Risk

Plot Graph

1-Exposition:

-Who? John Hemingway "London Rockne Knievel Dickey Wayne"

-What? Race car driving (before he was frozen)

-When? The future world

2- Rising Action:

-He did not life the medical advances because it made it impossible to die.

-Go dead-sea diving, glider crashing, mountain climbing etc.

3- Climax:

-Demanding that he wants to take the risk of danger

-MANKIND-IDENTITY-EVEN LIFE ITSELF-DEMANDS THE CONSTANT TEST OF DANGER

4- Falling Action:

-What they're going to do to him and his danger.

5-Conclusion:

-He gets infected with bubonic plague.

Risk Questions

Write two responses expressing the opposite point of view

2- " Life is not life without risk" " With risk you may not have life" Which means, with risk you may not still be alive at the moment, you may not have the chance to live as long as you would if you were frozen.

" Mankind-identity-Even life itself-demands the constant test of danger" " With constant risk, you may not be alive in mankind , or have and identity or life" which means, With risk you may die and not have an identity or a life.

Look up the words "utopia" and "dystopia" in a dictionary, explain how they apply to the story

4-Utopia belongs in the story because they mention at the start how they live in the perfect place where they can cure anything and the only thing to die from is old age. Dystopia also belongs towards the end were everything changes and nothing is perfect because he fights with the government about taking risks and says "Life is not life without risk", "Life demands danger", he argues that you need a little bit of risk in your life to be able to live the way you want to live.

Crossword

Quiz

Name two things John also wanted to do?

- mountain climbing, glider crashing, lion shooting, deep-sea diving....

Why didn't John like the medical advances?

Made it impossible to die

Did John win the battle with the government?

NO!!!

Journal Question

If you were in John's shoes or anyone else's shoes in that matter that lived in John's world, what would you pick? To be frozen and have a life without risk? Or try to live a life like john, full of risk. Please write a paragraph explaining your choice

The end

Noal Murphy

Hope corrente

Tristan

Risk

By Joanna Russ