“Power lines”, the surge of power, is a very good story to read; on the other hand, it's very confusing. For illustration, the first parts of the story were jumbled up, first it talks about basketball then it jumps to him staring at a grasshopper. However, even though it was confusing there was some meaning; to begin with, when the power lines surged it caused some buzzing noise that gave John, the main character, a headache because he was trying to concentrate on playing basketball but the surge cause that do fall of balance. This story helped me assimilate information but i learned one thing, if an individual is not thinking of anything that person is still thinking of something which is nothing. I would recommend this book …show more content…
What is Ralph’s purpose in this story? How did the power lines distract your train of thought? I would like to know more about Ralph because he just appeared in the story then left after saying 5 phrases to John. However knowing anything about Ralph won't tell me anything about the “Power Lines” even if he said cousins knew a guy who knows a guy who knows about electricity. On the other hand, the other 2 questions would actually give me more detail about the story especially the first question.
The story was exceedingly confusing due to the jumbled up parts in the story. The majority were parts that changed the main topic of the paragraph. If the author went straight to the point it would of made a large amount of sense.
My group were also confused when they were reading this story. One of them said he probably passed out and started dreaming about a kid named Ralph and and the things in his bag, some said their might be a baby in Ralph’s bag. It made sense that John, the main character, may have passed out because he did say he had a headache due to the buzzing of the power lines when they surged. However, there is always that certain someone that throws everything off and I felt that this certain someone should be me, so I made some mumble jumble up. I told them, he probably started imagining someone was