Monday, November 22, 2010

Setting and conflice in "The compound"

This novel is about how a family tries to survive the end of the world by living in a compound. The Dad knew that it would be difficult for the family to live in a boring compound so he decided to make it exactly like their home in Seattle. He made an exact copy of their house he had everything in their house like clothes, bed rooms, pictures, and more. They all liked the fact that they had everything they use to but the only diffrence is that they are basically stuck in their house and not aloud to go outside ever again. Being stuck in the house for the rest of their lives would probably get anoyying because once in a while they just need to go outside for some fresh air and they arn't able to do it because they can't leave the compound.

The setting for "The compound" is just like it is today. The family has just about everything that we have now. The family lives in a compound because the world has come to an end. In the novel eli is describing the compound and he said that it is just like their home in Seattle. Also he said that the compound has exactly what was in their old house the Dad had made an exact duplicate of everything in their house and has put it in the compound. even the things that they didn't have but they would like he put in the compound. The Dad made their rooms exactly as they would want them to be and they all loved their rooms but it couldnt compare to their real rooms in the real world.

One of the conflicts in this novel is that in the beginning of it when the world came to an end and they had to get into the compound the Dad announced to the family that Gram and Eddy didnt make it to the compound in time and that they have died. This was a big conflict because Eli love Eddy he was his best friend and they would do anything together. This also affected Lexie Who was their sister because Eddy always played games and would just hangout with Lexi, but now that he died no one would play with her because Eli was always busy doing other stuff and never really had time to play anything with her and he always knew since he couldnt play with her that Eddy would. So this is a big conflict because the death of Eddy affects everyone in the family in a different way either its their best friend, someone to play with, or their son and it was very difficult for them to live without him.

1 comment:

  1. What I really enjoyed about this novel, Jake, was that the setting almost forced some really interesting conflicts. Imagine being completely suck inside of a compound with no chance of leaving or going outside? I think it would lead to a whole lot of conflicts, personally. Did you see any of this happening in your novel? I see the conflicts that happened prior to the "disaster", but what about once the family got inside their new, perminant setting?

    How would you react in this situation? Cool, calm and collective or ready for a fight? It's interesting to think about!

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