Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Week 4 11.29.10 - 12.3.10


We've been looking and studying how we relate to our characters and the real world around us. Now it's time to put yourself into your character's shoes. Thinking about the main character of your book, consider what you would do in their situation.  1. What would your reactions be? 2. How would you handle the situation? 3. What would you do differently?

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In my book Maximum Ride: Saving The World and Other Extreme Sports has a main character named Maximum Ride, Max for short. She is the leader of 
"the flock", or for you people who don't know the book "the flock" is the other children that are hybrids between human and bird. Max was in a situation that involved a animal vet, her arm, and a microchip. This situation was about max having an implanted microchip in her left arm. In the end she loses the ability to move her left arm from the elbow down. If i had been her I would have to decide between two decisions in my head which are either to not have the vet
( Dr.Martinez) remove the microchip from my arm, or if I did have her remove it and I lost the ability to move my arm from the elbow down I would have had her try to surgically remove my arm from the elbow down. The reaction I would have had when it was removed and found out my arm is pretty much useless, would have been me freaking out that I lost my arm and yelling I can't feel my arm, but I would do it in a way of not being all brusque and handle it calmly.