Monday, April 27, 2009

Secret Windows Four past Midnight Movie

The movie didn’t have all details from the book it gave good imagery from the book. The main character at the end looks angry about his life and this movie had shown it well with the emotions the characters have given Johny Deep who acted well in this movie. At the time in his life he has felt everything have turned against him from his divorce and many other conflicts happening in his life such as accusing of copying a persons story. From Criticizing the guy story this brought conflicts with his and the guy also with people her know. The camera action was good there were a lot of long shots, close up shoots and single shoots token.

Secret Windows Four past Midnight 6

5 things I know
• This person starts off with talking about that people stole his stories that he wrote.
• The first chapters were talking about books and best selling books.
• The Authors a writer.
• During chapter 1-4 he was in his house looks at other authors writings then started to write his own.
• He is view as a crazy person.



4 Questions I have
• IS this person a very successful author?
• Why this story starts of with a question?
• Do authors regularly argue about whose stealing their stories?
• Did anything similar happen to Stephen King to write this story?




3 Words I don't Know.
Furrows- a narrow groove made in the ground, esp. by a plow.
Sublimely - elevated or lofty in thought, language, etc.: Paradise Lost is sublime poetry.
Sheaf- one of the bundles in which cereal plants, as wheat, rye, etc., are bound after reaping.


2 Literary Terms.
Man vs. society – this chapter has had given me examples that he has problem living with people he knows.
A lot of personificants were being used.


1 summary
From these couple chapters this have given me that he’s a book writing facing internally conflicts and externally.

Secret Windows Four past Midnight 5

5 things I know
• His life sounds frustrated and boring about who wrote what and who wrote it first.
• His wife wanted to divorce with him.
• He became very stress in this chapter about the divorce and his stories.
• John Shooter who was the main character was talking to someone in a car about them stealing his story.
• He was mentally depressed and physical.





4 Questions I have
• Was his wife cheating on him having an Affair?
• Does he still love his wife?
• Did he love writing more than his wife?
• Did his wife left him because he was to much into his writing stories?




3 Words I don't Know.
Solely- as the only one or ones: solely responsible.
Prospecting- the outlook for the future: good business prospects.
Vaguely- not clearly or explicitly stated or expressed: vague promises.




2 Literary Terms.
Man vs. Man
Foreshadows


1 summary
John he was furious from his wife getting divorce with him leading him to get crazier.

Secret Windows Four past Midnight 4

5 things I know
• John had a nightmare that was dark and made him felt more frustrated.
• New people were invited in this chapter.
• He wanted to become drunk to convince people he was a Sober.
• Mort was giving john advice about the divorce.
• John was jealous at first with his wife and with the divorce.




4 Questions I have
• Were his dreams and nightmares foreshadowing his future?
• Was he cheating on his wife before?
• Was mort an important person he knew for along time?
• When can John just move on from the divorce when he get divorce because I can image he wants to kill his self?





3 Words I don't know.
• Plagiarized
• Provenance
• Muzzy

2 Literary Terms.
Personification
Verbal Irony


1 summary- The main character became so stress with life and stress with someone who complained he copied their story.

Secret Windows Four past Midnight 3

5 things I know
• The confusion of killing and commit murder was mentioned.
• Mort was mentioned in and out the chapter.
• This chapter made John sound crazy looking at other peoples emotions.
• Someone was talking to him about a crack head that stole his story he wrote six or seven years ago.
• John kept saying that since he met the man he thinks he really stole his story.




4 Questions I have
• Why they all thinking about killing people.
• So does a book writer experience any of what’s happening in this story?
• Can being accused of stealing a story be a crime?
• Was all the conflicts only happening to john or other characters in this story?




3 Words I don't Know.
Incentive- something that incites or tends to incite to action or greater effort, as a reward offered for increased productivity.
Dwindle- to become smaller and smaller;
Marital- Archaic. of or pertaining to a husband.

2 Literary Terms.
Irony and personificans were being used


1 summary- The wife was fully claining to divorce with him and he continuously drinks and getting crazy making people view him as a very crazy person.

Secret Windows Four past Midnight 2

5 things I know
• The confusion of killing and commit murder was mentioned.
• Mort was mentioned in and out the chapter.
• This chapter made John sound crazy looking at other peoples emotions.
• Someone was talking to him about a crack head that stole his story he wrote six or seven years ago.
• John kept saying that since he met the man he thinks he really stole his story.




4 Questions I have
• Why they all thinking about killing people.
• So does a book writer experience any of what’s happening in this story?
• Can being accused of stealing a story be a crime?
• Was all the conflicts only happening to john or other characters in this story?




3 Words I don't Know.
Incentive- something that incites or tends to incite to action or greater effort, as a reward offered for increased productivity.
Dwindle- to become smaller and smaller;
Marital- Archaic. of or pertaining to a husband.

2 Literary Terms.
Irony and personificans were being used


1 summary- The wife was fully claining to divorce with him and he continuously drinks and getting crazy making people view him as a very crazy person.

Secret Windows Four past Midnight

5 things I know
• John was on the phone with Greg discussing about that old Tom.
• He became crazier in this chapter and started to paint pictures of the woods.
• Mort was telling john that he killed her.
• Mort was a killer and John found out.
• Mort was on a mental break down crying about the death of those who she killed that she confess she never did.




4 Questions I have
• Was john and mort great friends?
• Why Mort turned on John?
• Why did Mort murder those people?
• Did john view Mort as a very wicked person after of what she did?




3 Words I don't Know.
• Memorex - is today a consumer electronics brand of Imation specializing in disk recordable media (CD & DVD Drives), travel drives, flash storage, computer accessories and other electronics.
• Trip hammer- is a massive powered hammer, usually raised by a cam and then released to fall under the force of gravity.
• Honorarium - is an ex gratia payment made to a person for their services in a volunteer capacity or for services for which fees are not traditionally required.
2 Literary Terms.
Man vs. Society and man
Verbal irony and situational irony.


1 summary
The final chapters was about John finding out Mort had murdered some people.