Sunday, January 31, 2010

Jelly-Fish and Chocolate

After going over this weeks readings I was wondering if anyone else was reminded of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" when reading " The Jelly-Fish"? All I could think about when the scientist went into the slide was Mike Teavee, who got shrunk and stuck in TV land in the movie. Although Mike enjoyed being inside TV and the scientist tragically died by jelly fish digestion, I thought the two were at least a bit similar.
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  1. leighFebruary 2, 2010 at 11:43 PM

    I didn't think about it when I was reading the story, but after going back and looking at it again, I thought about Charlie and the Chocolate Factory too. It's sort of a reverse, though - in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the guy getting shrunk is the one who didn't believe it was possible, while in the Jelly-Fish, the guy getting shrunk is the one who proposed the idea.

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  2. Charlie NewmanFebruary 2, 2010 at 11:49 PM

    I thought of that scene too! I also that about The Fantastic Voyage and Innerspace where people and a submarine are shrunk and injected into humans. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is more similar to the story because both have morals. I think the message of The Jelly-Fish is not to show off. I think the kid's problem in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is his obsession with TV and wanting to be on it. Also, you should've entitled your post Chocolate Jelly-Fish and the Hotdog Flavored Water (like the old Limp Bizkit album except Jelly-fish instead of starfish).

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  3. DanielFebruary 3, 2010 at 2:04 AM

    Personally, I only thought of Magic School Bus when I read it! Lol.

    But looking back, it does seem like there are similarities. I wonder if Dahl read this story?

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  4. deirdra3February 3, 2010 at 11:38 AM

    This is off topic, but I could not find a jellyfish called the Bishop's Mitre and I wonder why that name was chosen for the jellyfish. I mean that is what priests wear, why attach it to a jellyfish?

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  5. TaraFebruary 3, 2010 at 2:09 PM

    Maybe the jellyfish is called the Bishop's Mitre because it is passing judgment on the arrogant scientist. It might feel as though the scientist is crossing the line between what can be explored and what can't, so he eats him.

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