Can Change Really Happen

Prediction

Emily B.

 Authors note:

This is a prediction essay on the book Mr. Masons Jars . The purpose is to show what I predict will happen later in the book, and explain why I thought that would happen.

In the story “Mr. Mason’s Jars,” Mr. Mason is the meanest, smelliest, loudest, and strangest teacher in the whole school and everyone avoids him. Mr. Mason has these jars with an unknown substance in them, super bizarre. When Troy is the new kid on the block he went after school to Mr. Mason’s room to see the jars in person. People warned him not to go, and pointed out to him the other student who went and now is like a zombie but he ignored all the advice. He went to Mr. Masons room and before opening the jar of the mucky glowing purple goo he told Mr. Mason that he was the his favorite teacher, then he took one sniff and plop…fell right on the floor. I predict that Mr. Mason will turn Troy into a zombie but then I think he will change Troy  back. I also predict that Mr. Mason will start being nicer in class. There are many reasons to support these predictions.

During the thought-provoking story there were numerous things that I could predict and many more reasons to support my predictions.  If I am correct in my theory Troy will turn into a zombie because that is what happened to the other kid that went to Mr. Mason’s room after school to see the jars.  I also thought that after Troy is turned into a zombie I think that Mr. Mason will use some other goo in another jar to change Troy back because Troy said that Mr. Mason was his favorite teacher and I believe that Mr. Mason heart was touched when Troy said that. I also thought that after Mr. Mason changed Troy back he will start being more enjoyable to his class because when Troy told Mr. Mason that he was his favorite teacher Mr. Mason saw a glimpse of what it would be like if he started being nicer in class.

“Mr. Mason’s Jars” reminds me of the book Matilda by Roald Dahl. These two books are similar in the sense of when Mr. Mason comes around no one wants to talk or screw off because they know that children who misbehave in his class get do deal with the harsh consequences.  Likewise when Miss. Trunchbull, a mean principle who doesn’t like children at all,  comes near no one even thinks of misbehaving because she always has some sort of way to deal with them.   

My Ending:

Troy slowly woke up and he felt blank, kind of sleepy and a little odd. Mr. Mason in a creepy voice asked Troy how he felt. Troy blankly said “I feel like fallowing directions and listening to the teacher.” This made Mr. Mason very pleased and he was about to send Troy on his way when he had a change of heart;  because Troy told Mr. Mason the he was his favorite teacher and Mr. Mason liked that. So Mr. Mason grabbed another one of his extraordinary gooey jars, opened it up, grabbed a handful of green slimy goo out and rubbed it all over Troy’s arm;  swiftly Troy was rejuvenated and was himself again and from then on Mr. Mason was pleasant and almost everyone thought that he was the nicest, the most normal, and definitely not the smelliest teacher in the school.