Initial incident
The problem in cat in the hat is that the children are bored. The children are bored because there mother is out and they have nothing to do but sit and stare at each other. The cat then show up to solve their problems
Exposition:
The cat in the hat starts with the children being bored and stuck at home while their mother is out. The children can't go out and play ball because it is cold and raining. They have nothing else to do but sit, and waiting gets boring. The children talk to each other about how bored they are. Then in a little while, something happens that will change their day.
Rising Action:
The kids are talking about how bored they are, then they hear a bump, then they see a giant white cat walk in their door. The cat appears, dressed in gloves, a hat and a bow tie. He begins to talk about the
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Climax:
When the cat shows up at the children's house he has lots of games and fun things to help them out of their boredom. The children are happy about the cat coming to their house. But the children's fish is not happy about the surprise visitor in their house. The cat explains that he means no harm but the fish does not believe him. The cat entertains the children by showing how many things he could hold, one of them being the fish. Then the cat falls on his head and drops everything, breaking things in his fall.
Falling Action:
The fish tries to get the cat out because he shouldn't be here while the children's mother isn't. But the cat once again ignores the cat and stays to show another game to the kids. The cat brings in a box of fun, the box contained thing one and thing two, the cat explains that they will be harmless. The fish once again objects to the new creatures in his home. Thing one and thing two run around and wreck some of the children's house
Effect on others: Throughout the first three quarters of the story, three different illustrations portray the fish scowling at the cat (11, 25, and 37) immediately after each of the cat’s activities. When the cat returns to clean up his mess at the end of the story the fish is shown with a smile on his face (57). Explaining the scowls on the fish’s face support the argument that the cat’s behavior at the beginning of the story is not acceptable to the fish. The fish’s smile at the end of the story reveals that the cat is engaging in behavior that is now acceptance to the
He teaches the kid what to do in order to successfully reel in a large, beautiful fish. Ironically, the narrator is the one who learns from the kid in the end. At the beginning of the story, everything is described negatively, from the description of the kid as a “lumpy little guy with baggy shorts” to his “stupid-looking ’50s-style wrap-around sunglasses” and “beat-up rod”(152). Through his encounter with the boy, the narrator is able to see life in a different way, most notable from how he describes the caught tarpon as heavy, silvery white, and how it also has beautiful red fins (154). Through the course of the story, the narrator’s pessimistic attitude changes to an optimistic one, and this change reveals how inspiring this exchange between two strangers is. This story as a whole reveals that learning also revolves around interactions between other people, not only between people and their natural surroundings and
uncovers the truth about the fish, and how it and its environment was abused by the old
A motherless tiny clown fish named Nemo who was born with a birth defect, and was raised by his overprotective father, is for the first time allowed to go to school. His friends dare him to swim into the open sea and touch the "butt." Meaning to spite his dad and fit in with his new-found friends, Nemo swims all the way out to the “butt” and touches it forever changing his life. Giving into the peer pressure resulted in a series of unfortunate events that shapes young Nemo’s character forever.
The Monster scares the villagers, “some fled, some attacked” automatically hating the strange being that had come into their midst (75). However, the Monster does nothing against the villagers, even though he is seen with giant stature and brute strength. After the village incident, the Monster flees and finds a small family living in the wilderness in a small cottage. As he stays near the cottagers for a time, he begins to learn that he is indeed alone. He learns the roles of family members and yet he does nothing to provoke them.
The short story explains the sustainability of life, how a negativity of a relationship can help one relate to the smallest symbolic things. The lesson of sustainability of life is more than just the life of the Fish. It was more upon the relationship between the parents. The owner of the fish was small and would not care for the fish, making the mother take care of it Reminiscing of her childhood fish; the mother also remembers how her father dumped her childhood fish in a Michigan river. The mother of the little boy still kept her act together even after the infidelity of her husband. She would compare it to her parent’s relationship. In a way, the negativity of both relationships made her compare her life to the fish in the tank. The mother “… felt awe at the fact that life was sustainable even under the most abhorrent conditions.” She felt that the fish was most likely going through the same stuff she was going through with her husband. After seeing Fish’s tank dirty, the little boy told his mother and assumed the fish was dead, little did he know the fish was not dead and that mother had cleaned the tank and moved it to the living room after signing the last papers of her divorce and saying farewell to her ex husband. At the end they all carried the fish “… where with a soft patter of congratulatory applause they’ll present Fish with a new home, right next to the television set.” She in a way explained Fish’s new life in a positive way ad for her life shall be the same. Overall the story compares to the human’s life and a fish’s life both very different, but in a way more similar than one can imagine. The topic of adultery is harsh, and the way individuals take it can either be calm or crazy. In my opinion she took her divorce calm and made her have a certain type of love back into her life. It is bazar to think that a fish’s situation gave the
...life has become and what is should have been. He realizes that the beast was actually the person that he met for the second time back in the house in Weatherend at the beginning of the story.
insulted. As the creature confronts one of the families, he is unpleasantly greeted by the
A poem without any complications can force an author to say more with much less. Although that may sound quite cliché, it rings true when one examines “The Fish” by Elizabeth Bishop. Elizabeth’s Bishop’s poem is on an exceedingly straightforward topic about the act of catching a fish. However, her ability to utilize thematic elements such as figurative language, imagery and tone allows for “The Fish” to be about something greater. These three elements weave themselves together to create a work of art that goes beyond its simple subject.
Grace is a second grader. She sits quietly with her hand folded in front of her and watches tv. She sees Dumbo and thinks of the stuffed elephant on her bed. She remembers her brother winning it for her at a carnival, where she got to ride a pony and eat cotton candy. A few minutes pass, and Grace has no idea what is happening around her or on the cartoon. She is not worried, because there really isn't a time that her mind is not wandering.
In poetry, figurative language and poetic devices are used to convey meaning. The literal meaning of the poem is a parent narrating her kid’s journey walking to school alone, but figuratively the poem is describing the emotions of the parents and child’s reaction to the child’s gaining independence. The poem, “The Red Hat” by Rachel Hadas uses several poetic devices and figurative language. The poem uses imagery and symbolism to convey its meaning.
A brief tale shared in poetic rhyming fashion by Marie G. Lepkowski, Ann M. Hannon, and Margaret B. Hannon, Puffy and the Formidable Foe seeks to impart valuable life lessons to young readers. Puffy, a curious cat, ventures out into the world looking for excitement and encounters a strange yet familiar creature with whom he must contend. Puffy’s lesson is threefold and the authors hope the intended audience will learn from Puffy’s experience right along with him. While it is easy to lilt through the pages in sing-songy fashion, the rhyming scheme is one of only a few redeeming features of this story. This style would otherwise be a wonderful way to captivate very young audiences and it is clear that the under-five-years-old cohort is the target demographic, but nearly everything else about this book is far too abstract for a child of this age group to comfortably grasp, despite its ironic one-dimensionality as far as action and effect are concerned.
“Theatre is like a gym for the empathy. It’s where we can go to build up the muscles of compassion, to practice listening and understanding and engaging with people that are not just like ourselves. We practice sitting down, paying attention and learning from other people’s actions. We practice caring.” (Bill English of the SF Playhouse). This quote accurately summarises the purpose of Children’s Theatre, to help the growth and understanding of children whilst also keeping them entertained through theatrical techniques. The National Theatre’s Cat in the Hat, along with our performance pieces of Cranky Bear and Possum Magic all showcased these techniques in a number of ways, whilst also subconsciously coinciding with the child development theories
When in Wonderland, Alice met some strange characters. She was quick to judge them all. The Cat then Alice about the people in Wonderland, “’Oh, you ca’n’t help that,” said the Cat: ‘we’re all mad here, I’m mad. You’re mad’” (Carroll 74). The Cat is symbolic of a realist. He tells Alice that everybody is crazy, which is true. However, part becoming an adult is realizing that everyone has flaws. This relates to the theme of growing up because Alice is learning what it takes to become an adult. The Cat shows Alice this message of life by using the characters of
The cat's name is Selima and she is perched at the top of the vase watching the fish glide through the water. Selima was planning to eat the fish as soon as she could catch them. So she slowly reached with her paw to nab one of the fishes, her first attempt fails so she thinks again of how she can reach them. Eventually she falls in and tries to get out eight times while crying for help from a forgiving soul. No one seems to hear her and she drowns in the water where the fish swam.