Hi 7X @ Alexandria
Thanks for your response to Rap point 2 and your ideas about
the characters of Noah and Saskia.
I agree that Noah comes across as a ‘geeky and indoor’
type. He is made up to look the part too, with his skin colour (pale) and schoolboy
uniform, like he belongs indoors. He does love his computer too, and he’s
really good at manipulating online technology. I like that.
Saskia, I reckon, is less ‘geeky and indoor’.
She uses the Internet to post her music, but she has to ask for help to
break into Noah’s site – a geek would know that. Plus, when she imagines
talking to Noah they are walking down a street. When Noah imagines talking to Saskia,
they are in his comic. There’s a difference there in how they see the
world: she’s outside, he’s inside.
You make a good point about how neither character wants the
world to see what they look like: Noah’s wrapped up in his comic and
online activities, and Saskia is shy – so shy that when she was busking, she
even had to play the guitar with her back to the street. I sense a change in Saskia
by the end of episode 4. She’s getting out more. But Noah. Maybe not – what do you think?
Will he always be an indoor geeky person?
Hope you’re going well with Rap point 3!
with thanks
Carol
Carol Thomas
School Libraries and Information Literacy
Unit
Curriculum K-12 Directorate
NSW Department of Education and Training
3a Smalls Rd Ryde 2112
ph: 9886 7481 fax: 9886 7413
carol.thomas@det.nsw.edu.au
