Blog #6

Question 1:

Love in L.A.: The theme is that time doesn't stop when one's daydreaming it keeps going. Time keeps running and the unexpected could happen, but there is no telling what the unexpected will bring. At times a situation, which seems unpleasant can bring that, which is pleasant.

Question 2:

The exposition of Love in LA is when Jake is sitting in traffic on the freeway and daydreaming about having a more luxurious car. The rising action and is when Jake stairs off during a green light and is paying attention to the people on the streets rather than what is occurring in front of him and on the road. The climax is when Jake steps on the brakes fast and hits the car in front of him. The falling action would be when Jake feels relief from not damaging his car. The resolution would be when Jake and the girl exchange information and they go on their way. Although this is what the order seems to be, it doesn't make much sense to me where the love story would fit in under one of these "sections" or terms.

Blog Post #6

Question 1:
The thematic statement in the short story "Love in LA," is that every person has this selfishness that they use in order to benefit and help themeselves. Jake uses his ex girlfriends old insurance company name to make it seem like he had insurance when he really didnt. This way he can look out for himself and not have to pay for any of the damage that he ever did to Marianas car. He also tries to take her out of giving away information, and also giving her false information. All this to help himself.

Question 2:
The expostion in the "Love in LA," starts with Jake sitting under the the overpass waiting in trafffic, then it moves onto describe the condition of his car and the features of it. The rising action of the story is when  Jake rear ends Marianas Toyota, which leads into the climax of the story. The climax of the story is when Jake is talking to Mariana, he tries to pick up on her. The conclusion happens when he drives off away from the accident.

Blog Post #6

 1. Thematic statement "Love in LA"

" People fall in love too easily and what feels like love may be insincere. "

Jake loves his freedom, but what he dreams of are the things he could have if he took a regular occupation. Jake has a sexual appetite, and when he finds himself in a fender bender, he is happy to see a pretty, young girl behind the wheel. He begins attempting to charm Mariana, lying and deceiving her about his career, even his name. Mariana is a young, naive, foreigner. "Fondling" the broken tail light, her car is as "soft as a waterbed." It's not love, it's sex. And Jake, a stereotype, is willing to lie and deceive to have it.



2. Freytag Pyramid "Love in LA"

In "Love in LA," the explosition begins with Jake in traffic under the overpass. Luckily he wasn't getting on the 101 this day. Or any day. But he sort of wished he was. He wants a new car, expensive cologne, and a beautiful woman on his arm. But he likes his freedom, so he is only considering it. The accident is the rising action in this story, setting up the meeting. The climax of this love story is when Jake and Mariana converse. He is trying to pick her up and she is beaming. The falling action is when Mariana agrees to give Jake her number, timidly saying "Call me." The story concludes with Jake, proud of his romancing and lies, drives away thankful for his freedom and day dreaming of his dream car, not the girl.

2. Explain where/how you see the dramatic elements (Freytag's pyramid) at work in "Trifles" "Love in L.A.", or "Battle Royale". What do you get (or DO you get) an exposition? Which moment/event signals the rising action? What's the climax? IS there any falling action? What's the resolution? Explain your choices using examples from the text

1. Jake seems to be very superficial or materialistic. The reasson why he gets in a fender bender is because he was daydreaming about agreat life. And when he meets Mariana he lies about himself but at the sametime wants her phone number as if wants to have a future encounter with her, but at the same time he lied about his whole life. Superficial people cheat and lie, it is nice to sugar coat for a moment but when it catches up, you will fall behind.

2. In "Love and L.A" the exposition is not really there, it is short. Nothing really is revealed only names and that it takes place on some kind of highway. The rising action starts when Jake daydreams about changing life styles and his image. He then still dazed out gets into a small accident where he meets Mariana, who he tries to hookj up with trying to get her number. The climax I would say take place where he finds out its not her car and she wants his address and number and car insurance company name. At the same time we find out her gives her wrong information on purpose because he does not have any insurance.The Falling action would be when she starts to take his liscence plates number and it is revealed to the audience that it is fake. He finally gets her number but he "both proud and sad about his proformance". He lied his way to her phone number. There really is no resolution only that he got her phone mumber but most-likely wont be caalling her because he gave her phony imformation. He then drives off.

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Thematic statement for "Love In L.A.": Superficiality and deception might help for a few moments, but life consists of more than just a few instances. 

"Trifles" 

Throughout the beginning of the play as Mr. Hale is explaining to the the Sheriff and the County Attorney about what had happened when he found out that Mr. Wright was dead seems to be the exposition of the play because basically all that is happening is a description of what he saw and experienced. After Mr. Hale finishes with his description of the occurred, when  the investigation actually starts is when the rising action begins to take place. I don't think that rising action is correlated to the men, due to the fact that we don't see much of what is going on with their investigation. I think that the rising action has more association with the women, Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale. They begin discussing the murder when Mrs. Hale asks Mrs. Peters "Do you think she did it?" During this time we seem to get more into detail about the surroundings which in turn might give us an insight on what kind of person Mrs. Wright was. From everything the women discuss we can begin to make decisions of whether Mrs. Wright murdered her husband or not. As they continue discussing Mrs. Wright the climax seems to take place when the women find the box with the dead bird in it. Mrs. Hale: "There's something wrapped in this piece of silk". Mrs. Peters: "It's the bird". Mrs. Hale: "But, Mrs. Peters -- look at it! It's neck! Look at its neck! It's all -- other side to." This might have been incriminating evidence to the Sheriff and the County Attorney. The reader at this point might draw a parallel between the bird and Mr. Wright (cause of death), but as the women talk about the incident they seem to be confused. This might in turn confuse the reader. The falling action seems to take place after the men go up once more to look for more evidence after coming down and asking about the quilt. The women discuss what it's like not having children, absence, stillness, and they seem to think Mr. Wright was the one who killed the bird. In the play there really is no resolution. It really depends on the reader to decide whether Mrs. Wright was the murderer, and if so why she did it. Maybe the closest thing to a resolution is that maybe Mr. Wright killed Mrs. Wright's canary and it hurt her much more than it should have so she killed him. However, since this is not actually stated we can't know for sure. It all just ends in simple talk with the County Attorney saying "Well, Henry, at least we found out that she was not going to quilt it. She was going to -- what is it you call it, ladies? and Mrs Hale responding "We call it -- knot it, Mr. Henderson." 

Michael Hernandez's 6th soliloquy

Number Juan) theme-ify a story!

A theme i see in The Lottery is that "Things can not be judged by their outward appearance". this theme is developed, naturally, from the fact that readers generally view the lottery as a good thing up until the true nature us revealed in the end. what seems to be a nice community with security and strong bonds is actually a society bound to a gross tradition.

Number Too)  Explain the Drama-Bombs in the stories we read

 Exposition for Love in L.A is inferred rather than given. The given setting brings along with it a personality that we assign to Jake- his selfish, materialistic nature. His crappy car also gives insight into what kind of person he is. Mariana can also be assigned traits based on her actions and what she reveals regarding her car.

rising action would be the distracted driving and car crash that resulted in the conversation between the two characters. the climax might be when Jake gives Mariana his information and tells her she is beautiful. the falling action would be Jake revealing that all of the information is fake.  as  denouement, Jake continues on his way, daydreaming about being awesome.

i don't really consifder this very dramatic as far as drama goes. i wouldn't make an ABC or TNT series out of it anyway.

Blog Post 6- Kendra Fitzpatrick

Question #1: Trifles: What is considered right and wrong for some people may not always be the same for others. When challenged by a hard choice you will always choose the path that makes the most sense to you and makes you most comfortable.

Question #2: The exposition of Love in LA, is brief, you learn the name of the main character and where the story is set (you learn the name of the other character and her story after the inciting incident). Speaking of which, the inciting incident is when Jake rear-ends Mariana, from there the plot rises through the many scummy layers of Jake's thought process as he weasels out of the crash. Jake get's what he wants as Mariana gives him her phone number at the climax. The falling action is non existent as the resolution arrives with both parties getting into their cars and going on their way, Jake knowing that he has gotten away with the crash with no ramifications. He goes on his way and falls back into his previous musings, as if nothing happened.