Meaning of Life and Jeremy Fink Essay

A) MEANING OF LIFE – BY JEREMY FINK. B) CHARACTERS: JEREMY FINK, LIZZY MULDOON, MRS. FINK, MR. MULDOON, MR.

OSWALD, SAMANTHA AND DAVID, JAMES AND MR. FINK. CONFLICT: THE CONFLICT IS APPROXIMATELY JEREMY LOOKING FOR FOUR KEY’S THAT WOULD OPEN UP THE BOX WHICH HIS DAD LEFT IT FOR HIM FOR HIS THIRTEEN BIRTHDAY GIFT WHEN HE PASSED AWAY AND JEREMY IS TO FIND THE KEY THAT WOULD FIT ALL SPOTS IN THE BOX PRIOR TO HIS THIRTEEN BIRTHDAY. PLACING: HAPPENS IN MODERN TIMES IN NEW YORK CITY.

BASIC CIRCUMSTANCE: JEREMY AND LIZZY SEARCH FOR THE KEY PRIOR TO JEREMY’S 13 BIRTHDAY. C) PLOT: JEREMY SEE’S THE POSTMAN USING A BOX ADDRESSED TO HIS MOM. JEREMY TAKES THE AND OPENS IT TO GET A BOX. ONCE HIS MOM COMES AND SEES HIM WITH THE BOX HIS MOTHER TELLS HIM HOW THE BOX WAS HIS PRESENT HIS DAD LEFT HIM PERTAINING TO HIS THIRTEEN BIRTHDAY AND HAD TO FIND ALL OF THE SECRETS THAT WOULD OPEN IT BEFORE HIS BIRTHDAY COMES. LIZZY AND JEREMY GET INVOLVED TROUBLE AND IN ADDITION THEY HAVE TO DO COMMUNITY SERVICE.

THEN THEY MEET MISTER. OSWALD WHO ALSO TRIES TO MAKE THEM. THEIR COMMUNITY SERVICE WAS TO DELIVER PERSONNEL TWO NEW PEOPLE WHICH THEN THEY WILL GET TO FIND NEW FRIENDS.

D) ORGASM: IS WHEN EVER LIZZY AND JEREMY EXPOSED THE BOX AND DISCOVERED HIS. FATHER’S WHICH MEANS OF LIFE. E) SLIPPING ACTION: CAN BE WHEN JEREMY OPENS THE AND FINDS IT FULL OF PEBBLES.

JEREMY AFTER THAT REMEMBERS HIS FATHER EXPERIENCED COLLECTED EVERY STONE AT EACH IMPORTANT FUNCTION OF HIS LIFE. F) RESOLUTION: IS WHEN JEREMY FIND OUT THAT MR. OSWALD, JEREMY’S MOTHER, THE MAILMAN, AND LEWIS FROM LARRY’S LOCKS HAD BEEN ALL IN JEREMY’S DAD’S WANT TO GIVE JEREMY THE BOX WITH THE RIGHT TIME THEREFORE THAT HE’D HAVE TO SEARCH FOR ALL FOUR IN THE KEYS, ALTHOUGH MR. OSWALD HAD ALL ALONG. WITH THIS PLAN HIS DAD RECOGNIZED THAT JEREMY WOULD FIND NEW FRIENDS AND BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE.

VARIOUS THINGS HE WOULD NEVER DO. G) POINT OF VIEW: FIRST PERSON BECAUSE THERE IS AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF FEELINGS AND EMOTION IN THE BOOK. H) PERSON VS PERSON- JEREMY AND LIZZY BECAUSE THEY TRY TO FIND THE KEYS TOWARDS THE BOX. PERSON VS SOCIETY- JEREMY AS WELL AS THE SOCIETY GETTING TOGETHER WITH NEW PEOPLE TO TRY AND FIND THE IMPORTANT THING TO THE FOUR HOLES.

I) THEME: A LESSON THIS KIND OF STORY SHOWS ABOUT LIFE IS TO NEVER SURRENDER, AND ALWAYS ALWAYS BE MOTIVATED TO PERFORM SOMETHING YOU UNDERSTAND YOU REALLY WANT TO PERFORM. J) SIMILE- AS HARD AS IT CAN BE WITH HOPE ALONG THE WAY. SIMILE- LIFE IS AS LIVELY AS A JOURNEY.

METAPHOR- ZERO PAIN, NOT ANY GAIN.