Ready Ch. 28 Mrs. Bly Eng 4

Ch. 28 SQs 1. What movie, other than Explorers, is Joe Dante known for? 2. Why is Bryce Lynch arrested? 3. What is his punishment? 4. What does Wade do to his computer before he is arrested?

Joe Dante http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001102/ GREMLINS !

Bryce Lynch is Arrested Bryce lynch is the fake identity of wade irl “MR. LYNCH,” HE SAID. “My name is Michael Wilson, and I’m with the credit and collections division of innovative online industries.” “I’m here because you failed to make the last three payments on your IOI visa card, which has an outstanding balance in excess of twenty thousand dollars…under current federal law, you are now eligible for mandatory indenturement. You will remind indentured until you have paid your debt to our company in full…” (270)

punishment Wade is arrested and must live and work at ioi headquarters Ioi will seize all of his personal belongings No one ever pays off his/her terms of agreement; once arrested= slave for life to ioi !!!

Bye max ! “I took several deep breaths…and tapped the logout icon on my display. The oasis vanished, and my avatar reappeared inside my virtual office, a standalone simulation… I opened a console window and keyed in the command word to activate my computer’s self-destruct sequence: shitstorm” (272). “Good-bye, max” I whispered. “adios, Wade,” max said, just a few seconds before he was deleted”