Supernatural/ Mental Illness
Andrew has dreams about a girl called kate. he can talk to her in these dreams, as well as her friends. Andrew sees Mr Meredith die in one of these dreams.
Andrew sounds like he has a mental illness because after everything that went bad in his dreams, after reading the album, he can't get to sleep and he thinks that people are out to get him.
Houses
'Mr Meredith lived in an old house, more of a cottage really"
"Solitary dark house"
They don't want Andrew to go to the house
"verandah of the dark house"
"left the front door open"
"There was only one door, with a window on each side"
"They were all open but it was dark inside"
"Climb over the window sill
"next time you shall see inside"
History/ Memories
"Memories of what Andrew's fatehr used to say to him "Andrew, my boy"
Please comment on this blog about the:
Plot
Character
Themes
Quotes
Meaning- what does the writer want you to think?
1 WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE DARK HOUSE?
2. DID THE ALBUM HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH MR MEREDITHS DEATH?
3. WHAT DID THE ALBUM ACTUALLY DO?
4. WHAT DID MR MEREDITH TELL THE KIDS TO GET RID OF?
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Album- David McRobbie
ReplyDeleteCharacters-
Andrew-main
Andrews Father-stamp collector
Mr Meredith-supreme collector
Mrs Meredith- Mr Merediths wife
Andrews Mum
Album Characters-
HArry, Eve, KAte, Sarah and Ralph
Quotes- Kate "Until next time. YOU will se inside."
Mr Meredith "This is a rarity", because he has the rare No. 17 stamp.
Plot- After Mr Meredith has a stroke Mrs Meredith gives ANdrew the photo album and stamp. While looking through the album Andrew falls in love with one of the girls who he later meets, KATE! During his dreams Andrew sees and meets the characters from the album, he becomes good friends with the characters until he requests to see inside the house. Things then become weird as he sees Mr Meredith inside the house, meanwhile Mr Meredtih passes away...:'( Andrew then becomes afraid of what may happen to him....
Literary Devices-
First Speaker
Short Sentences
By Madie, Bobiy, Rebekka and Kim...
Characters:
ReplyDelete-Andrew
-Mr.Meredith
-Mrs Meredith
-Kate, Harry, Eve, Sarah, Ralph
-Andrew mother
-Andrew father
Plot:
Mr Meredith wife gave Andrew an album with photos, but in the album there is a photo of Kate. Andrew get sucked into Kates world in his dreams and falls in love with her. Mr Meredith is also in Kates world when Andrew sees him in the window of the dark house. Because Mr Meredith is in the darkhouse and the dark house symbolises horror- I think that he could've murdered the five children.
Themes:
-Horror in the dark house
-Supernatural
-Relationships
-Boy, Andrew, who doesn't want to sleep.
ReplyDelete-Father is a collector- Russian stamps.
-Andrew begins collecting cigarette cards.
-Sees advert for missing card- Mr Meredith- card 17 - IS THIS A FREAKY COINCIDENCE?
-Mr Meredith had a stroke but Mrs meredith knew and gave Andrew the card for free as well as an album.
- Kate, beautiful. Dreamt of being her boyfriend swimming in nude- kissed Kate.
- Mentioned Dark House- mood changed.
- Then didn't dream pages in Album came apart and then saw photos on verandah of Dark House, looking cold and miserable. Again dreamed.
- They went inside but he stayed outside. Breathing. Looking in window.
- mr Meredith "get rid of it"
Andrew woke up
-Didn't sleep again
- At breakfast he found out that Mr Meredith died last night.
- Pages of Album cam unstuck but he won't look at them or sleep for fear of the unknown.
- Advertises cards and takes them downstairs.
DOES THE ALBUM HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH MR MEREDITHS DEATH?
wHY DID THE PAGES COME UNSTUCK?
GET RID OF WHAT?
Album
ReplyDeletewas about a young boy who collected cards that you would find in the packets of ciggarets. Andrew had almost every card but the 17th one, this card was rare as there were less of these printed. every week Andrew would ask at one of the local shop weather or not they had the 17th card come in or not, unfortunatly for Andrew it never did untill there was a add in the local papper on the collectors page saying that an old collector was selling the 17th card. Andrew got intouch with Mr. Meredith (the owner of the 17th card)and went round to his house to buy it only to find out there was a hefty price $75 to be paid if he wanted this card. Andrew had to save his pocketmoney. finaly he had the wrigth ammount and was off to get this card he had been looking for, for so long, but when he got there he saw the ambulance out the front of there house n saw that Mr. Meredith had a stroke. Andrew and Mrs.Meridth had reskedualed for another day, but when it came to this day she didnt want his money. she also gave him a album this seem a little strange to Andrew at the time.
Days later he diced to look at the album but he could only look at 2 pages as the rest were stuck together. In this album there was pictures of a group of 5 friends 2 boys and 3 girls one of the girls was always distraced bye soemthing else.
Andrew started having dreams about this girl every night, it was as if he was falling in love with her. soon a couple more pages came unstuck in the album. This went on for nigths him dreaming about this mystery girl untill one night they took him to the dark house when he looked into the window an saw Mr. Mededith lying on the bed yelling at him to get rid of it.
1.What did Mr. Meredith mean get rid of it?
I think he ment to get rid of the book.
2. who was the photogrpher?
I think the photographer could have possibly been the girl that was allways looking aways boyfriend.
3.Why was Mr. Meredith in the house?
I think he could have been in the house becuase he might have been on of the boys when he was younger.
4.Does the book have something with Mr. Merediths death?
I think the book did have something to do with his death and i also think if Andrew hadnt of looked in the book he might of survived the stroke.