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Journal Prompts for Ready Player One 2017-2018Journal #1 Write a full page.OPEN your book to page 62-- These pages need to be studied carefully by ALL gunters because they list so many of Halliday’s interests!For your journal today, make a list of all of YOUR interests:What is your favorite book?What would you consider your “Holy Trilogies” of movies?What is your “desert island” videogame of choice?What’s your binge-favorite on Netflix? …basically list your favorite things! You can use bullet points. But fill the entire page.Journal #21. What character in Ready Player One do you most identify with [so far] and why? So far in our class reading of Ready Player One we have been introduced to a number of unique characters, the primary ones being the main character Wade Watts a.k.a. Parzival, the infamous James Halliday, Wade’s virtual crush Art3mis, and Wade’s best friend Aech. Do you find any commonalities between them and yourself?2. If you had to develop your own personal avatar, what would your avatar look like? Act like? Name? Etc.Journal #3In chapter 18, we read about Morrow’s Dance Party at Neonoir. Review pages 181-189.Now, write your own description of what YOUR DANCE PARTY would look like in OASIS.Consider: music, people/avatar invited, drinks, lighting, etc…and who will confess his/her TRUE LOVE the way Parzival did to Art3mis???Journal #4In Chapter 20, we learn that Wade has a daily POV channel called Parzival-TV. In the future, each person has their own POV (personal OASIS vidfeed). Parzival-TV (“I programmed a selection of classic ‘80s TV shows, retro commercial, cartoons, music videos, and movies” (202). His favorite: movies with the star Gamera, “my favorite giant flying turtle” and Silver SpoonsH-Feed (Aech show WWF matches from the 1980s)The Diashow (they show samurai movies)For today’s journal, imagine YOU have your own POV (personal OASIS vidfeed) TV channel! What is your channel called? Create a well-planned 24 hour list of the shows/movies you would play on your channel. Also, add a list of at least 10 different products/commercials that you will show on your channel. Be as specific as you want! If needed, include the reasons why you choose a certain show or movie. Journal #5Using your SQ packets and your novel, write a full page of anything you remember about Ready Player One. You may discuss characters, setting, plot, etc. Journal #6In Chapter 0033, we learn about the “real” Aech. How is Aech different in real life vs. in the OASIS? Some may argue that this is a “catfish” situation; do you agree or disagree? Why did Aech create such a different avatar? Consider your usage of social media. Have you ever had an experience where someone you knew only on-line ended up being somewhat different IRL? ................
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