Can someone give me a somewhat detailed summary of "Good Old Neon" by David Foster Wallace?
"Good Old" William Neon, the narrator, announces his intent to ship aboard a whaling vessel. He has made several voyages as a sailor but none as a whaler. He travels to New Bedford, Massachusetts, where he stays in a whalers’ inn. Since the inn is rather full, he has to share a bed with a harpooner from the South Pacific named Queequeg. At first repulsed by Queequeg’s strange habits and shocking appearance (Queequeg is covered with tattoos), Billy Neon eventually comes to appreciate the man’s generosity and kind spirit, and the two decide to seek work on a whaling vessel together. They take a ferry to Nantucket, the traditional capital of the whaling industry. There they secure berths on the Pequod, a savage-looking ship adorned with the bones and teeth of sperm whales. Peleg and Bildad, the Pequod’s Quaker owners, drive a hard bargain in terms of salary. They also mention the ship’s mysterious captain, Ahab, who is still recovering from losing his leg in an encounter with a sperm whale on his last voyage.
What is the plot summary of the musical State Fair?
I have a project that's due in 2 days and I have to research a musical that has appeared on Broadway. Well my teacher assigned me with State Fair and I have no idea what it is about. I've pretty much looked everywhere and found very little. My paper has to be at least 2 pages on the summary and I don't have enough information to do so. If you've seen the musical or found some helpful knowledge will you please tell me. Can you please include your source also. I have to cite my sources. Thanks!
The Hunger Games!!!Summary help!?
The Hunger Games (book 1) is a dystopian, with plot elements like the short stories The Lottery and The Most Dangerous Game with reality television thrown in for good measure. Way in the future, the planet was united by one government, the Capitol, that ruled 13 districts. District 13 rebelled and was obliterated, so once a year, as penance and to keep the remaining 12 districts in their place, the Capitol selects two children between the ages of 12 and 19 from each district to fight to the death. One winner emerges and returns to his/her district. District 12 hasn't won in years. Katniss, the sole support of her mother and sister, takes her sister Prim's place. The other "tribute" is Peeta, the baker's son who was kind to Katniss when she was a child. The tributes are assisted by a team of stylists and a former winner (Haymitch Abernathy for district 12) who advises them on strategy. The games are sort of like "America's Next Top Model" and "Survivor". The Game Masters control what happens and every fight is orchestrated to achieve the most entertainment for the Capitol and the people who are watching. The Game Masters send genetically modified creatures, weather hinderances and illness/injury to achieve the goal of one winner. It is mandatory for all districts to watch the games. Eventually, Katniss and Peeta win the games through a loophole where they outsmart the Game masters. They return home by train and the book ends with their relationship up in the air and room for the sequel. Hope this helps.
Why don’t the writers of Game of Thrones seem to know what to do with Arya anymore?
Thanks for the A2A.I mean, if you’re asking why Arya just doesn’t seem to have the same type of plot that she does in the books, it’s simply because the show has deviated so much from the book series that it’d be pretty much impossible to give Arya’s plot the same level of depth we see in the books. The show needs to simplify things for the final season, and so we see Arya have a different sort of plot than what GRRM might think of.However, I wouldn’t really go so far as to say that the show writers have no idea what to do with Arya. Unlike with some people such as Olenna (and the rest of the Tyrells) or Littlefinger, Arya does seem to have a somewhat better plot line than some of the other characters in the series. Arya has oftentimes used her abilities to the supposed benefit of House Stark, assassinating people such as the entire Frey family. I think her skills will be useful in the final season, and we might see her being sent to eliminate some White Walkers, especially since she has a Valyrian steel dagger now. She still has a place in the show and a role in the plot.Image credited to HBO, found here: Arya's new Valyrian steel dagger is even more interesting than we thoughtPlus, we may see Nymeria come up as well in the final GoT season. We saw an interesting interaction between the two of them lately, and I think that if we will probably see the remaining direwolves in the fight against the White Walkers. Arya could very well join up with her old pet again. And who knows, this could maybe play an important role in the plot, seeing as direwolves are viewed as a somewhat supernatural animal in the GoT world.So I wouldn’t say that Arya’s plot is entirely neglected in the show. She has done some important things, and will probably be important in the final season. To be fair, many of her actions just aren’t “GRRM-style,” as in, I can’t see GRRM giving Arya the plot we see her have in the show, but at least I think we can say that Arya has more of a plot than Littlefinger, Olenna, or the Martells/Sand Snakes, who literally were just killed in the show for no good reason.
Do I have to make every detail in fantasy fiction logical or acceptable (such as the solar system and ecosystem)?
Hi. I wasn’t asked this, but I thought I’d give my opinion, and my opinion is no, you don’t have make every detail very logical. However, you do have to make things acceptable enough.Based on your example, you don’t really need to explain the absence of a solar system if it won’t necessarily affect the story. You did mention about explaining gravity. If it’s important to the plot, then make an effort to explain.Let me share excerpts from what I wrote that’s called The Truth in Your Make-believe :The fact about creating fiction is you add truth to the make-believe.If you really want to write a good book, do not be afraid or do not neglect to do at least a little bit of research.Sure, imagination is the major tool to use, but even make-believe needs to be somewhat, well, believable. Say you are working on a science fiction story. Do you simply say the aliens have arrived and then every person or thing on earth starts to float or elevate and you just leave it at that? I think not.You do not simply assume that readers will assume for themselves that the loss of gravitational pull is mainly due to the alien invasion. Maybe some won’t mind, those who are in it for the sole entertainment. But there are the thinking audience/readers who would mind, whom you could lose as readers because of that. There has to be some kind of scientific way to explain how the aliens do it somehow.A few quotes I also quoted:“Research is the elixir that reinvigorates your storyline, opens your chapters, and liberates you when you’ve written yourself into a suffocating closet. It makes you an expert in things you know diddley about, and elevates you from a wannabee to an author.” (Writers Write)“Thorough research instills in the writer enough knowledge to give her real confidence in her material—the kind of confidence that releases her from a need to show off or twist her plots, and frees her to finally sit down and write.” (The Center for Fiction)I don’t want to keep copy-pasting here the whole thing, so I hope you get my point. If not, kindly click on the link to the writeup so you can better understand what I mean.
Chapter by Chapter Summaries for 1776 by David McCullough?
You're supposed to do them yourself. I know it's a pain in the butt, but it's part of the process. If you don't have any ideas, check out cliff notes, but don't ask people for 'detailed summaries' and say you aren't trying to cheat.
What is a Character Storyline exactly?
Like the question above, i am a little confused on what exactly a character storyline is. There is a question i must answer: What is a one sentence summary of your characters storyline?
Do I need to play Final Fantasy 1-6 to understand the story of Final Fantasy 7 (retro gaming)?
First of all, yes this is a retro gaming question. I know FF7 is what, 13 years old now? But anyhow, do I need to play the previous games to understand the plot of FF7? I just want to know because a friend told me this game is one of the best he has ever played but I don't want to come into the plot halfway through the story. So, if FF7 directly connected to the previous games before it or is it a sequel that is related to previous installments but is more or less its own story (like Skyrim, Red Dead Redemption, Fallout 3, etc.). I'm guessing its on somewhat of its own story because its hard to keep a single plot going for 7 games, but I want to make sure. If it is connected to other games in the series please tell me which ones its connected to and NO SPOILERS! Thanks to anyone who helps.