What do you Think?

Author's Note~ This is a prediction essay as I hope to show proficiency in prediction.

Inside a sunken ship with little oxygen, extreme dangers with hazardous air particles in the air.  That’s Nailer’s job, in the book Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi.  Nailer loves to explore and when a friend and himself went around the island they found a sunken ship with a wealthy girl, Nita.  Running from killer people and half men Nita and Nailer split up and are in desperate search.  A battle on the water leaves Nita’s ship sinking.  I believe that Nailer will find Nita in the ship and rescue her and end up together for the rest of their life.

Every love story always comes down to a happy ending.  During the stories Cinderella and Snow White there is always a happy ending.  Most reader could’ve assumed that Nita and Nailer would end up with each other at the end of the story.  Most Teen books need something exiting and a love story or a happy ending to keep young readers into the book and that’s why I think this will happen.

Secondly a lot of stories revolve around war; that one hero that always has the ladies love.  During this book you could tell that there were going to be two sides and Nita and Nailer were on the same side.  When I read I try to point out the obvious signals for predicting stories.  I noticed that Nailer was always fighting for Nita and that’s another reason the prediction is accurate.

Relating this book to another book would be easy.  The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins show how there is the war by everyone fighting as well as the love story during the big fight.  When you fight there will always be that one person who amazed you, which he is normally recognized at the all star.   In both stories you could tell who the hero’s were and they always ended up with their lover.

Love, such a powerful thing and it occurs in almost every piece of literature you can find, as well as every day in your life.  Whether you can see it or not you can almost assume in almost every story there will be love and you know that love will always be strongest at the end.  Being with someone for your entire life is a commitment, but I found that Nailer and Nita could never split up and will be with each other for their lives. 

We Are One

Author's Note~ This is an analysis essay about the story The City of Ember by Jeanne DePrau.  My goal for this is to show a proficient level in my body paragraphs.

400 united people, coming from the underground city of Ember unsure of what comes next,  join together and save their lives.  The book The City of Ember, By Jeanne DePrau symbolizes the coming of a powerful group.  DePrau showed courageous attitude from all the characters in this book while telling a great motivating story.

Motivation moves people and great motivators show leadership in everything they do.  Ray Lewis, the middle linebacker for the Baltimore Ravens shows great motivation to all the players on the team and other college or high school groups.  As well Ray leads the team as a captain cheering on players and improves the morale of the team, just like Lina and Doon did in the book.  In the book DePrau shows how Lina and Doon were both great motivators and leaders.

Motivation moves people like Thomas did in the book The Maze Runner by James Dashner.  He moved all the Gladers out of the Glade and showed what Lina and Doon showed by taking all the Ember citizens and freeing them from a dying city.  When DePrau wrote she made readers believe that anyone can do anything.

Believing that you can do anything is something I have always lived by.  Personally I have always wanted to go skydiving and zip lining and I have always wanted to attend Marquette University for college.  Although all of these may not happen I will always believe that this could happen in my life.  When readers read the book I believe that DePrau showed that anything was possible and leading 400 people out of a dying underground city was one of them. 

Whether you’re Ray Lewis or you believe in anything, DePrau showed in the book The City of Ember that motivation and believing that you can do anything is apparent in the book.  Also you can learn from what characters do and you can see how they motivated you and you can use that on others.  While writing a great story DePrau showed courageous attitude from all the characters.

A letter to you

 Author's Note~ This is a letter to the main character from The Way We Fall by Megan Crewe, showing my understanding of character development.

Dear Kaelyn,

I am Johnny Mills, a 16 year old high school sports star.  I recently read the book The way we Fall by Megan Crewe and you stood out of all the characters in the book as most influencing.  You started out as a selfish girl and I was a selfish guy to.   I would say the way you inspired me, you could inspire anybody.

Inspiration can alter people’s lives, as it is a very powerful thing.  You inspired such as Lina, the main character in the book The City of Ember by Jeanne DePrau.  Lina saved her city and I think you helped save your city as well.  Change is powerful and you definitely saved me Kaelyn,

In the book I read and read until my eyes couldn’t handle reading any more.  You said “Doesn’t this feel great?”.    I could feel myself change as well such as picking up a freshman’s books  when they fell o the floor.  Or I would help out other kids that didn’t understand .  And how I felt when I left school that day, This is great.

Thanks is all I could say, inspiration is a gift and I received it from reading the book The Way we Fall.

Thanks,

Johnny Mills

Next

My prediction to the story 3:15 is that Troy will become possessed by the science teacher’s jar spirit.  Troy will start to act weird and be really quiet and become an outcast.  This is like in all the horror movies where people are possessed and start to act really weird.   This is a good prediction because there are many stories that can relate to this.  Also the plot seems the same as in the scary horror movies.

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?