Tomato, Tomato

Author's Note~ This is a cause and effect piece on the book, The People of Sparks, where i will reflect on one of the books main events.

That cool summer morning Doon Harrow couldn’t imagine what would end up happening to himself and the refuges of Ember.  They have spent about 3 months in Sparks; and the natives are getting mad at the people of Sparks over food.  One of the Climax’s in this book is when Tooren, citizen of Sparks decides to throw tomatoes at the shed near the farm which leaves the city low on the tomato crop.  This event was caused by Caspar (Toorens’ older brother, and a roamer) doesn’t let Torren go roaming with him and Torren gets extremely mad at his older brother. 

The effect of this event is that Doon gets blamed for throwing the tomatoes at the shed.  The citizens of Sparks get in a dispute with the people of Ember.  This creates a tricky situation for the leaders of Sparks.  This is like the book The Way We Fall, by Megan Crewe the main character gets blamed for giving a sickness to the whole town while she didn't.  This relates in the same way as Doon because she was blamed for getting people sick, just like how Doon got blamed for something he didn't do.

Different outcomes come from this event; perhaps Doon wasn't blamed and a person of Sparks was blamed?  The citizens of Ember would still be respected in Sparks.  Or if Doon wasn’t blamed and someone else was maybe he wouldn’t have been so disappointed.  Doon has been blamed for something he hasn’t done and will be disrespected by the people of Sparks.

What Would You Say?

Author's Note~  This is an essay from a prompt saying, " If you could talk to the founding fathers what would you say?".

All you can hear is the rattling echoes of gun shots and men screaming in pain as the Revolutionary War goes on.  You’ve only been here for a short 2 days and can already tell that we are going to lose the war.  Now it’s 3 years later, our country has regained power again as well as safety.  I've got the chance to speak with some respected men in this time period; the founding fathers of my country.  What do I say?   The state of our country is at a point where I believe there is one thing to tell them, watch how we spend our money.

Back then you would have thought it was your lucky day to find a penny.  There were jobs for all the men and the women stayed home.  Each village had a church where they could worship freely.  As well our country’s citizens spent money wisely; on only necessary items.  Many think this was the good days of America and I would agree.  People growing up in the 21^st century know that this is the exact opposite to what America is like now.  Citizens will think a penny is a penny and that it has no worth.  There are not enough jobs to keep all Americans employed.   You can compare the state of our country now and you can compare it to anything else such as Uganda; one of the poorest countries in the  world and if they found a penny the whole village would celebrate.  One of the biggest elections is approaching us and I would also want to take them into our world now and see how would they vote for.  George Washington stated having political parties could separate this country, he was right.

From the 1700s to now I believe the founding fathers laid out a great plan for our country and I believe America has been a powerhouse throughout its existence as a united country.  Weather our founding fathers were fighting in the war our creating the Declaration of Independence stress must have been dreadfully squeezed around them with their decision making. Money, a currency that our country revolves around and we need to watch our money; that's all I could say.

The Escape

Author's Note~ This is a cause and effect piece on the main event in the novel The City of Ember, by Jeanne DePrau.

Doon and Lina got themselves into one tricky situation by deciding to take the roll of getting the 400 people of Ember out.   Ember, a city underground is running out of life and civilians are getting worried about the state of the city.  There a frequent blackouts and shortages on food and water, so people fell threatened that the city is heading downhill.  The climax is when they find a safe and secure way to exit Ember..  One issue, there are still 300 plus people that need to get out of Ember; fast.

While citizens of Ember worry if they will have a chance to get out or will they die in Ember, Doon and Lina look down at their town from the real world all they can do is send  message down.  Will the citizens receive it?  Or will they never come up and all die down in Ember.   If you look at it a different way what would happen if the whole town went down with Lina and Doon?   There could’ve had been a riot and many would die.  Lastly what would happen if Doon and Lina had never found a way out? 

My First Golf Bag

Author's Note~ This is a personal narrative about my favorite birthday present.  


There has been a history in my family of wrapping presents awkwardly such as molding a gift card in cement or freezing scramble pieces to tell the person receiving the gift where it is.  During the party for my 10th birthday, I knew I  was in for one strange gift.  Now most people who would wrap a golf bag would just keep it in the box, wouldn’t they?  Not in my case my mom decided to wrap it in 10 layers of duct tape!  Having no idea what the present was I figured I was in for a humongous surprise.

First off my mom said I could only use a cuticle scissors to cut any tape off; that didn’t work.  Realizing that would take me forever I decided to just pull it all off.  After ten minutes I had no idea what the present was yet!  I was getting frustrated and really mad.  All I could think of is why would someone put me in such torture to open up a birthday present?  

Eventually my gift ended up being a golf bag.  I was really excited, so was my mom and aunt the only other people still in the room.  After I unwrapped the present there was a feeling in me that this present was going to be one of my favorites; will always be.

How to get out

Author's Note~ This is a conflict resolution piece on the book The Maze Runner written by James Dashner.  I will state the main conflict and how they resolve it.

Thomas, a teenage boy gets sent up to the glade, a big rectangular shaped building with walls and a big maze on the outsides.  At night all the walls in the maze close up and trap them all in.  The next day a girl come up through the lift which has never happened before and has a message.  They know they need to get out of the maze because supplies are going low.  The biggest conflict is that they can't get out and it is really a conflict between person and person because the game makers were in control of the walls and killer robots in the maze.

The resolution to the conflict is lots of teamwork.  They had to overcome a humongous challenge together.  Thomas knew that there was a way out, so as group they studied all the maps for hours and hours.  A group of gladers got out of the glade after hard work and great determination by Thomas.