Tesla's Attic

Characters

Nick Slate-

• Is the protagonist of this story.He is an average fourteen year old boy who has moved from Tampa Bay, Florida to a place in Colorado Springs

Caitlin-

• Nick's friend , throughout the story she is a dynamic character and the Deuteragonist, her actions are influenced by her attitude and mood she actually helps or interrupts Nick from solving the main problem.

Vincent-

• A supporting character with a Flat character he has the same Emotion through the book.

Mitch Murlo-

• Is a supporting character to the protagonist and plays a very important role in helping Nick solve his problem. Mitch is a friendly kid who tends to talk too much which may sometimes upsets Nick.

Fun Facts

Setting

The setting of this book takes place in Colorado Spring. It was significant because this was a place where Nick and his family can recover from a disaster which took place in Tampa Bay. The timing of this book took place between the 1980 and 1990. The three main Places where the story takes place is in Nick's attic, Caitlin's house, and a School in Colorado Springs.Nick's attic had an important role in this book because it symbolized many things in the story. Also Caitlin's house has a significant role in the book because that's where the two main characters understand the concept of Nikola Tesla's brilliant plan. Lastly, the School in Colorado Springs has a big purpose in the book because that's where all of the main and supporting characters understand their purpose.

• Neal Shusterman wrote a play that showed off in Broadway.
• Almanac of Alien Encounters is by Eric Elfman
• Sequel of Tesla's Attic is Edison's Alley

Symbols

Plot

Battery-

• symbolizes Nick restarting a new like in Colorado Spring from his bad start in Tampa.

Camera-

• Symbolizes that Nick made the future and he also knew the future

Attic-

• was Nick's room and when he was getting closer to Tesla's plan the bed got closer to the sun roof

Ball Glove-

• Symbolized that knowing one particular thing can bring something bigger like the accelerati

Exposition:

• Characters- Nick Slate , Caitlin, Mitch Marlo,Vince, Danny, Wayne Slate, Petula, Theo, Ms. Planck

• Conflict-Nick came and found a stash of Nikola Tesla's invention in an attic where he just move to and this secret society of scientist called Accelerati are try to get the invention when Tesla was trying to keep it from him

• setting- from Tampa bay Florida to Colorado spring

Rising Action:

• Nick and his family move from Tampa to Colorado spring and sold all of invention that he found in the attic of his new house in a garage sale

Climax:

• Nick realizes that the invention of Nikola Tesla have extreme Value

Falling Action:

• Nick finds some of the invention he sold in the garage sale but the owners of the invention are not willing to give the up for their great value

Resolution:

• Nick tries to retrieve the item and build a device that the Accelerati are trying to take but nick is refusing to

Theme

" Working as a team is the best way to get things done."

I believe that the theme of the story is teamwork because throughout the book the main characters, Nick, Caitlin, Mitch, and Vince work together as a team to overcome the obstacles set in front of them by the Accelerati. So if you ever have a really difficult obstacle in your way don't don't try solve it yourself.

Tesla's Attic

By: Neal Shusterman and Eric Elfman

Genre: Sci-fi and Fantasy

Omar Navarro

Per:3

3/26/15

Memorable Quotes

"The worst thing you can possibly do is lose hope."- Ms.Planck

"The simplest of problems are sometimes the hardest to solve."- Ms.Planck

"You can either let the Future happen to you, or be the one to create it"- Ms.Planck

I chose these three quotes because I feel they are very wise and something you should always keep in mind. The first quote talks about hope without their is no success, so if everyone were to lose hope or not have any at all then it would be difficult to succeed. The second quote is about problem solving throughout my life experience I have realized that sometimes people make the simplest of things so complicated which leads them into stressing over the simplest of problems. Finally the third quote talks about your role in life are you going to be the future or will you be in the future.