Choosing the Best Quote

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Choosing the Best Quote
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• Choose a quote that will help support or prove
  whatever it is you are trying to prove.
• Dont choose quotes that you could easily just
  say or put in your own words.
• If you cant analyze it (step 3 of quote
  sandwich) then choose a new quote.
• Again, if you cant explain why the quote is
  important, choose a new quote.

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The Monkeys Paw(Conflict)

• Conflict Mr. and Mrs. White disagree about
  using the second wish to bring their son back.
• Quote He has been dead ten days, and besides
  he I would not tell you else, but I could
  only recognize him by his clothing. If he was too
  terrible for you to see then, how now? (Jacobs
  99).
• Analysis Mr. White realizes the horrible
  appearance his son will have, being not only
  mangled by the machinery which caused his death,
  but also the decomposition his body will have
  gone through in the past ten days since he was
  buried. He tries to put up a fight, although not
  a very strong one, against his wife, but in the
  end he gives in and makes the second wish.
• THIS SHOWS WHY MR. WHITE DOES NOT WANT TO USE THE
  WISH (which directly relates to the conflict)

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The Flying Machine (conflict)

• Conflict The Emperor wants to kill the inventor
  for making the flying machine because the Emperor
  is scared that it will be used to destroy his
  city.
• Quote 1 Call the executioner, said the
  Emperor (Bradbury 434). 
• Quote 2 I do not fear you yourself, but I
  fear another manSome other man who seeing you
  will have an evil face and an evil heart, and the
  beauty will be gone. It is this man I fear
  (Bradbury 436).
• Quote 3 Who is to say that someday just such a
  man, in just such an apparatus of paper and reed,
  might not fly in the sky and drop huge stones
  upon the Great Wall of China? (Bradbury 436).

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• Quote 3 Who is to say that someday just such a
  man, in just such an apparatus of paper and reed,
  might not fly in the sky and drop huge stones
  upon the Great Wall of China? (Bradbury 436).
• Quote 3 Analysis The Emperor clearly believes
  that someone else will see this fantastic
  invention and use it to bring war upon his city.
  The huge stones are the weapons of choice and the
  Emperor will take no chances, so he decides the
  inventor must die to protect his people.

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• Quote 2 I do not fear you yourself, but I
  fear another manSome other man who seeing you
  will have an evil face and an evil heart, and the
  beauty will be gone. It is this man I fear
  (Bradbury 436).
• Quote 2 Analysis The Emperor is trying to
  explain to the inventor that he is not afraid of
  him and his invention. He is more afraid of what
  others might do with this invention. Someone may
  use this invention for evil and destroy his
  beautiful city. Because of this fear, the
  Emperor decides the inventor must be killed.

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The Monkeys Paw (Theme)

• Theme One should be careful what he wishes for.
• Quote 1 Go and get it and wish, cried his
  wife, quivering with excitement (Jacobs 99).
• Quote 2 For Gods sake dont let it in, cried
  the old man, trembling. Youre afraid of your
  own son, she cried, struggling. Let me go.
  Im coming, Herbert Im coming (Jacobs 100).
• Quote 3 Unconscious of his wifes shriek, the
  old man smiled faintly, put out his hands like a
  sightless man, and dropped, a senseless heap to
  the floor (Jacobs 98).

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The Flying Machine (Theme)

• Theme Fear can be dangerous.
• Quote 1 You are merciful, Emperor. No, not
  merciful, said the old man. Beyond the garden
  wall he saw the guards burning the beautiful
  machine of paper and reeds that smelled of the
  morning wind. He saw the dark smoke climb into
  the sky. No, only very much bewildered and
  afraid (Bradbury 436).
• Quote 2 Off with his head, said the Emperor
  (Bradbury 436).
• Quote 3 Burn the kite and the inventors body
  and bury their ashes together, said the Emperor
  (Bradbury 436).

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Quote Sandwich Steps

1. Introduce your source
2. Bradbury says
3. Mr. White feels
4. Quote and cite
5. This is my quote (Bartley 128).
6. ANALYZE QUOTE
7. Explain why this quote is important. How does it
   help to support/prove your point?

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Practice (No I, you ,we me, etc)

• Write a paragraph about ONE conflict using either
  The Monkeys Paw pg 91 or The Flying
  Machine pg 432 (you will have time tomorrow too)
• Topic sentence
• Give context (whats going on before quote)
• Quote sandwich
• Intro source
• Quote with pg
• Analyze quote-explain how it proves your conflict
• Concluding statement