Literature Circle #3

The tripods were able to control people because they destroyed the cities. In the chapter of The City of the Ancients they travel through ruins which is most likely to be Paris. Then they didn't clean up after the mess so people don't have the guts to fight against the tripods. Now this allows the tripods to control everyone and they do that by capping them. Tripods control the amount of information taken in by the people and tell them to do certain things and make them encourage and force people to cap. It kind of is like a chip on a person so the tripods can track them down and figure out what they are doing. This is how I think the tripods were able to control people.

I have two quotes from one paragraph supporting the statement that Will is comfortable staying with Comte, Comtesse and Eloise but is frustrated that they are capped:
" My feelings about Eloise herself were also jumbled and uncertain." The second quote I found is- "More and more I had come to see the Capped as lacking what seemed to me the essence of humanity, the vital spark of defiance against the rulers of the world. And I had despised them for it- despised even, for all their kindness to me and their goodness, the Comte and Comtesse."





These are quotes about how Will feels about being capped."They were Capped, they accepted the Tripods and all they stood for, but that did not prevent them from being, as I had seen in the Comte Comtesse and Eloise and now in others, warmhearted, generous and brave. And happy."
Another one is - "Before Capping there might be doubts and uncertainties and revulsion; perhaps these people had known them, too. When the caps put on, the doubts vanished. How great a loss was that? Was it a loss at all? The Tripods, apart from the act of Capping itself, did not seem to interfere much with men." These are my evidences.

Lit Circle 2

Yes, Zhanpole has a very unusual character. Though he is going to be a vary helpful guide to Will and Henry. This is because he can speak French so he can communicate with all the other people. A proof is that Zhanpole's name is French it sounds like Zhanpole to Will and Henry. This would help because if people think they are foreign run-aways but Zhanpole could start speaking French instantly and the capturers would have a doubt. This is one way Zhanpole could help Will and Henry through their journey.

The other thing is that Zhanpole knows his way around the city. So Zhanpole turns kind of like a guide. He knows his way around because in the start when he let them go he asked where they wanted to go. He replied saying he knew the way. This will help Henry and Will because Zhanpole would know where there would be a lot of tripods. So they could escape and he would find the best hiding places. These are the two ways Zhanpole is helpful to Will and Henry.

How I am like Will in White Mts.

It is tough to find the similarities between Will and I. Though I will admit that I am sort of rebellious. In my opinion Will is rebellious because he doesn't listen to people. Not only that he is dis-obeying the tripods and his religion. I don't get that far but I am rebellious sometimes towards my parents. For example I won't wash the dishes. It is different but it is clear that it is one similarity between me and Will.

The other thing is that I'm careless and so is he. I am not saying that I don't care about other people. What I am saying is that sometimes I don't think before I act. For instance I took my brand new phone when I went for a swim ( without my parents permission), so as a result when I was returning back I dropped my phone down a staircase. I would say Will is careless because once he took the watch and ran outside wearing it. In return he got in to a fight with Henry while wearing it. These are the two similarities Will and I share personality- wise.