PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Summary
One morning a servant was doing his regular duties and soon comes upon a man soaring through the sky. He rushes to seek the emperor and tell the amazing news. When the emperor hears the news he demands to see it with his own eyes. Once he does, he calls the man down and hurriedly asks whether anyone else had seen the inventor flying. The servant responds in saying no except for him and a nearby farmer. The emperor seems worried. With such a great invention, one would be expected to be extremely happy; but it seems the emperor sees the situation differently, in fact, quite the opposite. Why, presumably, one would ask. Read this book and your questions will be answered.
Characters
Servant
- without the servant, the emperor would never be informed about the flying man (antagonist).
Inventor
- without the inventor, there would be no plot and a lesson wouldn't be learned (antagonist).
Emperor
-the wise choice wouldn't be made and something could easily go wrong without his opinion and commands (protagonist).
Vocabulary
Solace- (n/v) comfort in a time of distress or sadness.
Apparatus- (n) the technical equipment needed for a particular activity.
Serene- (adj.) calm, peaceful, untroubled; tranquil.
Bewildered- (v) someone who is perplexed or confused.
Dominion- (n) sovereignty, control
Allusion- when the emperor says that one day an evil man will use the machine to invade China by going over the wall.
Moral of the story
When something that could potentially be dangerous, one should get rid of it as soon as possible so that no one can take advantage of it.
- Man makes amazing invention
- Emperor not happy about the machine because he's afraid of the outcome
- Man is killed
