List the five aspects of the QUEST and then apply them to something you have read (or viewed) in the same format used on pages 3-5.
Think of a “baptism scene” from a significant literary work. How was the character different after the experience? Discuss.
1. A book can be thought of as a quest and every quest has to have someone who does the quest and prevails, in literature that such person is the protagonist,
ReplyDelete2. There also has to be obstacles that the protagonist has to overcome in their quest, this is the dangerous pathway of the quest and in literature that is the obstacles the protagonist will face throughout his journey.
3. Then there is the reason, for the crusades it was the holy grail, and in the Spider man Movies it was to save the day from crime and to avenge uncle Ben, but in literature it is the reason why the protagonist embarked on to his quest.
4. Then there is the challenges and trials that the hero must overcome to prevail in their quest and the antagonist is one of these challenges.
5. At the end of the quest the true reason why the protagonist went on this quest is finally accomplished and then that is how the story ends.
Do you have a book you could base this on or...? Like I did mine on Eve by Anna Carey. But I like that you put Spiderman in there.
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Delete1. A young women protagonist who's previous life was full of chaos and bad decisions and after the death of her mother, she only wants to venture out into the dangerous wilderness to fulfill a promise.
ReplyDelete2. Her journey will be dangerous with natures obstacles and the questionable people she will encounter through out her journey.
3. A reason given through flashbacks: she travels the trail to prove that she and her love can split and find each other again.
4. The challenges she runs into are packs of wolves that howell closely to where she sleeps and the unexpected, she lacks the basic survival skills to survive. Some people she meets appear to the be dangerous but for her luck not any pose harm to her.
5. Cheryl, the protagonist only goes to find herself and does not regret any of the decisions she makes as its what got her to go on the trail and find herself.
What is the text?
DeleteWild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
DeleteDude I watched the movie for that and it is AWESOME. Well, anyway, I liked how you got straight to the point. By the way, good choice of literary work.
DeleteI have never seen this movie but by what you stated, it seems very interesting from what I can infer from the given text.
DeleteThe five aspects of a journey or quest are 1. The quester 2. The A place to go 3. A stated reason to go there 4. Challenges and trials the quester must overcome 5. A real reason to go there. Due to many examples of this in literature I choose the movie The Wizard Of Oz. (a) The quester is usually the main protagonist and in the movie the main protagonist is Dorothy and her dog Toto. (b) Her place to go was back home in Kansas. After the tornado she had only one goal and that was to get back home.(c) Her real reason to go to Oz was to see the wizard who would grant her and her friend's wishes.(d) The greatest trial she was faced with was the evil witch and her goons.(e) In the end Dorothy learns that during the entire quest she had the power to go home by herself.
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DeleteI didn't even think of 'The Wizard Of Oz', but that's a great example. I agree that 'The Wizard Of Oz' fits in with the five aspects of a quest.
DeleteI always thought that the real reason for the quest was to make Dorothy better appreciate her family and learn about the aspects that make people great, but I like your idea.
DeleteI think there was a deeper reason like the importance of friendship that she had the journey, but your explanation made good connections.
DeleteI like your example The Wizard of Oz. I didn't really know her reason to go to the Oz.
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ReplyDeleteAn example of a quest is found in the second Harry Potter Novel: The Chamber of Secrets.
Our Quester: Harry Potter is the quester because he is the one who goes on the strenuous journey.
A Place To Go: The place that he has to go is the actual Chamber of Secrets found under the school that Harry and his friends attend, Hogwarts.
A Stated Reason to Go There: Harry is going there because his best friend's little sister has been taken there and needs to be rescued or she will be killed.
Challenges and Trials: Harry meets a lot of problems that block his way. A few of these are: a giant spider who tries to kill and feed Harry and his friends to it's many children and a giant Basilisk who resembles a snake in many ways. The Basilisk tries to kill Harry for the true “evil knight” who is called Tom Riddle in this book.
The Real Reason To Go: The real reason that Harry had to go to the Chamber of Secrets was so that he could find out how he could defeat and kill Tom Riddle.
I love Harry Potter. He's always on some sort of quest in every book.
DeleteI'm really glad I came across your post because I'm not really familiar with Harry Potter. I was able to find out more about the second book.
DeleteI love this, and it was the second piece of literature that I thought of when I seen the question. The first was Shrek, but both of those were already taken. This was a great connection to a quest.
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I love Harry Potter. I like if Harry Potter was never written, my inner demons would have already escaped. It's a great book.
DeleteWhile I am not familiar with Harry Potter I thought your example was very creative.
DeleteI like how you put everything in order and not paragraph form. It made it easier to follow for me. Also, I loved how you went a little in depth but not too much.
DeleteThe five aspects of a quest are the quester, where they're going, stated reason why they're going, challenges and trials they'll face, and the "true" reason they're going to the location.
ReplyDeleteThis is also used a lot in video games; especially in, well, the main character's quest. Let's use a video game or TV/movie example. I'll use Dragon Ball Z, as I'm currently interested in it at the time of me writing this comment.
A. I'll start toward the middle of the series. The main character/quester is Goku, the most powerful being on earth.
B. A place to go doesn't necessarily have to point to a place; it could point to a goal. Goku's goal is to increase his strength and power in order to beat the bad guys.
C. As stated above, Goku's stated goal is to become stronger in order to defeat the bad guy Cell, who is killing the people of earth, and plans on destroying it.
D. Goku has to fight with many people, such as his son Gohan, a heart disease, and other extremely powerful androids.
E. Goku's real goal is to make his son Gohan stronger. Gohan has the potential to be stronger; Goku knows that he won't be around to protect earth forever, so he wants to unlock Gohan's potential.
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DeleteGreat example since Goku ventures many planets and of course challenges like people who threaten his friends. Makes since that Gohan needs to be stronger but this main goal disguised due to all the battles and problems that arise to where we don't see that. Great job at seeing this and I have no complaints about your aspects.
DeleteYour way of laying out your facts in this post is effective, efficient and clearly stated. I have little understanding of Dragon Ball Z, but your presentation helped me understand the basics even though I'm still a little bit confused.
DeleteWait until you get to Fairy Tail!
DeletePosted by: Hannah Cribby
ReplyDeleteIn the book it talks about the five things that are in a quest and they are "a quester, a place to go, a stated reason to go there, challenges and trials en route, and a real reason to go there." (Foster 3). When I heard about all of those I immediately thought of 'Shrek' because I believe it has all of those elements. The questor would be Shrek because he decides to o on the journey to save Princess Fiona. The place to go would be the castle inside the volcano. The stated reasoning is that Farquaad will give Shrek his swamp back if he goes on this quest for him. The challenges would have to be getting past the dragon and saving the Princess. Also the real reasoning for Shrek to save her is because they are going to end up falling in love. That is why I believe this movie fits in with the things listed in the book.
decides to go on the journey*
DeleteI am so glad you did Shrek because I love Shrek. It is one of my favorites and you did the 5 things in a quest perfectly for it.
Delete-Kalynne H.
Post by: Tiffany Weresow
ReplyDeleteThe five aspects of a quest contain the following: our quester, a place to go, a stated reason for going there, challenges and trials, and the reason to go there.
For example, I'll break down the movie Finding Nemo.
1. Our quester: Marlin, a clown fish that is very protective of his only surviving son, Nemo.
2. A place to go: In order to find and take back his missing son Nemo, Marlin must travel through the ocean in an attempt to find his son's captor and bring him back home. Marlin also makes a journey to the waters of Sydney, Australia.
3. A stated reason to go there: To rescue his son Nemo from the diver that has captured him.
4. Challenges and trials: Along the way, Marlin meets a blue fish named Dory, who has short term memory loss. Dory complicates Marlin's journey by causing him to encounter the worst features of the ocean, including: a rendezvous with sharks, jellyfish, and other dangerous aspects within the ocean.
5. The real reason to go there: In this story, the real reason to go to Sydney, Australia was to rescue Marlin's son Nemo, as he was his only son. Since Marlin could not protect his wife and other children from being killed by a shark years ago, he feels that it is his responsibility to keep Nemo safe from all dangers, as Nemo is all Marlin had left.
My mind went completely blank when it came to this blog; it took me forever to think of an example and 'Finding Nemo' and 'The Wizard Of Oz' are both great examples. I don't know why I couldn't think of those; I love both movies.
DeleteI always thought that the actual reason Marlin went was to form a better bond between him and Nemo.
DeleteWhen I read this post, I never thought of using Finding Nemo, even though it was the smartest movie about the topic of this blog. Great job on this, you hit it out of the park!! ~ Caleb C.
DeleteI like how you use fining Nemo as your example and I never thought Dory's memory loss is actually a challenge.
DeleteI like how you used the story of Finding Nemo. I feel like in the end he really went on this journey to find Nemo and learn that he needs to set him free. Throughout the whole story, Marlin is hesitant to let him go because he is always overprotective of him.
DeleteI never thought of using Finding Nemo and i didn't think Dory's memory loss was a big problem until now.
DeleteOur questers: Percy a Greek demigod, the son; Frank, Hazel
ReplyDeletePlace to go: In order to keep stop Gaea they go to Hubbard Glacier, Yakutat, Alaska
Stated reason to go there: In order to stop Gaea, they go to free the Greek god of death, Thanatos, in an attempt to prevent monsters and humans from regenerating.
Challenges and trials: to fulfill their quest the trio must travel about 3,500 miles round-trip from Berkeley CA during which they evade an army of monsters, escape from very unfriendly amazons, sneak into la casa de la abuela de Frank and fight their way out the next day. Shortly after that, they must free Thanatos, then collect the standard of the eagle and defeat an army of ghosts. Once they do that, in order to defeat the giant Alcyoneus, they drag him 10 mi. across the Canada-Alaska border. Unfortunately for them, they must return to Berkeley, CA via a chariot pulled by a foul-mouthed horse that can run faster than the speed of sound. Upon arrival, they must defeat the fore-mentioned army of monsters lead by another giant by sunset.
Actual reason to go: this is always self knowledge but for this scenario Percy regains his memory, Hazel deals with a curse put on her, and Frank learns that he is a shapeshifter.
-J.W.Godwin
Jared
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ReplyDeleteA quest consists of five aspects: (a) a quester, (b) a place to go, (c) a stated reason to go there, (d) challenges and trials en route, and (e) a real reason to go there. I have chosen to apply these aspects into The Lightning Thief.
(a) Our quester: Percy Jackson, is a Greek demigod, son of Poseidon and Sally Jackson.
(b) a place to go: in order to get the lightning bolt back Percy must go to the underworld.
(c) a stated reason to go there: to retrieve zeus lightning bolt.
(d) challenges and trials en route: along the way, Percy comes face to face with characters like Medusa, Procrustes, The Furies, Hades, and Ares.
(e) a real reason to go there: In The Lightning Thief, the real reason Percy goes to the underworld is not to get back the bolt, although it might be a little. But, he went to save his mom, Sally.
I love the Percy Jackson series, and like the connection you have made. This is certainly a quest, a very big quest.
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DeleteThe Lightning Thief seems to be a great example of A quest consists of five aspects: (a) a quester, (b) a place to go, (c) a stated reason to go there, (d) challenges and trials en route, and (e) a real reason to go there. I've never read the book but I think I might now.
This is one of my favorite book series. I like how you just wrote the basics so it doesn't ruin the book for anyone who hasn't read it yet.
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ReplyDeleteA quest consists of 5 aspects known as (1) a quester, or someone who is going to take part in the quest. (2) a place to go, (3) a stated reason to go there, (4) challenges and trials, (5) a real reason to go there.
The novel Anna and the French Kiss exhibits the pattern of a quest and contains the 5 primary aspects.
the quester- Anna, who is the protagonist.
a place to go- an American boarding school in Paris, France.
a reason to go there- to finish her senior year of high school.
challenges and trails- making friends and enemies and trying not to like a boy who already has a girlfriend.
a real reason to go there- to discover herself and become more independent as a person.
This is like a little peek into "Anna and the French Kiss", it seems to be really interesting, I would love to read it one day! How did you come across this book?
DeleteI've never got a chance to read this book in the series although I have read others. It was a great insight to the book and I love how you showed the differences in the reason that she went there and the real reason she went. It was very clear.
DeleteThis sounds like a great book to read
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ReplyDeleteThe five things that makes a quest a quest is 1. a quester, 2. a a place to go, 3. a stated reason to go there, 4. challenges and trials, and finally 5. the real reason to go there. I have chose to apply these aspects to Tangled by Dan Fogelman.
1. Our quester: Rapunzel
2. A place to go: The castle
3. A stated reason to go there: Rapunzel wants to see the lanterns that are released every year on her birthday.
4. Challenges and trials: She has to go against her mother, or the protagonist, and she must also get past the countless number of people who dislike her companion Eugene. Also to top everything off Rapunzel has to fight herself. At the beginning of the movie she has doubt about her decision to leave the tower and Mother Gothel.
5. The real reason to go there: Rapunzel may not know it, but her real parents are the reason she is going there, and that is why she feels so drawn to the lanterns.
I like this example due to the internal and external conflicts the character must go through to achieve their goal. The character does not really know her goal which makes a secret goal that drives them to that place. No complaints and this was an interesting example that shows different conflicts the character faces in their quest.
DeleteI really like this example and it is an excellent one of a quest within a story. This quest is a very huge role in the story, since Rapunzel was locked in the castle for eighteen years and it about to explore the outside world for the first time.
DeleteI liked how you used Tangled. I think it is so ironic that she wanted to see the lights and that they were actually for her.
DeleteI love Tangled and I really like the connections you made but maybe the real reason she went was to find the love of her life, since in the end she fell in love with Eugene.
DeletePosted By: Adison Costner
ReplyDeleteOur quester: A boy is being abused by his parents and is tired of it, he needs a safe place.
A place to go: For him to find a safe place from his parents he must go on an adventure until he finds his new safe place. He can then restart his life without his parents hurting him and putting him down.
A stated reason: He cannot take it anymore, he needs to leave now or who knows what he will do.
Challenges and trails: While traveling to his safe place has to overcome many obstacles. Some include falling in love with an old friend.
The real reason to go: He went to find a safe place far away from his parents. But instead of finding a safe place, like a house, instead he meet a girl. This girl then became his new safe place.
What is the title?
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ReplyDeleteA quest is made up of 5 different aspects: A quester, a place to go, a stated reason to go to this place, challenges and trials along the way, and a real reason for going in the first place.
1) Quester - David Pelzer, a young abused child, has had enough of the torment he receives at home.
2) A place to go - David must get out of his house and get into a nice foster home where he will be taken care of.
3) A stated reason to go there - David has suffered years of unbearable and gruesome abuse and he needs to go to a foster home before his Mother goes too far.
4) Challenges and trails - David's mother, the main abuser, will catch him trying to sneak to freedom and punish him severely. He will have many failed attempts that bring vile consequences.
5) The real reason to go - David was just a little boy when all this abuse started and he just wanted for once to feel as if someone loved him. His mother had done everything from pulling his arm out of socket to ammonia drenched rags over his face - and he had, had enough of it.
What is the book?
DeleteThe book is Called "A Child Called It."
DeleteThis is a movie that I have seen, and when I read your's it made me cry, I never thought of using "A Child called It" for this. ~ Caleb C.
DeleteThe five aspects of a quest are the quester; the person going on the quest, a place for the quester to go; wherever they hope to end up, a stated reason the quester has to go there; the reason for going that is believed by the quester, challenges they face on the way; things they go through over the coursse of their quest which can make them stronger, and lastly, the real reason the quester had to go there.
ReplyDeleteI will use The Nightmare Before Christmas as an example because I've only watched this movie about five hundred times.
1) In this movie, the quester is Jack, The Pumpkin King. He is the guy who everone adores. Every year he is the star of Halloween, but he feels there is something missing in his life.
2) Jack's place to go is Christmas. It's not actually a "place," but Christmas is his objective. He wants to make Christmas happen this year. He wants to go to Christmastown and take over Santa's job.
3) The stated reason to go there is because Jack is bored with Halloween. He believes that Christmas is great new thing to do.
4)Along the way to Christmas, Jack faces several trails and challenges. His peers and people of Halloweentown don't understand Christmas, he ruins it for people, and he has to defeat Oogie Boogie and save Sally and Santa.
5)The real reason to go was self knowledge. Jack needed to realize that he is perfect at what he does and not so perfect at other things. He realized that everyone has a role to play, and he does great with his.
~Kimberly Queen~
I love The Nightmare Before Christmas! Jack is my favorite character in the movie.
DeleteI really enjoyed your post and the example you used. I love The Nightmare Before Christmas.
DeleteA quest in literature is described by Thomas Foster, author of How to Read Like a Professor, as “a trip that never involves the stated reason behind it” (3). A character will go on a quest for one thing and come out of it with something else, such as self knowledge. There are 5 aspects of a quest: the quester, the destination, the initial reason for the quest, the challenges the quester faces, and the real reason to go there. I have observed the concept of a quest through the novel Paper Towns by John Green.
ReplyDeleteIn the novel, the quester is Quentin. After Quentin’s childhood lover, Margo, disappears, Quentin feels it is his duty to find her. He travels all over the state of Florida, searching for clues of her whereabouts. After doing some research, he travels to Agloe, New York, where he finds her. His stated reason to find her and go to her destination was to confess his love and make her his girlfriend. Along the way, he faces many challenges as he searches for clues of her whereabouts, which lead him to dead ends or don’t make sense. Throughout his quest, he learns many things about himself. He learns that he is much stronger and smarter than he previously thought. In addition, he also learns that Margo was not the person that he thought she was. It is unjust to belittle someone with imaginary ideas of that person. It is more important to understand a person for who they really are, even if it is difficult or frightening.
Quests are hard to describe in some novels, but this one fits very well. I like how discriptive you are.
DeleteA literary quest, as described by Thomas C. Foster in How To Read Literature Like A Professor, is 5 different steps: 1. the quester, 2. a place to go, 3. a stated reason to go there, 4. challenges and trials, and 5. the real reason to go.
ReplyDeleteThe literary quest in The Fault In Our Stars by John Green is as follows;
1. (the quester) Hazel Grace Lancaster
2. (place to go) Amsterdam with Augustus Waters.
3. (stated reason to go) Augustus is/was battling cancer and through the Make a Wish Foundation, Augustus wants to take Hazel to Amsterdam to meet her favorite author.
4. (challenges and trials) One challenge in going to Amsterdam is that Hazel has difficulty breathing and she has recently had her lungs filling with fluids and the doctors don't want her to go.
5. (the real reason to go) Augustus' osteosarcoma has returned and he wanted to spend time with Hazel before his passing and to meet the author of her favorite book "An Imperial Affliction."
I love this book and movie and it fits well with the quest!
DeleteI didn't even think to use this book although I've read it a handful of times! This was genius. Great job!
DeleteThis is a great example a quest. I love this book. Never would have thought of this example.
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ReplyDeleteThe five aspects of a quest are -
- The quester, which is the person going on the quest.
- The place for the quester to go, which is where they want or hope to be/end up.
- The stated reason the quester has to go there, this is the reason for going.
- The challenges the quester must face on the way, this happens over the course of there quest.
- Lastly, the real reason the quester had to go.
I am going use the book Control by Lydia Kang as my example.
1) In this book, the quester is Zelia.
2) Zelia's place to go is to the enemies hide out.
3) The stated reason to go that Zelia has to find and save her sister from them.
4) There are many challenges and trials Zelia has to endure throughout her quest. One is getting away from her safe home. The people there do not want her to leave and get taken like her sister, so she must figure out a way to escape.
5)The real reason to go was because she had just lost her father and knew that he would want her to keep her sister safe.
Nine times out of ten a quest makes us blatantly apparent to what it is; most adept literature enthusiast can quickly identify the five key points in a story the: quester, destination, original reason why, challenges they face, and the real, often times symbolic, reason why they chose to adventure. To elaborate upon upon these key points, I would like to draw attention to one of my favorite science fiction novels of the last couple years, The Fifth Wave.
ReplyDelete1- What is a quest without a quester? Obviously, it cannot be a quest. A quester can simply be put as someone who sets off to accomplish something. Some look for treasure and try to find things like the meaning of life, but in our example we have Cassie, a young woman in a dystopian world ravaged by alien colonization attempts. With an her younger brothers teddy bear and an M-16 assault rifle, she sets out to find her brother; which leads us into our next two points, the reason and destination.
2- It would stupid to go run around in an alien field world just for heck of it, so here we have our reason why. All quest have a reason; to put simply, reason is why they venture out to do this quest. As you would assume, her younger brother Sammy is her reason to venture; she gruels through this unforgiving wasteland to find her last remaining family member who was taken away by a corrupt government.
3- We know why, but where are we going? Destination is the answer. Where treasure resides or in this case family, it is where our quester seeks to reach. Cassie ventures out to find the military base where Sammy is being held.
4- There is no reasons to read without trials. Bob safely drove to the post office to get his mail. We would be far more inclined to read that short story if Bob had to say race a train there. Humans are sick creatures that just hope see something go wrong and witness how our heroes will prevail. Trials are loved by us because they draw out character emotion and cause them to fail or improve. In Cassie's case, she has to live in fear every night that a drone will find her position or that the crazed alien sniper who has been following her may catch up and cut her life short.
5- Finally, we have the real reason makes a character go off on a quest. The majority of times, it is often a character driven trait, motive, or longing that they seek to improve or fill which will make them more relate able to us as readers. My best guess for Cassie's case if that she just wants to fill the lonely void left by invasions. Mother died of a horrifying alien disease, father was killed by corrupt military, her love interest is presumed dead, and Sammy was kidnapped, so she has no one left. She thinks that her brother is the only solution she has left. On her ventures she finds new friends and love to eventually fill this void and creates a new desire to protect and keep what she has obtained.
If you don't mind me asking, who is the author of the story? The way you described it sounds like a pretty cool story, and I wouldn't mind reading it.
DeleteI like how you question then answer. Also I agree with James sounds interesting.
DeletePosted by: Caleb Costner
ReplyDeleteThe five aspects of a quest are -
1. The quester,
2. A place to go,
3. A stated reason to go there,
4. Challenges and trials, and
5. The real reason to go.
The book that I am going to use is "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
1. The quester - Turtle Wexler.
2. A place to go - Westing Estate
3. A stated reason to go there - Sam Westing was found dead and the funeral was at his Estate, and to go to her uncle Sam Westings funeral. Come to find out Sam was Turtles Uncle.
4. Challenges and trials - When at the funeral, all the guests have to play games to earn money. The games allow the guest to see who can win the games to inherit the Estate and win Sam Westing millions, but the twist is that they play to see who can figure out Sam Westings other 4 identities.
5. The real reason to go - Turtle plays the games and at the end she realized who the other 4 identities Sam has, and she inherits the Estate, and his millions.
There are five main points that make a journey a quest, and they are as follows: A quester, a place to travel, a stated reason to go to said place, trials and difficulties along the way to wherever the quester is going, and the real reason the quester is going there (this is almost always to gain self-knowledge).
ReplyDeleteNow to break down the quest from the book The Hobbit.
1. A quester: Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit in every sense of the word. Quiet, polite, proper, and quite willing to spend the rest of his life in the same home doing the same natural routine for the rest of his life.
2. A place to go: Gandalf forcefully asks Bilbo to go on an adventure with some dwarves to their old home “under the Lonely Mountain”.
3. The stated reason for going there: To help the dwarves reclaim the prized treasure, if not their home, from the great dragon Smaug.
4. Trials and Difficulties: Mountain Trolls, goblins, orcs, giant wolves (wargs), spiders, and elves who take them prisoner, just to name a few.
5. The real reason for the quester to go there: Gandalf knows that Bilbo needs to have new experiences and take steps outside of his comfort zone in order to gain self confidence and a new worldview.
By: Aaron N.
DeleteI have a small question: when does The Hobbit occur in Lord of the Rings? Is it like a prequel, sequel, during the story, or what?
DeleteThe Hobbit was one of the first stories I thought of when I read this chapter. It is one of my favorite series and has all of the perfect elements of a fantasy story.
DeleteThe five aspects of the QUEST are: the quester, a place to go, a stated reason to go there, challenges and trials, and the real reason to go. A book that has all five aspects of the QUEST is “Since You’ve Been Gone”, by Morgan Matson.
ReplyDelete1) Our quester: Emily
2) A place to go: The Orchid
3) Stated reason to go there: Emily is supposed to go to The Orchid to go pick apples at midnight
4) Challenges and trials: This is where all the high school parties are held and Emily is an extremely anti-social person, so she has trouble going alone.
5) The real reason to go: Sloane wanted Emily to go to The Orchid so that she could meet new people and gain some friends, since she’s leaving her.
-Piper Colangelo
Love "Since You've Been Gone!" I haven't thought of Emily's adventure to the apple farm as a quest, clever interpretation.
DeletePost by Riley Kiefer. *If you have not read Looking for Alaska, I would not read this.*
ReplyDeleteThe five aspects of a the quest are a quester, a place to go, a stated reason to go there, challenges and trials en route, and a real reason to go there. There is many different literary elements that could be looked at for this assignment, but I choose to analyse Looking for Alaska by John Green. In Looking for Alaska, Miles “Pudge” Halter is sent to his father alma mater Culver Creek (a quester). At first Pudge says that he is going to Culver Creek (a place to go) to seek a greater perhaps (a stated reason to go there). As he gets comfortable at Culver Creek, he makes a couple of friends. Those friends are Alaska Young, Chip “The Colonel” Martin and Takumi (I don’t remember his last name). Alaska is an enigma and eventually Pudge falls in love with her, but she has a boyfriend (challenges and trials en route). One night, Alaska, Pudge and The Colonel are at the barn drinking. They all are asleep when Alaska suddenly wakes and goes on and on about how awful she is and how she can't believe she forgot. Not thinking, The Colonel and Pudge let her drive off half asleep and with a ton of alcohol in her system (.24 on a breathalyzer). Alaska always said she would die young, this is what leads Pudge and The Colonel to wonder if her death was an act of not thinking or suicide (challenges and trials en route). In Looking for Alaska, Pudge has a knack for remembering people’s last words. Alaska asks if he knows what Simón Bolívar’s were, he doesn’t so she tells him. These last words, are what becomes the question to be solved by Pudge and The Colonel after Alaska’s death. What is the question you ask? I’ll tell you. The question is, what is the labyrinth and how do you get out of it? (a real reason to go there).
Love that book! Besides the quest, the idea of "a great perhaps" and escaping the labyrinth was really symbolic and created a lot more depth to the message of the novel.
DeleteI love Looking For Alaska! It's a wonderful book and the quest was very interesting.
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ReplyDeleteThe five aspects of a quest according to Thomas Foster are: a) a quester, b) a place to go, c) a stated reason to go there, d) challenges and trials, and e) a real reason to go there. There are so many examples of a quest in literature because it's the usual structure for a good story, but I will use the Disney movie "Up."
1. Our quester: In the movie up, an old man named Mr. Fredricksen and a young boy named Russell go on an adventure in a flying house that is being floated by balloons.
2. A place to go: Mr. Fredricksen and Russell set out to land the house at Paradise Falls.
3. A stated reason to go: Mr. Fredricksen's wife had died but she always had a dream of living at Paradise Falls and Mr. Fredricksen wanted to go through with her dream. When he tied the balloons to his house and it started to float, he found that the young wilderness explorer Russell was on his porch so he invited him in and he joined Mr. Fredricksen on his adventure.
4. Challenges and trials: They meet a talking dog named Doug who is, unknowingly to Mr. Fredricksen and Russell, supposed to take Kevin, a rare flightless bird whom Russell finds, to his master. A man named Charles Muntz captures Kevin and they have to fight to get him back. Russell gets captured by Muntz and Fredricksen fights to get him back too.
5. The real reason to go: Although they went back to the city, the house landed beside Paradise Falls, which fulfilled his wife's dream. On the way, he bonded with Russell and Doug and he learns to let people in after losing his wife.
I love the movie "Up" and it was one of my favorite movies. I glad you did your on the movie.
DeleteGreat movie! I thing the quest better helps us understand and connect through the characters actions what the real motive was. The exercise forces us to realize often the stated reason isn't the real reason, often times in literature and in life to I am satisfied by the words (true or not) and never dig to see if the person/characters actions match up.
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ReplyDeleteThe five aspects of the quest are:
The quester: a person who goes on a quest: Barry Allen (also known as The Flash)
A place to go: someone tells the hero to go somewhere: Dr.Wells convinces Joe, Barry’s father through adoption to let Barry go to the S.T.A.R Labs for further analysis after being struck by lightning and going into a coma for several months.
A stated reason for going to that place (the place mentioned in number two): someone tells the hero to “go somewhere and do something”: Dr.Wells tells Joe his lab will be able to help Barry more than the hospital.
All the tests and challenges on the way to the place (the place mentioned in number two): There are no challenges on the way to S.T.A.R Labs but in the lab there are a few challenges before Barry wakes up such as figuring out why Barry’s heart wasn’t beating but in fact it was, the tool that measures a heartbeat couldn’t measure Barry’s because his heart was beating too fast.
A real reason to go to the place (the place mentioned in number two): self-knowledge: The real reason Barry was told to go to S.T.A.R Labs was to learn about who he was and what he could do.
The TV series “The Flash”.
The Flash is one of my favorite series, but wasn't something I thought of when I saw this chapter. It makes sense though after reading your entry.
DeleteThe five aspect of the quest is the quester, a place to go, a stated reason to go, challenge, and the real reason to go. I decided to choose the movie Mulan.
ReplyDelete1. The quester- Mulan is the main quester along with her dragon, Mushu, and her lucky cricket.
2. The place to go- Mulan and the troop are heading north to stop the Huns from attacking China.
3. The reason to go- Mulan's father is weak and unfit to fight so Mulan decided to go in her father's placce.
4. Challenge- Mulan must first overcome the training and then the journey, and finally Mulan go to the capital to save the emperor.
5. The real reason- Mulan to go join the army because her father is weak and she fail the matchmaker.
I liked how you used a Disney Character. Most Disney characters quest are just finding their price charming, and Mulans is defeating the Huns. It's different and I like that.
DeleteI agree with Grace. I liked how you used Mulan because she was definitely one of the tougher princesses that fought for what she wanted, no matter what rules she would be breaking.
DeleteThe five aspects of the QUEST includes: the quester, a place to go, a stated reason to go there, challenges and trials en route, and a real reason to go their. As my example, I will break down the movie "So Undercover".
ReplyDeleteThe Quester- Molly is the quester due to the fact that she was sent out by the “FBI” to retrieve private information.
A place to go- In this film, Molly had to attend college and also locate her professor's home.
A stated reason to go there- Molly had to go to the college to gain the trust of one of the students in hope of learning about a secret that the student is hiding to give to the FBI. She then had to locate her professor's home to investigate and figure out why the student kept visiting the professor's home.
Challenges and trials en route- It was hard for Molly to learn how to blend in with the people attending the college. Another challenge arose when she visited the professor's home and had to fight off an intruder in order to get the information that she needed.
A real reason to go there- In reality, she was attending this college and gaining all of this information for somebody that was known to be the enemy of the FBI.
- Alex Salce
That movie sounds cool. I think your breakdown of the quest was pretty interesting.
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ReplyDeleteFive aspects of the QUEST:My Sister’s Keeper (By, Jodi Picoult)
The Quester : Anna, a thirteen girl who was born specifically to keep her sister Kate alive.
A place to go: Campbell's law office to get medical emancipation from her parents.
Stated reason to go there: Anna is tired of not having a say in doing surgeries and operations to help her sister, Kate live. Anna feels she is defined by her sister and is ready to live her own life.
challenges and trials:Breaking her family apart and ultimately killing her sister.
The real reason to go: Her sister asked her to kill her, not to donate a kidney so that she would die and she selfishly also wanted it, but not really. Anna wanted to help Kate and Kate did not want to keep living the way she was, so Anna who was always able to help her tried to by going to court against her mom.
The 5 aspects of a quest are (1) the quester, (2) the place to go, (3) the reason to go on the quest, (4) the trials that are on the route, and (5) finally the real reason of the quest. The documentary I will be using is “Point and Shoot” directed by Marshall Curry (on netflix).
ReplyDeleteThe quester is Matthew VanDyke who is an only and very sheltered child.
During his early 20’s Matt decides that he is going to Africa for an adventure.
He really the reason for his adventure to Africa is to make a documentary film to show that he can do whatever he puts his mind to. He meets a guy named Nori that he explains as a hippy, down to earth, and all about peace. He then goes home for christmas where he promises his girlfriend that he will take a break from film. Then a war breaks out in Libya where Nori lives. Matt decides that day he will go to Libya and help Nori. He then fights for the rebel forces.
Matt is captured by the enemy and is put in jail for 6 months, on the 6th month a jail overthrow happens from the rebel forces. The press talks to Matt about how he should go home ,however , he says no and continues the war.
In the end he went from a loser, and a nobody to a man who helped free a place from a wrong leader.
Christopher Johnson
DeleteThe five aspects of a quest are:
ReplyDelete1. A quester 9the person who goes on the quest)
2. A place to go
3. A reason to go there.
(2 and 3 are someone who tells the quester to go somewhere and the reason why they need to go there)
4. Challenges and trails en route
5. A real reason to go there
Attack on titan:
1. Eren Jaeger
2. To go be a soldier in the Survey Corps to defeat titans outside the walls and study on them.
3. He vowed to defeat every and all titans after watching his mother get killed by a titan.
4. He is faced with becoming a titan and building the wall while he kills titans.
5. Killing the titans because of what happened to his mother
love the example you chose! Great job
DeleteThe five aspects of a quest include:
ReplyDeletea) quester
b) place to go
c) stated reason to go there
d) challenges and trials on route
e) a real reason to go there
For my example I will be using the novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton.
The outsiders is a novel about a 14 year old boy who struggles after his parents death. Ponyboy also faces challenges because he is a greaser and this creates several conflicts with the socs throughout the story.
a) Ponyboy
b) Rural Church
c) Avoid being arrested for Bob’s murder
d) Ponyboy’s brother Johnny and his guardian Dally both die
e) Deal with the grief of his loved ones dying.
Mary & Max
ReplyDeleteOur quester: A girl whose life has been an complete disaster as a little girl she randomly sends an letter to a random person from the phone book named max growing up her mom was a drunk and her father was absent most of her life as she got older she got married with her crush and gets pregnant but gets cheated on and tries to kill herself before she does she is stopped by a package from max
A place to go: She want to travel from Britain to USA
A stated reason to go there: She’s always wanted to go to meet max
Challenges and trials: Many challenges have stopped her from achieving anything in life including an almost miscarriage, raising a child without an spouse, losing her husband to a guy
The real reason to go:apologize for publishing an book on him without consent
By Noah Wollin
ReplyDeleteStar Wars: The Force Awakens
Wouldn't read if you haven't seen the movie yet.
(a) Rey, a scavenger on the planet of Jakku and Finn, a deserter of the First Order army.
(b) They must get to the Resistance's Headquarters.
(c) Rey finds a droid who contains part of the map that leads to Luke Skywalker and must deliver it to the Resistance before the First Order finds it.
(d) The First Order is looking for Finn and his accomplices, Rey & BB-8 to gather the last piece of the map before they get it to the Resistance.
(e) Rey needs to train her new found powers of the force with Luke.
By: Kalynne Helms
ReplyDeleteTo me, every book is a quest. There is always someone in the book trying to accomplish this one thing but has to do many things or go through many things to accomplish it. So here is Eve written by Anna Carey.
1) A quester: Eve is sixteen and she has been in this all girl school ever since the plague broke out and the school promises her a real future in the new world.
2) A place to go: The Women safe camp called Califia, near the ocean
3) Reason to go there: Eve figured out that the school is going to lock her up after graduation to use her to reproduce babies.
4) Challenges during the route: Facing, fighting, and hiding from the King´s men/troops, making hard decisions, facing and figuring out love, and trying to find her way to safety
5) Real reason to go there: At the middle/end of the book, Eve falls in love with Caleb and she wants to get to the camp so they could both be safe and live a happy life but the camp only allows women and Eve finds that out at the end.
In a quest there needs to be five elements to make it what it is; a quester, a destination, a reason, obstacles to overcome, and the underlying real reason. To demonstrate a quest and the five aspects of a quest I used the novel Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher. The quest in the novel is more of a mental quest, though the character does travel to different locations the book is more set on the characters mental journey rather than the actual movement of the character.
ReplyDelete1) The quester in the novel Thirteen Reasons Why is Clay Jensen, he is basically a regular teenager who receives a cassette with stories on the thirteen reasons why his old crush, Hannah, killed herself.
2) The destination in the novel isn’t a physical place but more so the last reason why Hannah killed herself, and getting a bit of closure on her death. Clay would also need to send the tapes to the next person in the reasons.
3) The stated reason to go on this quest is because he is sent the tapes to learn the thirteen reasons why his crush died and the past affection for her is what draw him to listen and go on this quest.
4) Some of the challenges he faces are learning a lot of dark secrets that are revealed in the tapes and actually moving around to talk to people and go to place with memories attached to it. There is a lot of emotional turmoil throughout the book for Clay.
5) The real reason to go on this quest was to help Clay find closure in Hannah's death and to finally move on from Hannah and seek out another one of his crushes he meet while traveling through his town.
- Olyvia Knight
This is a really good example of a quest, and it was very obvious to see all these elements while reading the book.
DeleteThe five aspects of a quest are: a quester, a place to go, a stated reason to go there, challenges and trials along the way, and a real reason to go there. The movie “Titanic” follow these guidelines to be called a quest.
ReplyDelete1. The quester is Jack Dawson because he is the one going on the quest.
2. Jack’s place to go is the RMS Titanic
3. Jack’s stated reason to get on the Titanic is because he won the tickets in a card game with his friend Fabrizio.
4. Jack’s challenges start as soon as he sees Rose attempting to commit suicide. Other trials and challenges include not being liked by Rose’s mother, being framed for theft of the Heart of the Ocean, being handcuffed inside of a sinking ship, and freezing to death in the ocean.
5. Jack’s real reason to go to the Titanic was to fall in love with Rose and change her life.
I liked how you said the challenges start when he sees Rose attempting suicide. I would have said they started when he got in trouble with the police on board after saving her.
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ReplyDeleteThe five aspects of the QUEST include the quester, the place to go, the stated reason to go there, challenges and trials, and the real reason to go. An example of a quest would be from the movie, The Lion King.
1. Our quester: Simba is the quester and he is on a quest of self-discovery after the fatal death of his father, Mufasa.
2. The place to go: In order to restore the lion kingdom, Simba must go back home to pride rock and claim his throne.
3. Stated reason to go there: Ever since Scar framed Simba for Mufasa’s death, the kingdom’s normal social order has been disrupted. It is Simba’s job to be a protector since the lion kingdom is in danger.
4. Challenges and trials: Scar’s hyenas pose as a threat to Simba. Simba is also challenged by himself because instead of helping the lion kingdom, he wants to continue his selfish lifestyle with his friends Timon and Pumba. Scar is his biggest challenge he must face.
5. The real reason to go: Simba’s real reason to go, whether he realizes it or not is to fulfill his destiny as king and to restore equilibrium to the kingdom.
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ReplyDeleteThe five aspects of the QUEST are
ReplyDelete1) the quester
2) a place to go
3) a stated reason to go there
4) challenges and trials
5) the real reason to go.
I feel like a great example of this is The Hunger Games. You have the quester (Katniss Everdeen), a place to go (The Hunger Games), a stated reason to go there (to save her little sister, Primrose, from risking her life), and the real reason to go, which I feel was to be with Peeta, because she did have feelings for him, even though most of the stuff was claimed to be staged, she still had enough feelings to try and save him. I feel this true because throughout the end of The Hunger Games, she stuck with Peeta and helped him when his leg was hurt.
-Laurie Ricardo
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ReplyDeleteThe five aspects of the QUEST are the quester, a place to go, a stated reason to go there, challenges and trial, and the Real reason to go there. Every story or novel contains a quest some are more easy to identify than in some other story or novels, even in movies. An example of a quest is a novels called “The Dead and Buried” by Kim Harrington.
1. Our quester: Jade, a young shy girl, not very excited about her new house that has a dark pass.
2. A place to go: Jade’s family just moved to a new house for their children to have a better education. The new house is perfect and Woodbridge High School until strange things start to happen.
3. A stated reason to go there: Jade and her family moved to a new house in order to start a new life. Jade wanted to moved to have a better education at Woodbridge High School one of the best high schools there is.
4. Challenges and Trials: Colby, Jade’s little brother, gets threatened by the girl who died there, but later Jade finds out the girl had been murdered. The ghost of the girl haunts the house and threatens Jade to find out who murdered her or if Jade does not than the ghost girl will murder Jade and her family.
5. The Real stated reason: Jade must find out who murdered the girl who use to live in the house Jade and her family just moved into. Jade makes new friends in school who were close to the girl that died in order to finds which one kill the girl. The reason is that if she does not than the girl will kill Colby and Jade’s parents.
This sounds like a really interesting book, I love murder mysteries!
DeleteThe five aspects of the quest are:
ReplyDeletea)The quester
b)Place to go
c)Stated reason to go there
d)Challenges and Trials
e)Real reason to go
The book choose to do this on is Divergent because I feel like this is a great book to use for this.
1)The quester would be Tris.
2)The place to go would be the Abnegation faction.
3)Tris' reason to go was to save her parents and the people of the faction from the Dauntless and Erudite takeover.
4)One of the challenges that Tris had was to sneak away from the Dauntless faction while they were invading and trying to blend in so the dauntless did not expect she was divergent or that she was going to turn on them.
5) Tris' real reason to to go was to make sure her family and friends were safe in the Abnegation faction.
By: Haylee Franckewitz
DeleteA quest is made up of these five aspects: A quester, a place to go, a stated reason to go there, challenges and trials en route, and a real reason to go there. The narrative that I chose to write about is a book called “Thirteen Reasons Why” by Jay Asher.
ReplyDeleteOur Quester: A teenage boy with no small amount of naivety, but young enough to learn.
A Place To Go: The boy is asked to follow along and listen to a series of tapes recorded by a girl who committed suicide(who he also had a crush on) while he walks through town. The tapes come with a map that points out some of the places mentioned in the recordings.
A Stated Reason To Go There: Listen to the tapes and figure out how he played a part in her killing herself. Each of the tapes has two sides and on each side is a reason why she killed herself. Thirteen people will eventually receive the tapes and listen to the thirteen reasons why. At the end he is supposed to send the tapes to the next person in the order specified by the tapes.
Challenges And Trials: In the beginning he listens to the tapes at home, but his mother gets curious and he wants to follow the map. In order to listen while he walks he has to go to a classmate’s house and steal their walkman. While he walks he has to listen to this story and all of the things that happened to this girl and come to grips with the fact that he could have saved her at any point. Part of the way through he sees his old crush on the bus and wonders why she is so isolated.
The Real Reason To Go: Clay(the boy) learns that anyone can be troubled or hurt and in need of help. He could have helped Hannah(the girl) but he let nasty rumors about her(and untrue!) get in the way of his feelings and he was too late. At the very end of the books he sees the old crush that he had run into on the bus, but instead of wondering why she was so alone, he decided to do something about it. The last thing he said in the book was him calling out her name.
- Sarah Macon
DeleteThere are five elements within a quest to any book, movie, show, you name. These five elements are know as the Quester, the place to go, the stated reason to go, the challenges and trails, and finally the real reason to go. These elements will be set into an example to show each element off. In our case for using an example I will have Enders Game as the subject.
ReplyDeleteQuester: The quester would be Ender, of course. He's around the age of ten.
The place to go: His destination would likely be the command school on Eros.
The stated reason: The reason behind this is for Ender to help annihilate the Buggers which are an alien enemy to the humans.
Challenges/Trails: Ender has to face the difficult training and great ridicule from other people along with being away from the ones he loves most.
The real reason: Ender had to learn the buggers side of their story and to put up with guilt, but also to understand greatly about thing that should be better forgiven and trusted.
The 5 elements when reading literature or just watching a movie is The Quester, a place to go, a stated reason to go there, Challenges and trials, and the real reason to go. I had a perfect movie to describe and it’s called “The Great Gatsby.”
ReplyDelete1. Our Quester: Nick Carraway was a young journalist who went into a huge adventure and ends up having therapy of a traumatic event in his life which leads him into writing a book about it.
2. A place to go: He was born in Minnesota and later moved to New York. He rents a house at Long Island and he had a very mysterious neighbor.
3. A stated reason to go there: He moved there to fulfill his dreams about learning more about business and being successful in it.
4. Challenges and trials: He ends up meeting with his mysterious neighbor named Jay Gatsby and goes through plenty of things with him. Gatsby was in love with a woman named Daisy but she was married. Nick would know about everything and was always aside of Gatsby. Her husband found out about what was going on between them two (Gatsby and Daisy) and while driving away from him, Daisy ends up running over a drunk mans wife thinking it was Gatsby. He gets shot and Nick was the only one attending his funeral. He didn’t know how to feel and was shocked.
5. The real reason to go: He wasn’t doing very good at Minnesota and when he went to move to New York, he had heard about Gatsby before. The man would always have enormous parties at his house but no one ever really knew who he was except Nick for when he actually met him. He didn’t live his dream of learning about business but became a journalist instead.
List the five aspects of the QUEST and then apply them to something you have read (or viewed) in the same format used on pages 3-5.
ReplyDeleteAlana Williams
The Color Purple (read and viewed)
1. The quested: Celie, a woman who goes through different trials through out her life. From a young girl having a child by her "father" to being married off to an abusive husband.
2. Place to go: Mr.'s house
3. Why?: Mr. wanted to marry Celie's younger sister who was notably pretty than her but Celie's father refused and instead sold Celie off to Mr. who was highly disappointed but still chose to marry her.
4. Challenges and Trials: In the beginning Celie is giving birth to her first child that she had with her father, after a few months she birthed another child that was also fathered by her father. She was quickly married to Mr. and sent to live with him and his bad children from his previous marriage. Mr. constantly beat and raped Celie and when Celie's younger sister visited them he tried to rape her also but was not successful. There's much more that goes on in the book but those are the main problems Celie faces.
5. Reason to go: No one would want Celie because she was "used" and she really had no choice.
Morgan Ealey
ReplyDeleteA quest consists of 5 aspects known as (1) a quester, (2) a place to go, (3) a stated reason to go there, (4) challenges and trials, (5) a real reason to go there.
The movie The Little Mermaid is my favorite Disney movie and it shows the 5 primary aspects of a quest.
The quester- Ariel, who is a young mermaid
A place to go- Above water.
A reason to go there- To fall in love with Prince Eric.
Challenges and trials- Trading her voice so she could have legs and Ursula putting a love spell on Eric.
A real reason to go there- To prove her father wrong about being on land.