Friday, March 1, 2013

FInal Project


Creative Piece

Jill:

I didn’t want to be a part of this, I was forced into it. They came into my house and stole from me they didn’t steal tvs, or money or any material items. No they came in and stole my baby; they stole my three year old right out from under my nose. I was out raged at this. This was one of my main guiding factors in pursuing this whole alien thing. They stole my baby from me, and then they started to mess with my head they went and put in all these images of the mountain. I kept seeing this mountain over and over again, this was around time they stole my child from me. I became obsessed with this, I needed to know who took my boy and why. I met another person who felt just like me they also shared a bit of an obsession with finding out the truth of what is really going on here. This is when I found Roy someone with the same obsession and has gone through the same experiences as me.  

Roy:

I was just an electrical lineman, form Indiana.  For a couple of days there have been power surges and outages all around the city it was my job to find out what this was happening, I was also tasked with fixing it. On this is where my story gets unbelievable so I’m about to get to work on the electric issues and right over my truck I see something its big and bright. I looked like no plane I have ever seen in my life it made me a little scared, I was so close I could feel the heat from it, I could feel the warmth on my face. After it flew over, and disappeared into the night sky I was left standing there truly shocked, my mind couldn’t process what had just happened. I was left standing there with so many question running through my mind “what was that, how did it get here, was it a human piloted or something else, is me and my family and friends going to be safe from not on? This was really a life changing experience for me. I did get some negative things from this experience, I just like Jill became obsessed with finding out what really is occurring here. I just like Jill started to receive the same messages, and images of mountains and different tones in my head. There was a point when I was even building models of the mountain that I kept seeing in my vision. This obsession put a lot of strain on me and my wife’s marriage, which for the most part was really great I was under the impression that we really loved each other. My wife for understandable reasons found my new found obsession very odd and in some ways really scared her. I seemed whenever I would bring up my experiences she didn’t want to hear it, she ended up becoming sick of my “nonsense”.  I will keep on pursuing the truth to find out what is happening.   

Aliens:

I have the freedom to do as we please, the humans can’t control us. The only thing they can do is what we allow them. We are in control, if there leaders follow our instructions then all will be well, if not you shall pay. We will abduct you citizens for your experiments and there is almost nothing and of these humans can do. Just like we did to Jill’s little boy we will take you family members but looking on the good side we will return them within a few months, to tell you the truth like the men on flight 19 it may be a few decades in some cases. As long as you follow what we say and obey us we will do minimal damage to you planet but the very moment we are disobeyed you all will face the wrath.

Reflection #10

Villains
The reason I believe the "bad" character is so interesting is because he/she come from a different perspective, the other side of the coin. It seems to me that most of the people on earth view themselves as the good guys, the heroes and then the Villain is the opposite of the way we tend to view ourselves. If everything around you is colored blue you would be really interested in the thing that's colored yellow, some of the interest comes from the fact the the villains are so diffident that what we are used to. Also it seem villains add a conflict and plot to the story line if the story was just a bunch of heroes running around nothing would happen with would  make for a very uninteresting story. Villains can make text alot more exiting because this leads to conflict which leads to more excitement. The villain characters sets a goal for the hero to overcome. Another reason i fell the villain character is important and needed is because the bad guy seems to add a bit of realism to the text meaning now there can be a way to see not every person is good and lets you see there are some in the world that wish to cause you harm.           

Reflection #9




The First great moment was when Roy was investigating the power outages that have been going on, he then sees a UFO which flies over his head and slightly burns his face. This UFO is followed by some police cars and this adds interest to the event. This is important because this is what gets Roy very interested in these phenomena. Roy starts after this event to become obsessed with a subliminal message that he  seems to keep receiving in his mind about a mountain. This first encounter leads to the climax of the story which occurs on the mountain.

Another great, important moment is when Jillian’s son is abducted by aliens and taken away. During this time she is also receiving the same mountain images as Roy. The kidnapping of her son is one of the reasons she and Roy end up going on the journey to the mountain. This event leads to the curiosity of the characters to find out what happened to Barry this lead them to follow all the clues to try to understand what is happening. This was also an important emotional aspect to this event that made it great you could truly understand the characters will to find the truth.

The last great moment is the return Barry and other abductees, and the taken in of Roy towards the end of the book on the mountain. This was a great moment because it brought closure to Julian because she found her son back which was one of the main reasons she went on this journey. This was also closure to the other families because they have after decades for some people got their families back. Also this moment allowed Roy to get an answer for his curiosity because he was chosen to go on the mothership.