Blog Set 4

The Star

It took me a while to actually understand what was going on. It really didn’t catch my attention at the beginning so that’s probably why I really didn’t get into it since it was so slow. As I kept reading it was actually finally picking up. At first people were taking this new “bright star” in a calm way which I think is pretty weird because if I saw something like that I would be pretty scared. Just imaging what they went through is frightening. They didn’t know what this object was at first; some of them were actually fascinated. There was this one Mathematician that knew exactly what was happening but no one wanted to listen to them.  I put myself in their shoes and I wouldn’t even know what do to. The “star” started to come closer and closer and that’s when they actually started to freak out. The close it got the more disaster came on earth. Floods, earthquakes, and dangerous storms came, which did kill many. Others got on ships and some just packed their things and left. By the end of the story creatures on mars saw everything that happened but it didn’t seem like much of a difference. The only difference was that there wasn’t any frozen ice on earth anymore. Earth became hotter than usual.  The appeal of these stories would probably be how people use their last moments wisely because their lives are soon coming to an end.

Speech Sounds

This story was total opposite because I loved it. It’s probably because it picked up from the beginning. The story makes the world of today question what will happen in the future? There were so many fights on the bus where the main character Rye was in. At the moment buses and cars were rare because there were barley any survivors. What Rye went through was very sad and touching.  She lost her children and her parents from the virus, so she basically had nothing left. If she stayed home she would of killed herself so she decided to go to her brother’s house in Pasadena. She didn’t want to be alone anymore and she wanted to be around her brother and his two children. Rye’s adventure hasn’t even started yet until she met a bearded man that she gave the name Obsidian. At first she felt a little frighten because he was a stranger. She got into his car even though she was scared but she did it anyways because it was something she had never did before. She ended up being attracted to this man and they ended up having sexual relations. It was a perfect ending for her since she was alone for three years. Obsidian was like the solution to all her problems. She wanted to take him back home with her because it felt good to have someone with you for once. While they were driving a woman ran in front of their car. She was running away from a man with a knife in his hand. Of course Obsidian got out the car to help her like any other cop would. The woman ended up dying and so did the male who was trying to kill her. The biggest and saddest plot twist of the whole story was when the man who was trying to kill the lady was actually still alive! The man ended up killing Obsidian, which was the only hope Rye had. After a while these two little children came out of the house where the woman and man came from. Rye took the bodies to bury them next to her other loved ones who passed and she also took the two children with her back home. After everything, Obsidian did come home with Rye, as she wanted him too.

Both of these stories made me think about how life would really be if that happened in real life. I couldn’t even think about seeing the end of the world happen like in The Star or if I was one of the survivors like Rye. Not knowing when my next meal will be? Or even losing one or all of my loved ones. To walk outside and see the world as a wasteland would be very terrifying and depressing. These stories remind me of many other movies/shows like The Walking Dead, War of the Worlds, The book of Eli, and Resident Evil.

Update: By eighteen years old Phoebe already accomplished a lot. She is the head Pharmacist at her local pharmacy. Phoebe grew up in a low class home and she worked her way up because he wanted to give her kids more than what she said. Phoebe also had an obsession over money, which is why her goal is to become a doctor and make tons of it. She is into both the fields of technology and medical. She is now a full time student to become a Surgeon. She is very intelligent and has skipped many grade levels in the past.

Phoebe is now 28 with a PHD just like she wanted. Technology has skyrocket and now robots exist in our society. Phoebe is a doctor for most of these robots and is the best in her field. Phoebe loved the fact that she is able to work in both of her favorite subjects. One day, one of the robots had evil side effects that Phoebe noticed. She took out the damaged chip and threw it in the trash basket by her desk. The next day she noticed that four of them were having the same side effects. She took all of the chips out before it was to late. She didn’t know what she was doing wrong so she decided to travel to head quarters. She took a plane to head quarters because this matter was way to serious. When she got there took the elevator up to the twewth floor to talk to the CEO. He didn’t believe her without proof and he barley listened to her. Phoebe went back home because she felt that talking him was pointless. By the time she got to back in town she noticed something was different. The robots have gone out of hand and are killing innocent people. Phoebe knows their weakness because works with them everyday.  She went into her lab and made a weapon to shut them down. Once she presses the buttons all the robots should collapse because she connected their servers to this weapon. Everyone was relief that robots have stopped and the president decided not to have any types of robots in society. Phoebe also received a metal and a apology letter from the CEO.