Empress Theresa

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Three helicopter flights later, she arrives in a southern airbase, and taken to a cafeteria where she is allowed to eat. She takes twelve bottles of Coca-Cola and put eleven of the bottles in a garbage bag. The guards permit her to keep it, dismissing it "as the irrational behavior of someone who knew she'd die in hours." She is then taken to her room, where she is permitted to sleep. Prime Minister Ben Scherzer: "Those who challenge Theresa Hartley's power are fools. She could destroy the world. Don't push her too far."

http://www.writingforums.com/threads/134037-Empress-Theresa-what-do-you-do-with-unlimited-power?p=1574595&viewfull=1#post1574595 While Blair talks about how they all thought Theresa was dead and how they were planning her funeral, he relates that they were to play a soulful instrumental version of Danny Boy "for the girl descended from the Irish" and that "Great Britain was proud to bring one of its own home for a final visit." Ireland is not a part of Great Britain or the United Kingdom. While Northern Ireland is a part of the UK, it isn't specified what part of Ireland Theresa's ancestry comes from. Not to mention that Theresa is an American-born and raised citizen and therefore has nothing to do with either country in the first place. He considers the book to be the "greatest novel ever written," [16] and considers it his "magnum opus," admitting, "I can’t imagine writing anything else." [17] Amazingly enough, he's also stated that his "real objective is that the book be made into a movie," which he believed would be "an instant hit," adding, "If the movie is made and made well I don't care if nobody but the movie producer reads the book." [18] Synopsis [ ] Introduction [ ] Norman also admitted to not doing any research in writing the story, save for "the amount of gold in Fort Knox, the tectonic source of Antarctica, and the density of xenon." [11] What the Hell, Hero?: Subverted. Even when Theresa literally turns the world upside down, the only people who object are marked down as hopelessly evil.The land bridge between Crete and Israel will be raised in three weeks, giving it time to dry out from mud and to allow safer travel, and the new Israel is being raised in due time. ExxonMobil begins exploring Theresa’s island to sell the newfound wealth there, and OPEC begins to squirm as they’ve realized they’ve ended themselves prematurely. Golden Moment: Whenever Steve and Theresa quarrel and then make up. Or at least, Norman tries to frame it that way in a very in-your-face kind of way.

What Happened to the Mouse?: Theresa's family seems to disappear out of existence. Same with the Parker family's children who only appear a couple of times before being forgotten about again. Creepy Child: Theresa spawns 420 of them while the world is in a 600-year coma. They have numbers for names, they're kept in a prepubescent state for centuries, they all look like Theresa and Steve... yeah. Oh, so very much. Rather than use her powers to save the world, Theresa basically goes on an extended holiday and complains about everything in France. She also misses chipmunks while there.Theresa begins work on learning how to train HAL to do mundane tasks. Four ways she’s particularly exploring are telekinesis, aiming without looking, affecting midair objects, and pushing a ruler on a string. Nothing seems to be working. Steve updates Theresa on the financial situation - they have a million dollars and will never need jobs again. However, Steve feels helpless, so he goes to the University of Cambridge to buy physics books he might need later. While there, he is questioned about his wife, to which he responds that Theresa is “too perfect”. Father Donoughty makes similar statements, praising and hoping in her abilities. Theresa's solution to the Arab-Israeli Conflict is to create a new island in the Mediterranean and move the entire Jewish population of Israel there in an unsubtle parallel to the Exodus, an idea that is hilariously naïve given the importance of Jerusalem and Israel to both Jewish religion and secular culture. Heroes Love Dogs: Inverted. Theresa doesn't like dogs as during her childhood, one barked and tried to lunge at her though it didn't actually touch her.

As seen above, Norman Boutin has stated that he believes Empress Theresa deserves to be part of required reading at all high schools. He has told others with absolute certainty that their daughters would read Empress Theresa, as it would be required reading in Catholic high schools everywhere. [20] Theresa wakes up in a British hospital bed with Peter Blair watching over her. Blair makes mention of how much has been spent on her recovery and the like, with Theresa wondering what all the fuss is about. She then goes to the window to see half a million people cheering her on. She is then told that, because the wind has stopped everywhere, the only livable places will be near the coasts, where the only rain will happen. Theresa doesn’t know what to do, but agrees to a BBC interview discussing HAL. She is transported to a hotel with all the greatest accommodations, being served with only the greatest care and admiration. Right before the BBC interview, she denies a phone call from her husband, insisting they need to talk in person first. In the other thread, [14] it was more of the same. A member named amsawtell posted a blunt but honest reaction to Norman's writing and antics: Theresa: "My green outfit was modest, only five inches above the knees and with not much cleavage, but didn't hide my well-turned figure. All right, my chest and butt were well outlined." Despite this, he still claims that people of all ages will love the book ('show it to your 8 year old daughter, show it to your grandmother. They will both love Empress Theresa!') and also recommends teachers use it in the classroom as part of their curriculum. Whether it's for high schoolers or lower isn't stated, but knowing Norman, it would be for all ages.A common criticism against Empress Theresa and Norman Boutin's rants is that he covers a wide array of topics (religion, politics, government agencies, etc.) and yet exhibits very little working knowledge of how they operate, or how they would work in a certain situation. A variety of situations are full of plotholes when compared to how such situations would actually operate in real life (e.g., guards permitting Theresa to lug a bag of coke bottles around up to her execution), while the solutions given for certain dilemmas make absolutely no sense (e.g., all of Israel leaving their homeland). Nuclear Physics: The story claims that "nothing can survive an A-bomb" at one point. However, multiple people survived the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ( one man even survived both), and there are multiple types of animal that can survive enormous doses of nuclear radiation. Norman is extremely prideful, but also prone to self-pitying to inflate his pride. On one comment he said "Norman Buiton, the most hated man since Caligula, and proud of it!", in response to criticism. Forced Sleep: Theresa puts the whole planet to sleep for 600 years after some people accidentally acquired their own versions of HAL after the atom bomb incident which caused him to make multiple copies of himself. The reasoning behind this to stop people from figuring out how to use HAL for evil and going mad with power (the irony of this, given her own actions, is lost on her). All of this is especially interesting given that Norman admitted in an interview that he did barely any research in writing the book:

Theresa didn’t sleep, in full remorse of whatever she was going to do. She ponders what it means to do the right thing, and what it means to be right. Steve gets up early in his insomnia to do some research on the Sun. He found out the Sun had measurable amounts of xenon in it, a dense gas that, if used on hurricanes, would cause them to be much less severe. After discussing the idea with Theresa, then with a cabal of scientists, the plan is set in action - a temperature-measuring device called Sky Spy would allow Theresa to figure out the melting points of the various gasses and a series of satellites would allow Theresa to have accurate positions of the Sun as they moved. The astronomers are excited by the prospect of being able to witness the sun so up close. Theresa's husband, Steve Hartley. He exists only to be rude to anyone who might offend his precious Theresa. The first chapter explains that the first chapter will introduce the main character, while the second and third chapter will set up the story's premise, and the fourth chapter is where the action starts. The fifth and sixth chapters, by the way, are mainly just recaps of the fourth chapter. Whole schools of literary criticism could be structured solely around attempting to explain this level of self-referentiality. The book has been universally panned by both lay and professional critics, and Norman Boutin has become an icon of "What Not to Do" for Indie authors.Informed Attribute: While it's frequently mentioned that Theresa is Catholic and that she has a priest for a friend, she hardly ever prays, never does Mass or Confession, dismisses the Notre Dame Cathedral as unimpressive, lets herself be worshipped as a second Jesus, is extremely prideful and wrathful which are two of the worst sins in Catholicism and pretty much acts like she's better than God by messing with the seasons, weather and the environment. There has been some confusion as to what genre of fiction Empress Theresa belongs. In some places, Norman Boutin has called it "a Young Adult novel," [32] [33] [34] even saying that he was inspired to make Empress Theresa in that genre after reading The Hunger Games. [35] However, in other places he has flatly denied this: I didn’t have to do research. It was all in my head. Of course I looked up a few facts like the amount of gold in Fort Knox, the tectonic source of Antarctica, and the density of xenon, but 99.9% of the story came out of my memory. [25] Omnipotence [ ]