she felt alienated (figuratively and quite literally) from the human world. One of the things i liked most about this book is its commentary on how the human world / our society works: specifically reproduction and work. Natsuki, being someone who thinks of herself as 'foreign' to the human world is not particularly fond of how things function within our society. Most of her views on the world are warped by the traumatic events she goes through as a child, her belief that she is an alien, and what she feels society expects from her as a woman. She referred to the world as a 'factory', her womb as a 'factory component' meant for producing babies in means of keeping the human race alive. Sayaka Murata used Natsuki's idea of aliens and factories as an allegory that alludes to the rejection of conformism.

Along with a few other characters who also see themselves as aliens, Natsuki tried ridding herself of her humanity / emptying all things that made her an 'earthling' from every crevice, which all raises the question we see on the back of the book "how far would you go just to be yourself?".

'Earthlings' is extremely thought provoking and raises ethical questions about society's demands of people and their trauma , how it has been commodified by society that birthing a child has become some sort of antidote for unhappy couples/women, how relationships were judged upon intimacy rather than the sense of company, etc.

]]> 2023-01-30 04:08:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jakepedersen/pm57xzoh7p0brghi/wish/2460816269 meysinvannak https://padlet.com/jakepedersen/pm57xzoh7p0brghi/wish/2460817627 A narrative that I like is called "Happiness". The drama title is happiness but it turned out that the drama is not. This drama released a failed treatment drug "Next" has caused a world wide pandemic known as Lytta Virus , aka "Mad person disease". People who got infected by the virus will turn into zombie. ]]> 2023-01-30 04:10:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jakepedersen/pm57xzoh7p0brghi/wish/2460817627 sokreaksabung https://padlet.com/jakepedersen/pm57xzoh7p0brghi/wish/2460819799 A little girl named “Coraline” moved into a new neighborhood. She misses her friends from Boston and she is extremely not happy with her situation. She got bored and her parents were inattentive to her. Coralline proceeds to explore the house. She found a little door that led to a parallel world where everyone has buttons for eyes. But things were great there. Her new “parents” were nice and caring. However, Coraline comes to realize that her parallel family plans to entrap her there forever.]]> 2023-01-30 04:13:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jakepedersen/pm57xzoh7p0brghi/wish/2460819799 sovichetrpeang1 https://padlet.com/jakepedersen/pm57xzoh7p0brghi/wish/2460820097 A narrative that I like is Saving Private Ryan which explains about a person in WWll that was sent to retrieve the last brother that was the only one alive out of the 4 brothers. The movie takes place in Normandy France which was one of the largest amphibious invasions of the Second World War. While finding him, they landed in the beaches of Normandy and went through some German resistance.]]> 2023-01-30 04:14:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jakepedersen/pm57xzoh7p0brghi/wish/2460820097 sophanmutdaphen https://padlet.com/jakepedersen/pm57xzoh7p0brghi/wish/2460822894 A narrative that i love is ( sweet home). This drama is titled sweet home but it’s not what you would expect because of “ sweet” I’d rather say it’s horrific, because of what happened to the world that made different creature that kills other living things. The main character is a teenage boy that fight to survive and hold onto the humanity. ]]> 2023-01-30 04:18:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jakepedersen/pm57xzoh7p0brghi/wish/2460822894 vireakreachpheakdey https://padlet.com/jakepedersen/pm57xzoh7p0brghi/wish/2460823768 Ryōhei Arisu, a high school student who is bored with his everyday life and has no ambition. He is joined by his childhood friends Karube and Chōta, as well as a mysterious girl named Usagi. Together, they must survive a series of dangerous games in a strange world known as Borderland. The games are set up by a mysterious figure known as the Game Master, and the players must complete them in order to survive and find a way back home. Along the way, they must face off against other players, as well as the mysterious forces of Borderland.]]> 2023-01-30 04:19:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jakepedersen/pm57xzoh7p0brghi/wish/2460823768 sokhuangea https://padlet.com/jakepedersen/pm57xzoh7p0brghi/wish/2460824597 This movie is intense, scary, and jumpy but fun to watch with others. The psychotic character was after a Def girl and her Def mother, he was trying to kill them because they were the only ones who knew that he was the murderer at many crime scenes. The psychotic killer was trying to kill the mother and the daughter, he found their house address and the only sad thing is that she couldn't hear any noise that the killer could make, which means that the killer has a bigger chance of breaking into their house without her knowing. The girl in the picture is so strong and brave, Near the end of the story, she stabbed herself in front of the killer in public, and she accused the killer of stabbing her in the stomach. Everyone in public believed her, the cops showed up. In the end, the mother and daughter were safe and the psychotic killer was shot many times until he was dead. The only impressive thing about he movie was that all of this happened in one night, with was midnight. ]]> 2023-01-30 04:20:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jakepedersen/pm57xzoh7p0brghi/wish/2460824597 pagnabottkhuon https://padlet.com/jakepedersen/pm57xzoh7p0brghi/wish/2460828008 A narrative i love is “Donnie Darko”, it starts off with a man in a bunny suit leading  Donnie to his lawn while a large satellite falls onto his room, which could’ve killed him if he was still there. The bunny man asks Donnie to save the world, as it is ending very soon. The thing is, none of this ever happened, he never left his room, there was no bunny man, it was all in his head. ]]> 2023-01-30 04:24:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jakepedersen/pm57xzoh7p0brghi/wish/2460828008 https://padlet.com/jakepedersen/pm57xzoh7p0brghi/wish/2460828038 A narrative that I like is All of us are dead. Which correlates to the tv series itself, Since it's revolve around a high school which had a zombie outbreak thus causing it's name "All of us are dead".]]> 2023-01-30 04:24:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jakepedersen/pm57xzoh7p0brghi/wish/2460828038 chingchingtang https://padlet.com/jakepedersen/pm57xzoh7p0brghi/wish/2460828561 I really enjoyed reading a narrative book called "Wonder". What gets me interested in that book is because of the plot. The main character (august) was born with a severe facial difference--that prevent him from going to school because people would treat him differently. I find this book unique because people usually don't really talk much about disability because it's sad and rare so to put it in a children's book, really just bring it back to reality since most children's books I've seen so far don't talk much about that stuff. Another reason why I like this book: it leaves a moral in the story. It teaches us to let us make our own decisions and do what we want to do without being afraid of what others might think of us. ]]> 2023-01-30 04:25:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jakepedersen/pm57xzoh7p0brghi/wish/2460828561 hengratanakheang1 https://padlet.com/jakepedersen/pm57xzoh7p0brghi/wish/2460831608 a narrative that i like the most is First they kill my farther (Khmer movie ). As the description of the movie we though that father were kill or got murder by a strange guy but it not it show us how people live in a happiness before the the pol pot era
 ( Cambodia genocide ) But when the genocide is coming many people are dead by the hand of Khmer rouge and the girl are that is a main character of the story name Loung Ung she is only five years old while she was in the genocide . The story show us how people live during Cambodia genocide people are not treat well and for like 12-15 hours a day and they can only got a 1 spoon of water with a bit of rice and when they were sick they could't  have any medicine to support there health . When i watch that moive i cry while it going it emoional but in the end she met  her family back but not her dad because her dad won't survive the genocide .

]]> 2023-01-30 04:30:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jakepedersen/pm57xzoh7p0brghi/wish/2460831608 manava2 https://padlet.com/jakepedersen/pm57xzoh7p0brghi/wish/2460831735 Everything Everywhere All At Once is one of the most breathtaking movie I have ever viewed in my whole life. The cinematography and storyline was absolutely extraordinary. The whole story is about Evelyn Wang life as a family immigrant and her struggles to fit in with the American lifestyle. Her daughter on the other hand, Joy Wang live a very americanized life and that put a difference between her and her mothers life. Living in the shadow, Joy showed signs of depression from her mothers neglect as well as stress from her mother acceptance of her life. It also show the struggle of Evelyn and her husband Waymond relationship, shows the contrast between them both. Evelyn is feels lost, her life meaning dreading away as she realize her life goals won't ever happen while Waymond is trying to find joy in everything, even if it's meaningless. This story is all about acceptance and love, how life will continue moving forward and even if you don't like it, you have to accept it. It goes more in depth about generational gap, fear of neglect, fear of the future and the story of healing. There are so many other life story in this movie but I liked it so much because of the storyline and how I relate to it. One of the most beloved comedy-drama show that made me cry 3 times (or more).]]> 2023-01-30 04:30:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jakepedersen/pm57xzoh7p0brghi/wish/2460831735 phanakpheachea https://padlet.com/jakepedersen/pm57xzoh7p0brghi/wish/2460832154 A narrative that I love that I love is Red notice. This movie has a theme of partners in crime and there’s an insane plotwist which nobody will ever expect. So Dwayne the rock Johnson is  a ancient item criminal which pretended to be an agent and went after Ryan Reynolds’s as another art thief because they both were given an offer which if they can find all 3 cleopatra’s egg they will be given 500 million dollars and so Gal Gadot as an actress played as the Bishop who made Dwayne Johnson and Ryan Reynolds’s connect with each other so he can lead her to the 3rd egg which was never found and then after that when they last one was found in a jungle. And they revealed that they were actually dating to Ryan Reynolds and so Ryan Reynolds’s took revenge by leaking their bank account to the agent and so they took all the money and all 3 of them ended up working together and the movie ended as a cliff hanger.]]> 2023-01-30 04:30:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jakepedersen/pm57xzoh7p0brghi/wish/2460832154 https://padlet.com/jakepedersen/pm57xzoh7p0brghi/wish/2462323234 Ginny and Georgia is a series that I am currently interested in. It's a comedic and drama genre series where this family (mother Georgia) practically causes drama wherever they move. This series really captivated my interests as it portrays the reality of high school and problems within the family. Each episode is like a readable moment but mystery at the same time. It shows a family bond and a mother daughter bond that is trying to heal because of their rough past.]]> 2023-01-31 02:04:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jakepedersen/pm57xzoh7p0brghi/wish/2462323234 puthikavibol https://padlet.com/jakepedersen/pm57xzoh7p0brghi/wish/2462323772 A narrative which I enjoy is Chainsaw Man by Tatsuki Fujimoto. The story is interesting and has a twisting plot to it. The story talks about a boy where he gets into a contract with the chainsaw devil. Sooner he gets into a devil hunting organization. This series is inspired by other interesting shows. The anime itself has a very nice animation to it and makes some scenes very realistic to the point where you can even see dust particles! A very good story. ]]> 2023-01-31 02:04:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jakepedersen/pm57xzoh7p0brghi/wish/2462323772 kolynyly https://padlet.com/jakepedersen/pm57xzoh7p0brghi/wish/2462324455 A narrative that i consider to be one of the best one would be in a series called Stranger Thing. This is a series on Netflix that showcase a girl born with great power. It started of with a young girl born from an experiment allowing her to develop a power which they called telekinesis. She was put into this world to create a barrier and stop creatures from the upside down from coming to her own world. With the help of her friends, they work together to find the gate to the upside down and try to close every single one of it. The reason why i love the narrative of this series is because this series have a mixture of fantasy, horror, comedy and a little romance which balance out the whole plot. The plot was great in general because it shows a lot of interesting characters and issue. Not only that but throughout the whole series of this show, I really love some of the characters as they show a lot of character development from good to bad and from bad to good. the plot isn’t boring at all since there is so many plot twist happening. The setting was creepy but also very cool as they are able to recreate such a cool setting especially for the upside down. Besides that, another reason this is a good movie or series is that it shows a lot of bonding, friendship and also friends working together. Thought out the show, the characters there would off go on mission together and investigate together while helping each other to finding more clues. It strengthen their bonds and show a lot of chemistry. ]]> 2023-01-31 02:05:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jakepedersen/pm57xzoh7p0brghi/wish/2462324455 rattanacseihasang https://padlet.com/jakepedersen/pm57xzoh7p0brghi/wish/2462325896 cars and family.]]> 2023-01-31 02:07:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jakepedersen/pm57xzoh7p0brghi/wish/2462325896 huichhuoncheng https://padlet.com/jakepedersen/pm57xzoh7p0brghi/wish/2462326283 The narrative made this a good movie by adding all the actions and everything that would attract someone’s eye if they likes watching action movies, not only that the narrative made the poster of the movies looks very interesting. The narrative made the detective or the main character interesting by keeping him mysterious since the narrator didn’t mention the detective background and it makes it even more fun when the narrator adds a chinese gangster for the detective to chase and capture him, this makes the movie more interesting to see if the detective successfully captures the chinese gangster or not.]]> 2023-01-31 02:07:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jakepedersen/pm57xzoh7p0brghi/wish/2462326283 raolmuong https://padlet.com/jakepedersen/pm57xzoh7p0brghi/wish/2462327603 A narrative I loved watching is Serial Experiments Lain. The story starts with the main character, Lain, finding her friend that committed suicide telling her via email that she is not dead but has "abandoned her physical self" and is alive deep within the virtual realm of "the Wired", where she claims she has found "God" there.
From this point, Lain is caught up in surreal events that see her diving deeper into the mystery of "the Wired". The reason why I love this anime is that the story is deep, well thought out, and very entertaining throughout. It also goes about presenting its story, not through exposition or any real dialogue, but instead through symbolism and visuals as it explores themes of consciousness, perception, and the nature of reality.


]]> 2023-01-31 02:09:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jakepedersen/pm57xzoh7p0brghi/wish/2462327603 engdalyeang https://padlet.com/jakepedersen/pm57xzoh7p0brghi/wish/2462328064 I like this kdrama because it's really fun to watch and the plot twists were great. There's a lot of truth uncovering and revenge. It involves law professors and law students working together to uncover the truth to find each other innocent. I also really liked the characters as everyone has a background story of their own. They suspect each other but also end up trusting each other again. The moment you think the killer was one character, it shifts to another. Overall it was very well planned and everything felt very real. I think that the characters were very relatable and it mentions real life problems that people have to go through and it really gets you emotional. ]]> 2023-01-31 02:09:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jakepedersen/pm57xzoh7p0brghi/wish/2462328064 tepreaseiemilievan https://padlet.com/jakepedersen/pm57xzoh7p0brghi/wish/2462330774 For best friends Becky and Hunter, life is all about conquering fears and pushing limits. However, after they climb 2,000 feet to the top of a remote, abandoned radio tower, they find themselves stranded with no way down. Now, their expert climbing skills are put to the ultimate test as they desperately fight to survive with all the stuffs in their bag. The plot is when their bag they carried all the way up with them that has water, phone, lights and more fell but got stuck on the thing. Hunter tried to hop down to get the bag because the stair broke and fall. When Hunter fell while trying to retrieve the bag, her fall wasn't broken by the bag. She missed it, landed on the antenna dish, and died instantly. Becky pulled the bag back to her. She did notice that Hunter had passed away, because it was her imagination. All the days and night she was left up there, she was all alone, she's talking to no one but just imagining hunter is right next to her. As becky is imagining hunter is with her, she needs hunter shoe to do something but hunter replied "I don't have a shoe" becky says "What about the one you're wearing?" Hunter replies back which makes becky very shocked "It' s not up here, it's down there" I tell you, when becky looked down she saw her best friend "Hunter" dead body which is very rotten and was eaten by the birds. ]]> 2023-01-31 02:13:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jakepedersen/pm57xzoh7p0brghi/wish/2462330774 lylongthai https://padlet.com/jakepedersen/pm57xzoh7p0brghi/wish/2462332318 A narrative I enjoy. This is a netflix movie that is comedy. It about a dictator in a very rich country. It a movie about a dictator that is very selfish. I enjoy these movie because there is comedy, there is plot twist in the movie too. ]]> 2023-01-31 02:15:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jakepedersen/pm57xzoh7p0brghi/wish/2462332318 soksereivathanavuth https://padlet.com/jakepedersen/pm57xzoh7p0brghi/wish/2462332605 A narrative that I consider is best would be the drama "Move to Heaven" because it really got into our daily life of us in reality. This drama show the life of a kid who got Asperger syndrome and how he lived his life with his dad and his only friend and into this drama shows a different setting by it show how he lives without his dad (since his dad got into an accident), and try to go through his days with his uncle that he never know exits, This part of the drama would relate to most kids who lost their parent when they're young and have to live with their uncle or aunty and try to go on with life and remembering every movement that the love one did like what it shows in this drama. And also this drama really shows more into the reality by when the loved one you know has passed away and you have to live with a family member who you never know and also that person can be mean like the uncle who is from the drama but as their days go the uncle tries to understand more over the boy syndrome and try to learn more which everyone should learn from it.]]> 2023-01-31 02:15:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jakepedersen/pm57xzoh7p0brghi/wish/2462332605 koklouisphu https://padlet.com/jakepedersen/pm57xzoh7p0brghi/wish/2462336131 A Manga story from Japan. The main plot of the story is set on creating the world’s best striker to be Japan’s hero in english football. In my opinion I love this story, although a simple plot how the story progresses amaze me. It isn’t simply about training footballers to be the world’s best but rather a survival game to develop players with best man standing to be Japan’s hero. What I like more about this story is it’s toxicity, it’s not just about playing football but each player is told that “In order to become the best you have to think like the best, a person consumed by egoism.” Meaning even if you’re at the bottom you still have to think like the best and that’s how one will start to “evolve.” We see this throughout the series and every time I read it the story just gets better and better. Each character is written so greatly all with their own story, purpose, and set of speciality making each person different and interesting it makes you want to explore every character and it really hooks you on to the story. There are also so much character twists or changes that happen, the writing and timing works so well together to have a good constructed story. One player can be the worst then the best, one can be friends then enemies, but with the point of the story everyone can either work together or be dead set on destroying one another. It’s simply so well written and the story is amazing.]]> 2023-01-31 02:19:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jakepedersen/pm57xzoh7p0brghi/wish/2462336131 hoursenglim https://padlet.com/jakepedersen/pm57xzoh7p0brghi/wish/2462337805 I found the narrative of the movie called "The boy in the striped pajamas" to be really emotional and it show us a lot about the differences between the life of boy who have to live the camps and a boy who live in a lavish life where he had everything he could imagine. It all started in a rich neighborhood with a boy names Bruno who is fortunate enough to be born in wealthy family where his dad is a commandant in the German Army by Hitler during World War II. Him and his family move to the country side, where he was in charge of a prison camp. Before finding out more about what his purpose of moving to the countryside. His family thoughts they move to the countryside because of his father duty without knowing what his actual job is. Bruno like to explore while he is being warned about going to the back of his house where he thought there is a bunch of farmer that work in a stripe pajamas. one day he decided to sneak out and go see for himself he broke out then ran across the field until he came across a boy name shmuel where he thought it is strange for him to be kept behind a fence and work while he suffer from many things such as long hour laboring and little to no food to eat. Bruno is interested and wanted to see what is going on inside he tried to sneak in the camps many time to see what is inside for himself. After many attempted coming back home with disappointment he saw a video inside the camps where people live happy life but little did he know all of it was a lie. It is his dad who tried to convince the outside world about the reality of the camps. One day he successfully sneak inside but unfortunately it was the day where they have to clear out the prison the prisoners is being push to inside the chamber where they will be suffocate with gas. Bruno and Shmuel was in the chamber and later on suffer together and die. His family found out he was missing they search everywhere but couldn't found it when they found out it was already too late. I feel like this movie shows us a lot about one mistake can lead to the lose of his son. ]]> 2023-01-31 02:21:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jakepedersen/pm57xzoh7p0brghi/wish/2462337805