Plot line for Nico and Amos (When the Mighty Fall)

Title- When the Mighty Fall

Exposition- From Nico's point of view, sad and depressing, informs the reader of Nico and Amos'... predicament and their attitudes.  Explains Nico's want for something new.

Rising Action-Nico makes a trip to earth, falls in love and the watches over her. Amos finds out and falls in love too. They become increasingly angry

Climax- Nico and Amos Fight. The loved is harmed

Falling action- The gods realize what they've done and the implications

Conclusion- The Loved becomes immortal... but not in the right way. 

Short Stories

Over the course of the past few weeks, I've noticed a pattern emerging in the stories we've been reading. Each has it's own plot or storyline and each is unique but they all have one constant. The stories all contain at least one character that breaks the mold. A character that goes against the norm. They are either the main character or closely followed in the story but none of them are the narrators.
In "Harrison Burgeron"  the main character tries to change the world and literally breaks the mold. "A&P" closely follows 3 girls who blatantly break the rules. "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" follows an old, decrepit angel of sorts as he inadvertently helps a family because of how abnormal he is. In "To Da-duh in Memoriam" we follow a traditional, judging old woman that has a contrasting personality (ex. Judging vs. loving/caring). And finally in "Dry September" we meet a barber in a prejudiced southern town who respects the black population which goes against what the town believes.

Reading log 

The Rise of Nine 

9/24- 45 min, 9/25- 1 hour, 9/26-1 hour 30 min 

Pgs. 1-300

World War Z 

9/28- 1 hour 45 min 

Pgs. 1-75

Total=5 hours

Reading Log

Bitterblue
9/20-30 min, 9/21-30 min, 9/22- 45 min
Pgs. 450-550

Rise of Nine
9/22- 1 hour
Pgs. 1- 80

Total= 2 hours and 45 min

Nico and Amos

Nico
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My life is always being controlled. No freedom. I've been doing the same thing for thousands of years. My brother owns the day and I follow. Never have I lived my own life. Always living in Amos' shadow, literally. I'm seen as the Lord of the Night, evil, dark, and feared. Whereas Amos is the giver of life and a proud symbol of everything good. So here I am, caged by my own being. I want it to change, but even a god can't control fate.

Amos
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I'm a god. Loved and feared. Without me, all is lost, nothing would survive.  Not even my brother can stop me. I am everything! 

Reading Response: Harrison Burgeron

I found this particular short story to be disturbing. It was entertaining, yes but twisted in weird ways. The weirdness began with the paragraph. It's impossible for everyone to be equal. The world just doesn't work like that. Next was finding out what it meant to be "average". You had to be basically mentally retarded and lacking in any sort of athletic skill. The United States is equalized by the "Handicapper General" in the most unorthodox of ways. With blaring sounds for the intelligent and bags and sheets of metal for the athletic. Family's can hardly remember each other and those who break the rules are eliminated.

Kurt Vonnegut, who wrote this story in 1961, had a very queer idea as to what life would be like in 2081. Was that the general consensus in 1961 or was the author juust as weird as the story he created? Though this story was entertaining and funny could it really be a look into the future?
 

Reading Response: Syrain Dilemma

Something that I've been reading about and keeping tabs on is what's happening in the Middle East and Syria. You don't have to read much to form an opinion on this "world" problem. What is happening in Syria, with the rebels and the oppressive government, has been a topic of discussion between whole countries to two friends walking down the street. It has wormed its way into every news outlet in the United States. But as a whole, I find the situation to be ridiculous.

I'm not saying that this fighting shouldn't be stopped and nor am I saying that it is to O.K. use chemical weaponry, but the one thing I'm trying to point out is that this country really needs to keep its hands to itself, so to speak. As a country, we've poked our nose into so many places that we are now expected to be everywhere there's trouble. Soon enough we'll fall apart ourselves. We'll be so divided and spread out that our homeland will be defenseless. The path that were going down is long, dark one with no foreseeable end.

Reading log:
Bitterblue
9/11-15 min, 9/12-30 min, 9/15-1 hour and 15 min
Pgs. 300-450
Syria Articles
9/12-15 min
Literacy Narrative
9/12- 30 min
Total= 2 hours and 15 min

Ebook

Modifications/ Tweaks: My paper is publication ready. I feel that there are no problems with privacy and things of the sort. It's self-explanatory so it needs no prior knowledge or of myself. My literacy narrative is ready for the next level.

Suggestions: To enhance the piece, I could perhaps add mysterious pictures that give the writing a certain "atmosphere". The title could be encased in a thought bubble maybe. I'm not quite sure what to do at this point. I like to keep my options open.