THE FLY

The voice in the night

1. Can you summarize the book in two minutes?

Everything starts in the Pacific Ocean, everything is calm and everybody is sleeping in the ship. The main characters are Will, George and the old man (John)
In the dark, George listen a strange voice and he started to ask who was and where it was? The light of George knocked on the deck and Will wake up. Will started to speak with the old man but the old man is always in the darkness. The old man said that he can’t approach and this is the big mystery. After some time talking to the light the old man say that he only wants food for him and his lady. Will accept to give everything that he wants.
Three hours later, the old man return to the ship and he start to explain what king of horror they suffered.
They are in Albatross their ship. They caught in a terrible storm and Albatross masts were broken. The sailors took the small boats leaving the lady. The ship was very low in the water. Some days later they can see the ship another time but it appear a grey fungus. In the ship there was nobody. They spent a lot of hours cleaning the strange fungus but in some hours the fungus grew up another time. They found a place that fungus didn’t appear and they live in there with tents. The fungus grew bigger. One day the lady eat some fungus and it was ok.
They didn’t have food but they can fish and finally they eat fungus but finally the fungus appeared in the bodies of these poor people

2. Is there a mystery sentence or a turning point in the story?

Yes, in all the story there are a lot of point of mystery but the most important moment is when John was appear in front of George because the reader doesn’t know what happen with this person but sincerely you can imagine when he started to talk about his poor story.

3. When and where does the story take place?In the Pacific Ocean aboard a ship.

4. Who are the main characters in the story? What’s their role?
Will: He is the friend that during the story is talking to John. He shows security and firmness.
George: During the story they don’t have an important role but I consider that he is important because he discover the strange voice.
John (the old man). This is the really main character, he try to show terror when he explain the story.
5. Choose one character (main or secondary) and describe him/her.
Will: He is the friend of George and when everything is happen to George, he is sleeping. After some minutes due the noise he is wake up. He also listens to the strange voice. During the all story Will shows us tranquillity in front of a horror. I think that he has very strong personality. About the physical I believe that he’s thin and tall and good looking

6. Can you identify with any character? Why?
Well, this is a difficult question because I consider that this story is not long and I can’t know the personality of all but if I have to choose somebody maybe I said George because with a terror situation I can’t speak because I’m very frightening.

7. Choose your favourite moment in the story
My favourite moment in the story is when the old man starts to explain the poor story. In this moment you can let fly your imagination and I like it.

8. Which new key words have you learnt to understand the story? Deck- coberta oars- rem dipping- immersió misty- boirós sinking-enfonsament ladder- escala smooth- llis odd- senar
9. Provide an alternative ending.
When John finished the story maybe it would be interesting that John left forever and the same that happen to John and the lady steps to Will and George. Some years later Will and George appear in another ship explaining their horror story.
10. Would you recommend this book? Why?
The story that I read was interesting and entertaining and for this reason it would be good if you read it.


Laura
1- Can you summarize the book in two minutes?
The story starts when Laura said to Amanda that she is going to die. They started to talk about the reincarnate and Laura said that she will reincarnated in some animal and she is going to chase chickens and ran all over the flowers of Egbert, the husband of Amanda. Laura said that after being an animal she’ll become a boy. Laura died on Monday. Amanda was talking to Lulworth (husband uncle) about Laura.
Before the funeral, Egbert said that he is very unhappy because some creature eat his chickens and Egbert kill this creature. Amanda was worry about everything. Aurora Burret the neighbour of Amanda said about the news of day’s sport, and she said that she found the otter in the garden and they kill them. Amanda was more worried. Egbert took Amanda and they went to Cairo for forget everything. When they stay in the Cairo hotel, it was appear a Nubian boy that Egbert was angry with him.

2. Is there a mystery sentence or a turning point in the story?
Yes, at the moment that Laura die everything is a mystery because we don’t know what happen to the reincarnation that Laura said before to die.

3. Who are the main characters in the story? What’s their role?
Laura: is the main character and she give a mystery role. She appear like a otter and a boy. Laura kill some chickens of Egbert
Amanda: she’s the friend of Laura and during the story she was very worried about the death of Laura.
Egbert: He’s the husband of Amanda and he is the victim of Laura. During the story he is unhappy and angry.

4- When and where does the story take place?
Maybe in a town where Laura and Amanda live and also in Cairo. The story didn’t say when the story happens.

5.Choose one character (main or secondary) and describe him/her
Laura: She’s very pessimistic girl but at the same time realistic. She tries to laugh to the people. She believe on the reincarnation. I think that Laura is very happy girl and knowing that she’ll died she tries to smile.

6. Can you identify with any character? Why?
Maybe with Amanda because she’s very worried about everybody and she is attend to everything. And I’m worried to everything and everybody all time.

7. Choose your favourite moment in the story
When Laura started to talk about the reincarnation and what she is going to do. I think that it’s a funny moment.

8. Which new key words have you learnt to understand the story?
Colly-fredor shed- cobert seeds-llavors otter- lludriga stream-corrent

9. Provide an alternative ending.
Maybe when Laura dies everything finish but this is a boring ending. After some months of Laura death Amanda have a girl called Laura and after some years Amanda discover that behaves like her friend and she believes that is her friend Laura.

10. Would you recommend this book? Why? The story is very short, but I enjoy to read the for this reason I’ll recommend the book.