Final Thoughts

1. Who are the characters in the novel? If you could be any of one characters in the novel, which would you be and why? Explain your answer.

The main characters in this novel are: Saul, Sue, Caroline, Captain Marrs, Ruth, Controller and Dick Lane.
I like the character of Saul, sensible person that wrote about the dolphin's music and when he was told on music room and how were tortured the dolphins, he didn't care change his type of living.

2. What do you think was Saul's reaction when Mrs. Ruth explained to him about the dolphins? How did you feel?

At first a surprise because he couldn't believe all those things about Control and the virtual life.
I felt afraid that something could happen in our times, a super government (or "Big Brother") could control all our lives and destinies.

3. Describe the setting of the story. How is the year 2051 like? What role do computers play in 2051? Make a list of ways in which the world in the story is different from the world today.

In year 2051 due to pollution is dangerous to live outside and all the people stayed in their houses. All the communication is through the web, all one person needed is send through tunnels or vehicles. The people used a virtual world to interacted each other an to trip around the world.
There three types of social classes:
The folk, general people who lived in a virtual world.
The government, in charge of maintaining that world.
The tunnel people, who made the dirty work.

4. How did reading this novel affect you? For example: as you were reading the chapters, did you feel pity, anger, horror, admiration, pride, or a combination of the above? Explain.

I felt anger that this could happen in the future in the real world. Then admiration for that people that changed a comfortable mode of living by a risky life to change all the system.

5. Compare and Contrast Who is the main character of the novel?. Describe how you are like the main character of this novel. Describe how you are different than the main character of this novel.

The main character of the novel is Saul.
I am similar to Saul in what we both like the music, but Saul was a person with a extraordinary feeling to the music, for that reason he was a recognized music critic.
The differences with Saul is the manner he accepted without any objection or doubt all the things mentioned by Control. I would try to confirm the Truth of that.

6. Advice If you could give the main character a piece of advice, what would you suggest? Write a letter to the character.

A letter to Carolina:
Dear Carolina:
In the last days I have talked Saul about different topic but there was one very special concerning Control and our form of thinking about the things that happened, he mentioned how the dolphins were hurt to obtain this wonderful music we all were pleasant to listen, the cruel rules used by BEATCON to fight against who are nominated "terrorist", that in some cases were not real terrorists.
At first It was very difficult to believe what he said, but also was true that we accepted this comfortable form of living and didn't matter how It was obtained.
I think it is time to question some things and investigate what is true, what is real and how must be our future lives.

Yous sincerely,

Lucas

Chapter 20

Complete the gaps in this summary
The next day, during a __live__ concert on the Web, ___Caroline_____started talking about Saul. She repeated everything he had told her about the __dolphins____ and the Music Rooms, and how they were ___hurt___ in order to make __music____. As she was speaking Dick Lane came into the recording __studio____ and __produced___ her dead.

Chapter 17

• Captain Marrs told his specials, "I want him found. Do you all understand? ..."


• Captain Marrs' specials after some hours of watching the screens, they hated screen-watching.


• Sue said, "... If we can find the source of the electricity and turn it on, ... I'll check on the laptop..."


• Inside eight small glass tanks were the dolphins. They lay without moving and there were electric wires attached to them.


• 'We're too late,' said Saul. 'They're dead.' When he saw the dolphins.


• 'Accepted.' said the computer. 'Good morning. What can I do for you?', when Saul registered into the computer.

Chapter 11 - 16

• Saul did not want to travel with Sue because she was the rudest person he had ever met.
• The tunnel workers have their numbers on a small computer chip inside the back of their hand.
• Sue and Ruth became terrorist because Robert, husband of Sue, was confused with terrorist by Captain Marrs who torturated him and then put Sue into the tunnels.
• Saul thought Sue was rude because she could have stayed in the forest and hidden but she decided to fight instead.

• Saul and Sue feel sad and angry when they left Caroline's house because she didn't believe what Saul said her.
• Caroline decided to make herself sound unintelligent, while Captain Marrs questioned her, as if her only world was music, to avoid any type of problem.
• Caroline at first time didn't believe in Saul's words because she didn't want to know things that frighten her and believe what Control told her.
• Saul and Caroline had a virtual relation for about 3 years, but they didn't met each other, they didn't know how is the thinking of the other person. They felt some atractions but not real love.
  

Chapter 10

a. CONTROL wants to watch everything that happened on the web.

b. The tunnel people did all the real work that was needed to make life pleasant for everyone else.

c. Captain Marrs started a fire to burn burn down a forest near London.

d. PACE made the fire even bigger using petrol to get Marrs into trouble with CONTROL.

e. Ruth was going to stay behind the caves.

Chapter 8, 9 and 10

3. Captain Marrs hated the forest because his satellites have far less power here, jetcars can't move in it, helicopters can't land also, and the forest hide the terrorists.

4. When Saul was traveling through the tunnel with Ruth and Sue, he thought: all his things, his music collection, have been lost. And that was because he listened to Ruth. His life has finished.

A letter to my friend Eduardo

Hi Eduardo:

I wish that you and your family are good.

I continue in San Antonio, it's a peaceful city close to Mexico, in this moment we are in summer and the temperature is very high all the days, the humidity is low to medium so different to our city.
San Antonio is more or less two hours from the beach but there isn't too much custom to eat seafood.

I'm taking ESL's classes on Tuesday and Thursday, we are reading the novel "The dolphin music" and then continue with "The war of worlds", both are about fiction.

The study group is very interesting because they are from many countries: Japan, Poland, Mexico and Bolivian.

In this city there isn't too many peruvians and it's a little difficult to find peruvian foods.

Sincerely,

Lucas