Tuesday, October 30, 2012

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.

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