1) What year is it when the boys first explore the house?
1977.
2) Set the scene: describe the interior of the house.
It was dark inside. The only lights came in through the cracks between the windows. The floor was full of clothes and junks. Some of the rooms were full of stuff so they could not even get in there. In the kitchen, there were some open shelves, pots and cans, and the punches were stuck with can food, and it was just a mess. There's a calendar hanging on the wall of the kitchen.
3) What 2 items does Adam take from the house?
The eyeglasses and the wallet.
4) Why does Adam become so obsessed with the Nason family?
He thinks that he might be cursed by the abandoned house, and since he says he is a moody kid, and also his friends were going back to their old school, he doesn't show much interests on the new school life.
5) Why didn't the boys ever go in the basement?
The door to the basement has been blocked by a couch, as if someone is trying to keep something down there from getting out.
6) You should be about 16 minutes into the episode, pause the show and make a prediction: What do you think happened to Virgil Nason and his family?
Maybe they were murdered by someone they thought they had locked in the basement but actually escaped from the windows of the basement. Maybe his son was killed during the war so he was kind of in a hurry, and he never made it back to home because he was killed as well. Maybe something horrible happened in his house and force him to abandon this house in such a hurry and he didn't have time to pick up all his stuff.
7) What is it like at Nason Grocery? Is it similar or different from the house?
There're some boxes lying on the floor. The Nason Grocery was a completely intact and perfectly preserved store in 1960s. The products were still on the shelf, and there're some apartments upstair. It is different from the house.
8) Why does Adam take his mom to the house?
He was afraid that when he grew up, he would thought that all these things were just the products of his imagination. So he tried to tell something about it to his mother. As his mother didn't quite believe it, he led her to the house.
9) After Mom sees the house, where does she take Adam?
She takes Adam to the cemetery where the Nason were buried.
10) How do Adam's mom and sister "blow it?" and what happens to the house?
They go to the house and wanted to take away a child crib from upstairs, but their behavior is witness by a boy walked by, and the boy told two women and they stop Adam's mom and sister from doing this. Adam feels that he is betrayed. The house was gone as well as the Nason Grocery.
12) Adam's mom says "objects have lives." Do you agree or disagree? Why?
I do agree his mom's saying. Because just his mother says, the objects are witnesses, and they are the proof that show something has really existed, even now people don't remember them any more. People's memory will go wrong, and people may forget things after they have been finished for such a long time. But the objects are the leader that could make you remember them all.
13) Around 30 mintes "The Nason's might not be what you expect..." Make a prediction: What do you think they were like?
They might be a family who were hiding from someone else, and the finding-relative stuff was just a cover for the people who wants to find the Nason's.
14) Who is Samantha Thurston?
She is Mr. and Mrs. Nason's great great granddaughter.
15) What were the Nason children like?
They were scruffy little kids and needing to be washed. They were barefoot and it seemed that they have never been to school. They were a little scary.
16) Who does Adam give his box of Nason stuff to?
Samantha Thurston.
17) What actually happened to the Nason
Mr. and Mrs. Nason picked up so many things, they were called "the keepers of everything". After Mr. Nason was died, his nine sons sold all the valuable things and spilt out all their property. And then they just left the house there since they didn't want to pay for the house any more.
18) Do you think the storytelling in "House on Loon Lake" is effective? Why or why not? Did it keep your interest? What factors contributed to the storytelling (example: music) and how did Ira and Company set the mood for the tale?
Yes I do think that the storytelling in "House on Loon Lake" is effective. It kept my interest by many different factors. The way Adam talked, the music, the conversation that Adam had with others all contributed to the storytelling. Especially the music, that was one of the greatest part of the whole storytelling. At some time, the music was so scary and it made an atmosphere that would make you scared but not too much, and make you want to keep listening at the same time. The way Adam talked is also very attractive. Sometimes, when he talked about the basement, he would lower his voice, and this made me afraid that something horrible would come after; when he talked about he met the neighbor of Nasons', he used a more normal tone and made the audience feel relaxed. Ira and the company set a mystic and a little bit scary as well as interesting mood for the tale. And I have to say that it did attracted me a lot.
1977.
2) Set the scene: describe the interior of the house.
It was dark inside. The only lights came in through the cracks between the windows. The floor was full of clothes and junks. Some of the rooms were full of stuff so they could not even get in there. In the kitchen, there were some open shelves, pots and cans, and the punches were stuck with can food, and it was just a mess. There's a calendar hanging on the wall of the kitchen.
3) What 2 items does Adam take from the house?
The eyeglasses and the wallet.
4) Why does Adam become so obsessed with the Nason family?
He thinks that he might be cursed by the abandoned house, and since he says he is a moody kid, and also his friends were going back to their old school, he doesn't show much interests on the new school life.
5) Why didn't the boys ever go in the basement?
The door to the basement has been blocked by a couch, as if someone is trying to keep something down there from getting out.
6) You should be about 16 minutes into the episode, pause the show and make a prediction: What do you think happened to Virgil Nason and his family?
Maybe they were murdered by someone they thought they had locked in the basement but actually escaped from the windows of the basement. Maybe his son was killed during the war so he was kind of in a hurry, and he never made it back to home because he was killed as well. Maybe something horrible happened in his house and force him to abandon this house in such a hurry and he didn't have time to pick up all his stuff.
7) What is it like at Nason Grocery? Is it similar or different from the house?
There're some boxes lying on the floor. The Nason Grocery was a completely intact and perfectly preserved store in 1960s. The products were still on the shelf, and there're some apartments upstair. It is different from the house.
8) Why does Adam take his mom to the house?
He was afraid that when he grew up, he would thought that all these things were just the products of his imagination. So he tried to tell something about it to his mother. As his mother didn't quite believe it, he led her to the house.
9) After Mom sees the house, where does she take Adam?
She takes Adam to the cemetery where the Nason were buried.
10) How do Adam's mom and sister "blow it?" and what happens to the house?
They go to the house and wanted to take away a child crib from upstairs, but their behavior is witness by a boy walked by, and the boy told two women and they stop Adam's mom and sister from doing this. Adam feels that he is betrayed. The house was gone as well as the Nason Grocery.
12) Adam's mom says "objects have lives." Do you agree or disagree? Why?
I do agree his mom's saying. Because just his mother says, the objects are witnesses, and they are the proof that show something has really existed, even now people don't remember them any more. People's memory will go wrong, and people may forget things after they have been finished for such a long time. But the objects are the leader that could make you remember them all.
13) Around 30 mintes "The Nason's might not be what you expect..." Make a prediction: What do you think they were like?
They might be a family who were hiding from someone else, and the finding-relative stuff was just a cover for the people who wants to find the Nason's.
14) Who is Samantha Thurston?
She is Mr. and Mrs. Nason's great great granddaughter.
15) What were the Nason children like?
They were scruffy little kids and needing to be washed. They were barefoot and it seemed that they have never been to school. They were a little scary.
16) Who does Adam give his box of Nason stuff to?
Samantha Thurston.
17) What actually happened to the Nason
Mr. and Mrs. Nason picked up so many things, they were called "the keepers of everything". After Mr. Nason was died, his nine sons sold all the valuable things and spilt out all their property. And then they just left the house there since they didn't want to pay for the house any more.
18) Do you think the storytelling in "House on Loon Lake" is effective? Why or why not? Did it keep your interest? What factors contributed to the storytelling (example: music) and how did Ira and Company set the mood for the tale?
Yes I do think that the storytelling in "House on Loon Lake" is effective. It kept my interest by many different factors. The way Adam talked, the music, the conversation that Adam had with others all contributed to the storytelling. Especially the music, that was one of the greatest part of the whole storytelling. At some time, the music was so scary and it made an atmosphere that would make you scared but not too much, and make you want to keep listening at the same time. The way Adam talked is also very attractive. Sometimes, when he talked about the basement, he would lower his voice, and this made me afraid that something horrible would come after; when he talked about he met the neighbor of Nasons', he used a more normal tone and made the audience feel relaxed. Ira and the company set a mystic and a little bit scary as well as interesting mood for the tale. And I have to say that it did attracted me a lot.