The Odyssey Final Project

Flowchart nodes

• The Importance of Story

• Fiction

• Non-Fiction

• Marlin

• Mr. Frederikson

• Grug

• Telling stories is way more than just listening and reading.  They are very instrumental in cognitive, social, and emotional development.  Telling stories is an easy way to connect with other people.  They teach us empathy, and  allow us to walk in others shoes.  They show us what is exceptable in our society, when we grow up.

• Chase

• C'aaron

• Marlin goes on a long jounery to save his son, nemo, from some divers who have taken him

• As a boy, Carl Fredrickson wanted to eplore South America, and find the forbidden Paradise Falls, after watching Charles Muntz, an explorer.  He eventually meets Ellie, and they become close friends.  harles Muntz is accused of forging the skeleton from Paridise Falls, and Ellie and Carl eventually get married.

• The reason as to why nemo got taken is because he swam out into open water in the ocean to go against Marlon because he was being too strict

• His whole life Grug fallowed a strict set of rules to stay alive, and stay safe. Some of those rules include staying inside their cave unit the days that were selected to leave and go hunt for food, but one day there was a huge earthquake that destroyed their cave and they had to find a new way to live. His family wanted to fallow a dude named Guy to find a place called Tomorrow, but Grug insists on finding a cave.

• Thoroughout the story Grug and his family are faced with challenges that require them to think and come up with ideas but because they've been trapped inside their cave their whole lives they never had to do that before. Thankfully for them Guy is there to help them along, but him being there makes Grug angry and insecure because he feels like he should be coming up with ideas to save his family

• Marlin has to go against his values of being safe, to try and help his son.  He eventually runs into Dory, and with the help from her, he is able to travel to Sdyney Australia, to help save his son.  Dory is very important for the story, because he learns that the different qualities a person has makes them who they are.  After their journey to Sydney through the current with Crush the Turtle, they follow Nemo through a sewer line, and get him out of a net to save him.  His legacy is you must make sacrifices to protect the ones you love, including  being less strict, and worried. 

• His legacy was That you should take opportunities when they come knocking on your door.

• Grugs legacy was that it is okay to come up with new and ifferent ideas even if some dont work out