1.In the chart below, tabulate on the left column the prominent elements in a typical Roadrunner cartoon storyline and on the right column, the author’s commentary on these elements:
The Cayote Is “Luckless” – there is no catharsis
The Coyote expends inordinate amounts of ingenuity to capture the Roadrunner. – Cayote shows skill or invent things to capture the roadrunner but he always Failed.
Cayote’s strenuous effort
-Nilihisim prevades the entire ethos of the cartoon.
2. What seems to be the author’s attitude towards the Roadrunner cartoons? Does she like them? What evidences from the text (Language use , word choice ) illustrate her attitude ?
The Author attitude is Bad because she said that we cant learn anything about the road runner cartoon and we cant gained wisdom on it. Think there is a part of the author likes them.
3What does the author mean when she says that the roadrunner cartoons are the “Moby Dick of cartoondom?” Look up the story of Moby Dick have in common ?
Maybe the Author Compare the roadrunner and The moby Dick. Yes they do have Common it is like also the road runner because Ahab is like Cayote he will do anything just to get Moby Dick.
4.Tiempo-Torrevillas says that while the Roadrunner cartoons seem to have the features of a tragedy , they fall flat in trying to be one . How so ?
Maybe because The Road runner is always Passing through and Cayote Can’t take a day without chasing The roadrunner.
5In what sense are the Roadrunner cartoon an exhibition of nihilism?
There is no sense of watching The road runner because there is no Moral lesson we can get. It only entertain us the viewer.
6Identify the topic sentences for each paragraph, Using only the topic sentences, trace how Tiempo-Torrevillas develops her insight on the Roadrunner cartoon through this movement of ideas. Do you think it is effective? Why or why not?
Yes it is effective because Tiempo-Torrevillas wants us to know that there is no value,no learning that we can get while watching the road runner.It only entertains us.
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