Jason And Gareth Travel To Ireland example essay topic

Time Cat Lloyd Alexander Type of story: Fictional Setting: 1. Time: Historical period: the story jumps from different times. Place: Geographical location: This story as well as switching from time to time it also switches from place to place. While traveling they go the places of Egypt, Rome and Britain, Ireland, Japan, Italy, Peru, The Isle of Man, and finally to America. Scenes: The story starts out in Jason's room and from there it goes to Egypt where Gareth and Jason go down the Nile river and to a the pharaoh's palace. From there they Rome and Britain where the spend there time out in forest along seas, in king's castles, in tribal areas.

Main Characters: 1. Name: Jason Physical Features: Jason is tall and skinny; he has short brown hair and deep blue eyes. 2. Personality description: In the beginning of the story Jason is laying in bed and crying because of what a bad day he has been having so that probably shows that he is a sensitive boy. He has a large imagination, this he shows because he does believe his cat (Gareth would talk to him if he wanted to. He is rough and is easily bugged but other than that Jason is sweet and cares dearly for the ones he loves.

How does this character change through out the story? : Jason has no change to him, he stills believes in what he believed in before, his attitude is the same; he doesn't grow kinder but also not meaner. Jason is the same boy he was in the beginning. Character #2 Name: Gareth Physical Description: Gareth is a black cat with orange eyes, Sometimes, when he hunched his shoulders and put down his ears, he looked like an owl. When he stretched, he looked like a trickle of oil or a pair of black silk pajamas.

When he sat on a window ledge, his eyes half-shut and his tail curled around him, he looked like a secret. Personality Description: Gareth is a smart, loving cat. He seems to be a problem solver or conflict solver. He has a sly personality to him or like, if you were to just meet him then you'd be very cautious around him because of the way he seems to be.

The Problem of the Story: There are a few conflicts to this story, every time Jason and Gareth go to a new place and new time a new conflict occurs, and also every time when traveling to a new place and time a new character is created fro that certain place and time and they always have a conflict, so those conflicts will be motioned too. 1 When traveling to Egypt in the year 2700 B.C. Jason and Gareth's problem: Jason and Gareth arrive there but to only be taken away and shown to a pharaoh who wants Gareth to his own, Jason refuses to this, and this causes the king to become frustrated. After this Jason and Gareth are now faced with another problem and this is to try to get the pharaoh to realize how cats need to be treated. New Character: Neter-k het, (the pharaoh): Neter-k het has wanted a perfect cat for him but every cat he gets doesn't seem to suite him, this is because they don't like, Neter-Khet doesn't realize why they don't like him. So his problem is all the cats that wants to have as his own don't like him and he's going to have to figure out how to get them to like him. 2.

When traveling to Rome and Britain in the year of 55 B.C. Jason and Gareth's problem: Jason are get lost in a forest and while in this forest Gareth gets in a fight with a female wildcat that, Gareth and the wildcat roll into the pushes, Jason goes running after Gareth but is suddenly stopped by a man hold a spear right towards his throat. The man takes Jason away to his tribe where Jason becomes a slave. Jason must figure a way of getting free. New Character, Petronius and Arrius's problem (knights): Petronius and Arrius are part of an army called The Old Cats.

Petronius and Arrius have a battle that they need to fight and their army is in very bad condition at that point, so there conflict is trying to get their army ready for the battle they will soon have to fight. 3. When in Ireland in the year of 411 a. d. : Jason and Gareth's problem: Jason is asked to stay with the king and his daughter because they have showed that they wield more magic than the first magician, Lugad.

Jason and Gareth can't stay because they can't stay in one period for to long, so the conflict in Ireland figuring out how they can get away from the king and his daughter but not getting killed for refusing the offer of staying. Lugad, the magician's problem: Lugad was the master magician in till Jason and Gareth came and showed they had more power than Lugad, and everyone thought of Lugad useless since Jason and Gareth were now there. Lugad'd problem is to get everyone to start believing that he is of great use again. 4. When in Japan in the year of 998 a. d. : Jason and Gareth's problem: The conflict of Japan was that Jason and Gareth wanted to help the kittens the emperor just got to be trained well, so they secretly stuck them out at night.

One time the kittens had killed many rats which got the Japanese people scared, so they told the emperor of the strange happenings and the emperors uncle immediately blamed Jason and Gareth for it, this made Jason and Gareth to be ordered to be put to death. Ichigo's problems: Ichigo was the emperor of Japan but was treated less than he was suppose to be treated. His uncle Fujiwara, ordered the boy around and made all decisions for him. So, Ichigo's problem was he was being ordered around by people of less importance than him. No conflict in the visiting of Italy... 5.

Peru in the year of 1555: Jason's and Gareth's problem: Jason and Gareth were captured by four men in capes because they thought that Jason and Gareth were only around because they wanted gold from them. The men decide to put the two in a battle. Jason and Gareth had no experience at what they were going to do. Another conflict was that Jason and Gareth were sent into a dark chamber by Inca and were locked there and had to find a way out. 6. The Isle of the Man in the year of 1588: Jason's and Gareth's problem: The conflict was that Jason and Gareth were threatened to be killed if they didn't find Again the man of her life, but they only had a certain time to do it.

7. Germany in the year of 1600: Jason and Gareth's problem: In Germany people believed in witches, they were all, and of being that, they believed that black cats were slaves to the witches so they put them in baskets and threw them in fires. Since Gareth was a black cat they accused him of being a witches slave, so basically the conflict of this story is the people believe Gareth is a witches slave. Mistress Ursulina's problem: Miss Ursulina's problem was that the people of the village believed that she was a witch and right when she was caught she should burned to death. 9.

America in the year of 1775: NO CONFLICT. The Plot: 1. Jason is sitting in his bed frustrated because of the horrible day he has and then out of nowhere his cat, Gareth, begins to talk to him. 2. Jason and Gareth travel to Egypt where the meet the pharaoh, Neter-Khet, who they give a valuable lesson to. 3.

Jason and Gareth travel to Ireland where they meet the beautiful Dia han who introduces them to Suc at (the herdsman), the magician, and her father, the king. 4. Jason tries proving to the king that his cat is much more useful than the magician in keeping the mice away and does not have to use magic and will not have to be paid. 5. Jason and Gareth have to go home and they have to say good-bye because Gareth tells Jason that he will never be able to speak to him again. 6.

Jason wakes to realize that all had happened with Gareth and traveling was a dream. THE END!! !