Category: Deconstruction

It’s another briefing everybody!  About time, too.  I was starting to lose track of what was happening with all this action!  Col Dobson’s is just so ready to deliver this briefing, you would not believe how ready he is!  But as we saw in the previous section, the nefarious Jack Hemp actually wanted to skip … Continue reading 44 – Road Blocks!

Quiet now, everyone! After almost a year of blogging and forty two posts covering a hundred and fifty five pages of an awful novel, we're finally here!  We’re about to hear the Prime Minister speak! Here he is, ladies and gentlemen! The man who’s won a majority government at least twice in the bloody arena … Continue reading 43-The boss?

A fourth wall break is what happens when a character in a film or TV show turns to face the camera and speaks directly to the audience, often while the rest of the cast either pauses for the monologue, or carries on with the action without noticing. Netflix’s House of Cards is probably the most … Continue reading 42-Prime Minister Jack…Hemp?

***Apologies in advance for the delays in posting.  I have been dealing with a combination of work and illness which has made the last week exhausting.*** Oh boy…it’s another briefing! A frustrating reality about Bland’s work is that he’s going to tell most of the story from the perspective of various headquarters, and he’s going … Continue reading 40-Brief Continuity

So the challenge has been made, and Molly Grace is about to show these clowns what leadership really is! “Backsliders!” she said in loud icy voice. Her fury sweat the table, startling the chiefs. No...actually, she's not.  I'm sorry but it's going to be another speech, only there's going to be a fair bit more … Continue reading 39 – Molly’s Speech (Again??!!)

Now finally, after 21 pages, the flashback and the montage is over and we’re back to the present.  Bill Whitefish is preparing for a crucial Native People Council (NPC) meeting in which Molly Grace is expecting to face a challenge from the less-committed chiefs.  In the off chance that you didn’t memorize the org chart … Continue reading 38 – A Challenge!

So with Bill Whitefish's flashback to Molly Grace now over, we flash forward to…well before we get to the present day we still  have a condensed history of Bill’s career with the Movement. After his rapturous meeting with Molly Grace, he is recruited and put to work in the Financial Unit, giving Bland another chance to … Continue reading 37-Bill Whitefish Learns the Ropes