Talk Show Presentation "Monkey's Paw"

Christian’s job- Host Asking questions

Dan- (Enters second) Answers the description of the main characters, later answers the summary of literary devices

Matt- (Enters first) Answers the general plot summary and later shares the question with Mark “What the story teaches?”

Mark- (Enters third) Answers how the setting provides appropriate backdrop and later shares the question with Matt “What the story teaches?”

Peter-(Enters fourth) Answers how the conflict shapes the story and later explains the theme of the story

Look and Know

If I had the ability to look at three people who have ever lived and know everything about them then I would use one on a person I admire, another on my crush and the third I would save for the future that I would figure out what to use it on then. I would then know everything about these people and I would not exactly change but base myself on how these people see me without completely changing who I am. I would use this first on a person who I never knew and never will on someone who didn’t change my life but made me who I am today. His name is Dale Earnhardt Sr. and yes that does make me a NASCAR fan. Even though I already know a good amount of information about him, I would like to know more. Like everything he had done and ever thought. I would also use this on my current crush because I would like to know that information and be able to relate easier and talk about more relevant stuff. However this person will only be in my life for a couple more years and then I probably won’t see her again. Therefore this information would be useful because I can find her location when I don’t know where she is at that time. I would use the final one in the future because I don’t know who I would want to do it to until a certain time. I decided to save it because I don’t know where I’m going to be in the future and I will decide what to use it on when I get there. This power would be strictly for my own use and I would be able to manipulate people’s thoughts to think of me differently.

9/11

Many people think of the terrorist group Al-Queda affecting the middle eastern area of the world but on September 11, 2001, the United States was changed forever by numerous plane crashes in the eastern part of the country. Four planes were high jacked that day by members of Al-Queda. Two planes flew into the World Trade Centers in New York City. Another plane flew threw Washington D.C. into the Pentagon. The last plane was also targeted to go to a major city but during the high jacking, an American on the plane took control from the terrorist and crashed the plane in Pennsylvania. The terrorists flying the planes thought that who they were doing was correct with what they wanted to do even though it would affect them in the future as well as the United States. These events lead to the War on Terror and forever changed the history of the United States of America.

The Box

It's a regular day at school, and the students waiting for class to begin. The bell rings, but the teacher hasn't arrived yet. The class is just about to start asking questions when she rushes in carrying a large, seemingly heavy box. She apologizes several times for being late, sets the box on the floor, and then rushes out again, promising to be right back. The class exchanges looks with each other, and stare at the large box floor. They all think of opening the box for a moment, when suddenly, the box starts to move. The kids think that it is something deadly or evil that could harm them. A couple minutes pass without anyone saying anything and the teacher walks back in. Finally a student gets up and walks toward the box but then the box begins to shake and growl and the student returns in fear to his seat in the back of the room. The teacher speaks up again and asks jokingly if anyone else would like to see what is in the box. A small student in the front of the room asks if the teacher would open the box and let in loose. The teacher answers with no and leaves the room again. You see it move and makes scary noises again and all the students shriek. Soon after the teacher comes back in and asks what happened. The students remain silent but they seem as though they all can’t say anything back to the teacher. The kids in the room ask what is in the box but the teacher answers with I can’t tell you right now. The kids ask if they could be told later but the teacher pauses and doesn’t respond. The teacher walks out again and the box soon makes another noise. It continues as another student goes to pick it up. He picks up the box and shakes it violently and the noise stops. He says that it is heavy and that it moved around as he shook it. The student holding the box calls for his friend to come up and open it. His friend approaches and opens the heavy box as his friend requested. They look into the box and both laugh at each other. They throw the box down and begin to tell what was in the box when the teacher walks back in and yells that she pranked them into thinking that there was something in the box by putting a baby monitor and large weights in a box and running outside the classroom to make noises into the monitor and having you hear the box as a monster.

Author Bio

Christian W is entering his sophomore year at Gibraltar High School. He runs varsity cross country and track with the school. He likes playing football with his friends and videogames during his free time. He frequently enjoys watching the Milwaukee Brewers in the summer and Green Bay Packers in action almost every Sunday. In school, he is almost a straight B student and keeps his GPA at a good level through the school year. He is best in math class and wants to have a future that involves numbers or statistics. However that is the future and he is focused on what he is doing now.