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tIMELINE. Michael Crichton. Is spinning a tale more important than historical accuracy?. OUtline. DESCRIPTION OF THE BOOK PLOT CHARACTERS SETTING INTELLECTUAL UNDERSTANDING EMOTIONAL UNDERSTANDING . Plot summary.

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  1. tIMELINE Michael Crichton

  2. Is spinning a tale more important than historical accuracy?

  3. OUtline • DESCRIPTION OF THE BOOK • PLOT • CHARACTERS • SETTING • INTELLECTUAL UNDERSTANDING • EMOTIONAL UNDERSTANDING

  4. Plot summary André, Kate and Chris are uncovering a site in Dordogne, France. Their Professor leaves to discuss something with the boss of the company that’s funding them, Doniger. Days later they find a note from him dated 1357. Doniger sends someone to pick them up and take them to Arizona. The find that time travel exists. They go back in time to 1357 to Dordogne. The three find that the local lord, Oliver, is about to be attacked by warlord Arnaut. They split up, and André finds the Professor. Kate and Chris

  5. Plot thingy

  6. Katherine Erickson • Known as Kate • American • Dark tan and freckles • Short, blond hair and blue eyes • Wears a wig to make her hair longer, as short hair in the medieval ages was a sign of heresy • Not pretty, but attractive

  7. Christopher Stewart Hughes • Known as Chris • English • 24 • Knowledgeable about medieval science and technology • Orphan since his parents died in a car crash • Fussy • Stomach trouble

  8. Dr. AndréMarek • Dutch • 29 • Tall, muscular build • Fanatical about the Middle Ages. • Assistant professor of history at Yale • Very slight Dutch accent • Refuses to grow a beard as it wasn’t fashionable in the Middle Ages. This basically sums him up.

  9. Characters

  10. Setting Part One: Corazon, America – 1998 Part Two: Dordogne, France – 1998 Part Three: Black Rock, America – 1998 Part Four: Castelgard, Dordogne, France – 1357 Part Five: Castelgard, Dordogne, France – 1348 Part Six: Eltham Castle, England – 1998

  11. Intellectual Understanding • Architectural technologies • Medieval sciences and technologies • Gunpowder’s origins • Medieval

  12. Quote “The original recipe [of gunpowder] … had come from China. But the details of how it had arrived in Europe were in dispute.” pg. 415

  13. Intellectual Understanding • Sieges • Tactics for both offense and defense

  14. Quote “Those arrows are going to force Arnaut to pull his siege engines back-too far back to be effective” pg. 419

  15. Intellectual understanding • Quantum physics • Time travel • Scientific without being accurate/real

  16. Quote “What we have developed is a form of space travel…it means that we travel to another place in the multiverse” pg. 124

  17. Emotional Understanding • Frantic to find the Professor before the 37 hours are up • Worried about anachronisms • Fearful for their lives • Confused about directives • Sad about deaths and the final conclusion (suspense…heh heh heh…)

  18. Quote “And in that moment, their situation was clear to him. Their guides were both dead. One machine was gone. Their return marker was shattered. Which meant that they were stuck in this place…with no prospect of ever getting back. Not ever.” pg. 197

  19. Emotional Understanding • Interested in Medieval society • Fascinated by the events • Relieved to find a way to get back home (ceramic marker) • Proud for finding the Professor • Happy for Kate and Chris (they get married in the end)

  20. Quote “Kate said to Chris, ‘Do you have the ceramic?’‘Yes. I have it.’” pg. 469

  21. Emotional Understanding • I felt suspended, like there was always something that I didn’t know • Curious to see where the story would be going • Drawn into Crichton’s descriptions and scenes • His physical, emotional and mental descriptions were fascinating

  22. Quote “She knew what it was: a beheading block. She was powerless to oppose him. The knight pushed her down roughly, forcing her neck onto the block…she saw a shadow move across the grass as he raised his axe into the air…” pg. 408

  23. Conclusion • The plot changed between 1357 and 1998 • Fascinating read • Unpredictable in a good way • Characters were realistic and believable • Sounds real even though its not • Suspense is marvellously written

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