The Power of the Void (Int. Band) - Story

The Power of the Void - Story

I would name this story "Miserable Lottery" because usually, if you win a lottery - you should be happy but, it's opposite. If you win a lottery - you become miserable. That's why I named as "Miserable Lottery". As I read the story, I thought serious consequences will happen if you get something unique on the paper because there were lots of hints so, I could easily predict what was going to happen. However, I didn't know the real story but then I was so fraustrated when teacher didn't give me the end of the story. Then, I received the mysterious paper with the sentence written down - "Do not open until 5 p.m and follow the instructions" instead of the end of story and thought there was a mission. So, I actually opened the mysterious paper on about 6:00 o'clock eventhough I was so curious what was inside. As I opened the paper, I thought that there was a long void.

As I read the story, the story was kept mentioning the black box. I thought that that box is connected to the "lottery". Anyway, I got the end of the story and felt, this wasn't right. I thought this ritual should be changed because they can't kill one person because she/ he was unlucky. My prediction was that Tessie would be kicked out from the village and the prediction was almost right. It was something to do with the banning, kicked out and killed. I could have made better prediction if I had carefully understood every sentence.

I think author has left these voids in the story because this makes reader curious, excited, and predictions. First above all, there was no title and the autor information. So, I didn't know the key points of this story because there was no title. Second, there was no ending. This really created the attention. Text clues and foreshadowing made readers predict. Mystery paper and delayed ending also created the "Power of the void" because we weren't allowed open until 5 o'clock.

Overall, I thought this was great example of "the power of the void".

Power of the Void - Int. Band

ISKL Mission Statement

The International School of Kuala Lumpur provides an exceptional education that challenges each student to develop the attitudes, skills, knowledge and understanding to become a highly successful, spirited, socially responsible global citizen.

Insert the word (silence) in the statement in the place that you think would create the most tension.

The International School of Kuala Lumpur provides (silence) an exceptional education that challenges each student to develop the (silence) attitudes, skills, knowledge and understanding to become a (silence) highly successful, spirited, socially responsible global citizen.

Explain in one paragraph why you think your VOID would create tension for the listener.

First above all, my VOID will create a certain tention for the listener because I created the VOID at the climax of this statement and this will create the question and the curiosity. Second, I created the VOID in the random place, but created the VOID in the place where listener gets to hear more about. Third, I created the VOID at the main part of the sentence so that listeners get more attention to it. So, my VOID will create the tension for the listner.