Adventures to Find Stevie

It was a cold Wednesday night, almost as cold as the person who stole Stevie Pointer. Jen, Jenna, and Kara went out for the sacred search of Stevie.

 First, they were lead to the second floor of the library where they went on the hunt for the UWSP campus newspaper, "The Pointer." Thinking this would be a breeze, the three of them walk up to the counter to ask the library assistant for some help. Instead of a nice plump lady that they were expecting, they find themselves facing a terrible monster. This monster ate the clue. Jenna decided that the only way to save Stevie and to get this clue is to go inside of the monster. Jenna takes her sword and stabs the monster and grabs the clue. The clue was "E."

They were told to find the shark. Oh no, this involved swimming. Kara can't swim so she sits this one out. Jenna and Jen go down in the ocean and find the shark which ate an egg. This egg is from Alaska so the clue was "A."

After Jenna kills the shark with her barehands. As they swam back to shore to find Kara waiting for them on a rock they found themselves on their way to the reference center where they met a nice lady named Jill. Jill told them that the next clue to find Stevie was a "V." E-A-V were the clues so far.
Hurray! They are getting so close!

Jen, Jenna, and Kara decided that the next place to look for Stevie is the 3rd floor. As they fight their way through fire they hear some Rock n' Roll music. This leads them to the band The Rolling Stones. The Rolling Stones inform them that this clue is "R." Jenna, Jen, and Kara high five and head towards the fourth floor.

They find themselves in a silent film where they cannot speak with each other. Spooky. As they are running away from the kidnapper who they cannot hear, they jolt inbetween book shelves where they accidently knock over the book shelf. This lies their clue. Charlie Chaplin tells them  with his eyes that this clue is "C," the first letter of his first and last name.

Fist pumping, Kara, Jenna, and Jen make their way to the fifth floor. As they get to the fifth floor they hear monkey calls. They find themselves in a game of Nintendo64, Donkey Kong. Donkey is trapped in a bird cage. They must help him escape the cage by learning about Animal Biochemistry. They lazor through it and help Donkey Kong escape. Donkey is so thankful for them that he tells them the 6th clue, the letter "H."

Finally the trio gets to the last clue. They make their way up to the 6th floor. Here they are forced into hostage by some government officials. They start to read the SuDocs on the wall and plan their escape to find Stevie. They realize that the first two letters of the call number would say where it is. They look for Smithsonian Institution and realize the last two clues are "S" and "I." Yay, now all they have to do is unscramble the letters. Jen figured it out right away, "He's in Archives! That's where Stevie is!" The trio runs up and finds Stevie on the fifth floor. Hurray! Stevie is saved.

Realism and Genre

Realism is an interest in what is real and representing them in the most real way possible. An example of this is 500 Days of Summer. This is a love story between two people. It is realistic because in the end you most likely do not marry your first love. This movie demostrates a heart break but also the growth the characters. Antirealism is an interest is what is abstract, speculative or fantastic. An example of this Avatar because it is about a made up planet. The only real thing in that movie are the humans that are traveling through space, which that isn't even that realistic. Verisimilitude is an achievement of convincing the appearance of the truth. An example of this is Harry Potter. Even though witch craft isn't real and Hogwarts doesn't exist, the directors do a great job of making it seem realistic and the possiblity that it is real.

The five characteristics of genre are theme, setting, presentation, story formulas, character types, and stars.  My favorite genre is comedy, and the movie "The Hangover" is a great example of these characteristics. The Hangover takes place in Las Vegas which is perfect because mayhem always happens in this city. Since this movie is all about chaos, Las Vegas was a great choice. The theme of comedy often revolves around stupid decisions people make and how they learn to deal with it in a very different and weird way. This movie is a great example because they get themselves in some crazy positions and figure out odd ways to get out. Presentation in this movie is all the crazy things they get themselves into and how they get out. This movie they are on their bachelor party and it is all about having one last crazy night which I think they did. They have a good balance of characters because they have the hot shot, the up tight guy, the normal one, and of course, the weirdo. It needs all these characters to make this movie great.  They couldn't have picked a better cast to play these characters.

True Grit

The most important scene in True Grit is when Mattie gets captured by Tom Chaney and Ned Pepper. Throughout the movie Mattie is looking for revenge on Chaney after he had killed her father. When she is captured she is left with Chaney and she was waiting to die. However Chaney was given specific instructions by Pepper, if he killed Mattie he wouldn't get paid. This put Mattie at more ease. Chaney couldn't keep to his word and started to strangle Mattie. Texas Ranger LaBoeuf came to Mattie's rescue. He knocked out Chaney with the butt of his gun. Feeling safe again, Mattie and LaBoeuf went to watch U.S. Marshal Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn fight off Ned Pepper and his gang of cowboys. During this fight you watch Rooster take out all of them, being the sharp shooter that he is. Rooster ends up getting shot and is on the ground waiting for Pepper to end his life. This is when, once again, LaBoeuf comes to rescue. He shoots Pepper dead and Rooster survives. Right after Mattie and LaBoeuf celebrate and Peppers death, Chaney whom we all thought was dead rises and hits LaBoeuf on the head with a rock. It is then Mattie's job to shoot Chaney and end this vicious cycle after all. Mattie gets her revenge.

Although this is a very long scene it is definitely the most important. It shows significant growth in all of the characters. Mattie who is just a young girl finally gets her revenge on Chaney but ending his life the way he ended her father's. It shows how much Rooster and Mattie care for each other. Rooster fights the four cowboys alone, just to save Mattie's life. It shows how Rooster takes Mattie under his wing and has a need to put her survival over his own. Another significant growth is Texas Ranger LaBoeuf. He does not like Mattie at all during the film. He thinks she is a nuisance and is slowing down their path to Pepper and Chaney. He ends up saving her life. As much as he didn't like her, he risked everything for her in the end. This scene shows the growth of the characters and makes the movie worth watching.