https://padlet.com/redwards3816/q1ys9e2drpfromzd 2nd Period English en-us 2023-03-21 13:59:07 UTC 2023-05-01 12:35:50 UTC hello@padlet.com redwards3816 https://padlet.com/redwards3816/q1ys9e2drpfromzd/wish/2525471516 A domestic chameleon lives comfortably in a lavish terrarium. He has a whimsical imagination and daydreams of being both the director and the star actor of films. He is content with his life, but lives alone and deep down desires doing something significant. ]]> 2023-03-21 14:15:44 UTC https://padlet.com/redwards3816/q1ys9e2drpfromzd/wish/2525471516 redwards3816 https://padlet.com/redwards3816/q1ys9e2drpfromzd/wish/2525493912 During one of his daydreams about directing a film, the lizard believes the protagonist must be forced into conflict to create an interesting story. Ironically, the car the Reptile's tank is travelling in has to swerve, sending the chameleon out the back window. The lizard ends up stranded in the Mojave Desert.]]> 2023-03-21 14:28:05 UTC https://padlet.com/redwards3816/q1ys9e2drpfromzd/wish/2525493912 redwards3816 https://padlet.com/redwards3816/q1ys9e2drpfromzd/wish/2525733317 Rango is initially thrown off by the change of environment and experiences a panic attack. He searches the highway he was thrown on to for any way to get back to civilization, but is unsuccessful.]]> 2023-03-21 16:44:42 UTC https://padlet.com/redwards3816/q1ys9e2drpfromzd/wish/2525733317 redwards3816 https://padlet.com/redwards3816/q1ys9e2drpfromzd/wish/2573623531 After stumbling around in the desert for awhile, narrowly escaping a predatory hawk, Rango tracks down a cart being driven by another lizard, Beans. Beans has an odd, straightforward demeanor, but is willing to take Rango to the nearest town, Dirt]]> 2023-05-01 11:41:54 UTC https://padlet.com/redwards3816/q1ys9e2drpfromzd/wish/2573623531 redwards3816 https://padlet.com/redwards3816/q1ys9e2drpfromzd/wish/2573627065 In search of anything to quench the thirst Rango accumulated in the desert, he walks into a bar and is initially laughed at. A mixup occurs and someone in the bar mistakes Rango for a skilled gunslinger. Before Rango can correct him, an idea washes over him and he seizes the opportunity to take on a new identity. He plays out a wild account of a recent shootout he had, solidifying to the people in the bar that he is someone completely different than whats true.]]> 2023-05-01 11:47:09 UTC https://padlet.com/redwards3816/q1ys9e2drpfromzd/wish/2573627065 redwards3816 https://padlet.com/redwards3816/q1ys9e2drpfromzd/wish/2573631116 Rango is almost immediately given the title of sheriff for the town of Dirt, and the townspeople fawn over his vivid and excessive retellings of past adventures and shootouts. Through sheer luck, Rango is able to defeat the same hawk that terrorized both Rango and the town previously. Rango also pledges to solve the water crisis Dirt is currently going through. At this stage Rango becomes acquainted with most of the townspeople and grows close to Beans.]]> 2023-05-01 11:52:40 UTC https://padlet.com/redwards3816/q1ys9e2drpfromzd/wish/2573631116 redwards3816 https://padlet.com/redwards3816/q1ys9e2drpfromzd/wish/2573635494 The town's water situation is getting worse as time goes on, and when Rango battled the hawk haunting Dirt, he damages one of the only water sources available. The town's bank, which holds water instead of currency, is also robbed of its supply, further hurting Dirt. Rango gathers a group of townspeople to set out to find a new source of water. Only Rango and Beans take notice of how suspicious the town's mayor has been concerning the water.]]> 2023-05-01 11:58:26 UTC https://padlet.com/redwards3816/q1ys9e2drpfromzd/wish/2573635494 redwards3816 https://padlet.com/redwards3816/q1ys9e2drpfromzd/wish/2573641366 Rango and his gang of creatures find a camp where the stolen water is being held, and decide to attempt to take back the large jug its being held in. A truly incredible chase scene occurs as the gang is escaping with the water, and the townspeople believe they have solved the water problem. The movie sort of deviates from the traditional Hero's journey path here.]]> 2023-05-01 12:06:32 UTC https://padlet.com/redwards3816/q1ys9e2drpfromzd/wish/2573641366 redwards3816 https://padlet.com/redwards3816/q1ys9e2drpfromzd/wish/2573643988 Rango has been praised more and more throughout these past sections as the hero and skilled gunslinger everyone believes he is. This peaks as the creatures believe they have re-secured the town's water jug. The conspiracy that the towns water is disappearing under non-normal circumstances grows when it is revealed that the jug was empty of any water anyway.]]> 2023-05-01 12:10:07 UTC https://padlet.com/redwards3816/q1ys9e2drpfromzd/wish/2573643988 redwards3816 https://padlet.com/redwards3816/q1ys9e2drpfromzd/wish/2573648146 It is at about this point in the movie Rango and Beans finally realize the corrupt mayor of the town is primarily responsible for the disappearing water, but at this point it is too late and the mayor intentionally turns the town against them. At this point Rango is also revealed to not be who he has described himself as. The mayor proves this by having Rango and the mayor's personal bully, a huge rattlesnake square off in an honest duel, where Rango can't rely on luck. He leaves the town and walks back into the desert.]]> 2023-05-01 12:14:42 UTC https://padlet.com/redwards3816/q1ys9e2drpfromzd/wish/2573648146 redwards3816 https://padlet.com/redwards3816/q1ys9e2drpfromzd/wish/2573652316 Making it back to the highway Rango started at, he meets the elusive 'Spirit of the West,' an aged cowboy who rides a golf cart. The spirit explains to Rango that if he returns to the town and becomes the hero he has described himself as he can regain the trust of the town and will no longer need to lie to carry his weight.]]> 2023-05-01 12:19:52 UTC https://padlet.com/redwards3816/q1ys9e2drpfromzd/wish/2573652316 redwards3816 https://padlet.com/redwards3816/q1ys9e2drpfromzd/wish/2573656536 Rango returns to the town of Dirt, and rallies the town to force out the mayor and Rattlesnake Jake, they douse the snake in the remaining water, pacifying his machine gun tail. The efforts of all the townspeople lead to them forcing the mayor out of town, and the people all finally believe Rango is a hero.]]> 2023-05-01 12:24:59 UTC https://padlet.com/redwards3816/q1ys9e2drpfromzd/wish/2573656536