1. Ready player one Ch. 36
Mrs. Bly
Eng 4

2. CH. 36 SQs
1. What destroys everything at the beginning of this chapter?
2. Explain how Wade is the avatar left alive.
3. What else in the game are indestructible?
4. How does Wade reach the final gate?
5. What does Wade announce on his POV channel?

3. The Catalyst destroys all
“A split second after we heard the thunderous boom, my perspective shifted, and I found myself looking at our three avatars, standing there frozen in front of the open gate. Then an incinerating white light filled the world, accompanied by an earsplitting wall of sound. It was what I’d always pictured being fried in a nuclear blast would be like” (343).
“The newsfeeds are reporting that every single avatar in the sector was just killed. Over half the population of OASIS!” (346)

4. How is Wade not dead!?!?!?
“I took out the quarter and held it in front of my eyes. “I was awarded this quarter on Archaide a few months ago, for playing a perfect game of Pac-Man. It was an artifact, but I never knew its purpose. Not until now. Turns out it gave me an extra life.” (346).

5. What else is indestructible?
“The Catalyst had destroyed everything in the sector that could be destroyed, but artifacts were indestructible. Just like the gate” (347).

6. The. Final. Gate!!! HOW DOES WADE GET TO THE FINAL GATE?
“There must be other artifacts scattered around here,” I said.
I began to run along the perimeter of the castle foundation, still scanning the ground…
…”Were any of you guys carrying artifacts?...
Art3mis: “My ‘Chucks will. My shoes. Black Chuck Taylor All Stars. They bestow their wearer with both speed and light” (348).

7. Wade’s POV Channel Announcement
“Greetings,” I said.
“This is Wade Watts, also known as Parzival. I want to let the whole world know that if and when I find Halliday’s Easter egg, I hereby vow to split my winnings equally with Art3mis, Aech, & Shoto. Cross my heart and hope to die. Gunter’s honor. Pinky swear. All of that crap.” (349).