Chapter 4 Questions

1. Mrs Mossop reminds Joseph of a bird. Why? How does this image change as she talks with his Mother?
Mrs Mossop reminds Joseph of a bird because she always has an opinion towards everyones lifes and puts her ‘beak’ into other peoples business, and with her formal clothing and thin upright posture. This changes his image when Mrs Mossop and his mother are talking to each other.

2. What causes Joseph to change his mind and tell his mother and Mrs Mossop that he would 'probably' draw Tom Leyton?
Joseph wanted to prove to Mrs Mossop and his mother that he could draw Tom Leyton. He wanted to show that he wasn't scared and to show that he wasn't just a silly little boy.

3. What feelings and memories does the mango tree arouse in Joseph?
The mango tree brings back a lot of memories because it was Jospehs hiding place. It was the place where he felt safe and he could really think about his problems. One of his memories of the mango tree was looking over the top of the tree and seeing the whole town.

4. What effect does the final incident in this chapter create? How has language been used to achieve this?
The incident at the end of this chapter was when the branch of the tree breaks and Joseph drops and injures himself. The language during this event helps to create the effect. It was very effective becuase it used descriptive language. The language exaggerated the text.

Relation

How does the idea of "evolving from a cocoon" relate to any event in your life?
The day I was born was the day was when i 'evolved from a cocoon.' To my parents I brought a new life and a new miricle. To my siblings I brought an annoying but lovable personality and friend.To my friends now I brought fun and laughter. To my peers I brought a new personality. To my teachers I brought hard work and effort. My life brought much laughter and sadness, I was a new creation of God and I evolved into the world.

Dreams

Do you have dreams? Do you have recurring dreams? Discuss the idea of symbols in dreams?

I do not remember dreams I had when little but I do remember more recent dreams. I do have recurring dreams sometimes and when I do I remember the dream very clearly. I usually only have a recurring dream for a short period of time. There are many symbols in dreams, these include little things like a flower and a candle which both can represent life. There are also many other symbols. I like having dreams because they can take you on adventures and show you knew things.

Chapter 3 Questions

1. Why do you think Joseph's childhood nightmare of the Running Man returns?

I believe Joseph's nightmare about the Running Man returns because when Joseph was little he was scared to go near or even see the Running Man and now the Running Man was so close to him; his brain remembers his past feeling towards the Running Man.

2. What does Joseph decide at the end of the chapter? Why?

At the end of the chapter Joseph decides that he never draw a portrait of Tom Leyton because of how scary he finds him. He never wanted to see Tom Leyton again because of what Mrs Mossop says about him. Mrs Mossop always said that Tom Leyton was a sick man and that he was very dangerous. Joseph started to believe every word of this.

"The Silkworms" By Douglas Stewart

All their lives in a box! What generations,
"What centuries of masters, not meaning to be cruel
But needing their labour, taught these creatures such patience
That now though sunlight strikes on the eye's dark jewel
Or moonlight breathes on the wing they do not stir
But like the ghosts of moths crouch silent there.

Look it's a child's toy'. There is no lid even,
They can climb, they can fly, and the whole world's their tree;
But hush, they say in themselves, we are in prison.
There is no word to tell them that they are free,
And they are not; ancestral voices bind them
In dream too deep for wind or word to find them.

Even in the young, each like a little dragon
Rampant and green upon his mulberry leaf,
So full of life, it seems, the voice has spoken:
They hide where there is food, where they are safe,
And the voice whispers, 'Spin the cocoon,
Sleep, sleep, you shall be wrapped in me soon.'

Now is their hour, when they wake from that long swoon;
Their pale curved wings are marked in a pattern of leaves,
Shadowy for trees, white for the dance of the moon;
And when on summer nights the buddleia gives
Its nectar like lilac wine for insects mating
They drink its fragrance and shiver, impatient with waiting,

They stir, they think they will go. Then they remember
It was forbidden, forbidden, ever to go out;
The Hands are on guard outside like claps of thunder,
The ancestral voice says Don't, and they do not.
Still the night calls them to unimaginable bliss
But there is terror around them, the vast, the abyss,

And here is the tribe that they know, in their known place,
They are gentle and kind together, they are safe for ever,
And all shall be answered at last when they embrace.
White moth moves closer to moth, lover to lover.
There is that pang of joy on the edge of dying —
Their soft wings whirr, they dream that they are flying.