The Emerald Atlas By: John Stephens
Interpertive #1
Question: What is the problem in the story? What caused the
problem? Is there more than one
problem?
Answer: The problem
in The Emerald Atlas is that Kate, Michael, and Emma have used the Atlas
to travel fifteen years into the past.
They try to go back into their own time but Countess steals the Atlas
then it disappears.
Now the children have no way to get home. They have to find the book but the super
powerful, evil Countess is also trying to get the book.
Kate, Michael, and Emma get the Atlas and go to war with the
Countess. They win and go back to
their own time.
Interpretive #2
Question: From what point of view is the story told?
(Who is telling the story?)
Answer: The story is told from an omniscient point of view.
Omniscient is like an invisible person watching the characters and understanding what
they are thinking. That invisible
person also moves around from each kid.
From Kate to Michael to Emma.
This makes the story interesting because you can see what is happening to
each of them even when they are not
together.
Reference #1
Question: Describe the way one of the characters talks, acts, and
moves.
Answer: Michael, who is the middle child, is obsessed with dwarves.
He talks about them all the time.
He admires that they value family because family is very important to him
since his parents are gone and all he has for family is Kate and Emma.
Michael is also very smart and reads a lot about magic.
He and Emma bicker and argue often but he really cares about her. In the end when he thought he was about
to die he told her that he loves her.
He is a good brother, he is a good
person.
Reference #2
Question: Which character is the most unforgettable to you?
Why do you like this character?
Answer: The most unforgettable character to me is Countess but I don’t like
her. She is incredibly evil. She kidnapped all the children of
Cambridge Falls and threaten to kill one kid every week if the people didn’t get
her the Atlas. When everybody
thinks that she has died Kate, Michael, and Emma accidentally save her. She waits fifteen years till when she
can get the children and the Atlas then she demands Kate to give her the
Atlas. Kate travels back to
Rhakotis; a city destroyed by Alexander the Great and leaves her there. Countess is a witch but she seems more
like a devil.
Crit. #1
Question: How is the setting important to the story? (Would the story be the same
in another setting?)
Answer: The setting in The Emerald Atlas is a deserted town with dark
woods. In the beginning of the book the time is present day but then Kate,
Michael, and Emma travel fifteen years into the past.
There hardly any people, adults and children alike.
If you changed the setting the story would be different in many
ways. This is because Countess
kills all the children in the past so if we changed the setting the story would
be different. For example, if the
setting was in the city Countess wouldn’t be able to kidnap all the kids and
people would her about her and send armies to get
her.
Crit. #2
Question: What emotions did you see as you read the story?
How did the author reveal these emotions to
you?
Answer: Kate is
hurt that her parents left her to take care of Michael, Emma, and herself when
she was so young. She has so much
responsibility that she doesn’t get to really play and have fun with the other
children. Kate often wonders why
their parents left them and if they loved them. Then she goes back into time and sees
her mother. Her mom recognizes her
and Kate realizes that her mother does love her. Kate feels stronger and is now able to
control the Atlas.
Question: What is the problem in the story? What caused the
problem? Is there more than one
problem?
Answer: The problem
in The Emerald Atlas is that Kate, Michael, and Emma have used the Atlas
to travel fifteen years into the past.
They try to go back into their own time but Countess steals the Atlas
then it disappears.
Now the children have no way to get home. They have to find the book but the super
powerful, evil Countess is also trying to get the book.
Kate, Michael, and Emma get the Atlas and go to war with the
Countess. They win and go back to
their own time.
Interpretive #2
Question: From what point of view is the story told?
(Who is telling the story?)
Answer: The story is told from an omniscient point of view.
Omniscient is like an invisible person watching the characters and understanding what
they are thinking. That invisible
person also moves around from each kid.
From Kate to Michael to Emma.
This makes the story interesting because you can see what is happening to
each of them even when they are not
together.
Reference #1
Question: Describe the way one of the characters talks, acts, and
moves.
Answer: Michael, who is the middle child, is obsessed with dwarves.
He talks about them all the time.
He admires that they value family because family is very important to him
since his parents are gone and all he has for family is Kate and Emma.
Michael is also very smart and reads a lot about magic.
He and Emma bicker and argue often but he really cares about her. In the end when he thought he was about
to die he told her that he loves her.
He is a good brother, he is a good
person.
Reference #2
Question: Which character is the most unforgettable to you?
Why do you like this character?
Answer: The most unforgettable character to me is Countess but I don’t like
her. She is incredibly evil. She kidnapped all the children of
Cambridge Falls and threaten to kill one kid every week if the people didn’t get
her the Atlas. When everybody
thinks that she has died Kate, Michael, and Emma accidentally save her. She waits fifteen years till when she
can get the children and the Atlas then she demands Kate to give her the
Atlas. Kate travels back to
Rhakotis; a city destroyed by Alexander the Great and leaves her there. Countess is a witch but she seems more
like a devil.
Crit. #1
Question: How is the setting important to the story? (Would the story be the same
in another setting?)
Answer: The setting in The Emerald Atlas is a deserted town with dark
woods. In the beginning of the book the time is present day but then Kate,
Michael, and Emma travel fifteen years into the past.
There hardly any people, adults and children alike.
If you changed the setting the story would be different in many
ways. This is because Countess
kills all the children in the past so if we changed the setting the story would
be different. For example, if the
setting was in the city Countess wouldn’t be able to kidnap all the kids and
people would her about her and send armies to get
her.
Crit. #2
Question: What emotions did you see as you read the story?
How did the author reveal these emotions to
you?
Answer: Kate is
hurt that her parents left her to take care of Michael, Emma, and herself when
she was so young. She has so much
responsibility that she doesn’t get to really play and have fun with the other
children. Kate often wonders why
their parents left them and if they loved them. Then she goes back into time and sees
her mother. Her mom recognizes her
and Kate realizes that her mother does love her. Kate feels stronger and is now able to
control the Atlas.