The Giver

                   The book, "The Giver" is about a dystopian society somewhere in the future and everything seems perfect. No one see's anything wrong with the place. They all get their jobs and they help out with the society somehow. And the main character Jonas got the job called the receiver. the receiver has the job to get memories of the past. Things they have never witnessed. He has seen tings others haven't seen. He has been seeing all of these visions and it's pretty much changing his life. But you're not sure if it's for the better or worse.

Jonas has been seeing all of these visions and all of these things other people have not seen and it is affecting him. Such as when he saw war for the first time. He was scared. He couldn't believed this could ever happen. He was used to his goody two shoes village where he thinks nothing bad happens and he would never get hurt. But this. This made him think differently about the world around him. When his friends were playing war and were pretending to be shot by fake guns, he knew the reality and couldn't go back to playing with them. The other kids were confused about what he was doing. He was just standing in the middle of the field they were playing on.One kid yelled jonas you're hit! He didn't move. He couldn't stop remembering what he saw. People dying. he was scared. He was uneasy. He whispered stop to all of them but they didn't get why he was doing this. They shrugged it off and went and played somewhere else. He was hesitant. He knew it was wrong to do. His mind kept on going back to the scene where he saw the man dying. The man wanted water. He almost cried just about a silly game of war. That is how much these visions are affecting his life. He can't even play a game with his friends anymore.

Also the first time he ever felt this much paint. He was sledding down a hill. He felt great. He was having so much fun. It was like the most fun he has ever had in his life. It was all going great until he hit a ramp. He was in mid air. He had a view of the park. But then all of a sudden, he was falling. He kept falling until he hit the ground and then BAM! His leg broke. He was i shock. He didn't know what was happening. Pain just went to his leg and his first instinct was to scream. He was scared. He didn't want to be there anymore. He wanted to leave. It was good while it lasted but when this happened he wanted to go. With this he felt pain. He did not like it but he needed to feel it. He is scarred from these memories and does not want to witness them anymore. He hates it.

Summer Reading Essay

This summer i read a book called, The Edumacation of Jay Baker. This book is about an everyday fifteen year old in high school going through some problems in his life. No, he hasn't gotten into any fights he is just dealing with normal everyday stuff that some American kids and even I deal with in their life. I'm talking about divorce.

One day jays parents approach him and his sister and spill the beans. They are separating.You see, they are not technically divorced yet but they are living in different houses now. This is hard for Jay because he is use to his lovey dovey parents always getting along. It took jay a while to realize why his parents would do such a thing but then one day his best friend Cameo approached him and told him what was going on. She told him that her dad, yes, her dad was going out with his mother. Why would this happen you may ask? Well her excuse is that she felt that Jays father had not loved her anymore and she needed to move on. Jay retorts and says that she is wrong that you should not blame this on dad and that he still loves you. But you can't just fix a thing like this. Cameos dad is already moved in with Jays mom. I forgot to mention the fact that Jay has had a crush on Cameo for years! But she still has never even tried to ask him out.

Now that we are talking about his social life Jay is a pretty cool kid at school. But this whole thing about his parents has gotten to his head and now he isn't doing so good in school. He was going to be the school president but when the election came up, he went crazy on his opponent and he got sent to the principals office. And that is where he met Caroline. Caroline is new to the school and is a hardcore tennis player. They became boyfriend and girlfriend for a while and Cameo was out of the picture. Oh yeah did i mention that once Jay brought Cam over to his house once and they kissed? They haven't hung out much since that happened. But one day Cam and these two losers came to Jay and Caroline in a middle of a tennis match between them and they just started going off on Jay. His life is just getting harder and harder. Bullies and his parents and school all together. That must be pretty hard. 

Jays mom doesn't stop there, she also went out with another man. It's really sad actually. How could She do this to everyone? His dad has not done anything and they still haven't had a divorce yet! All in all they had a divorce and Jay found out that Cam actually liked him so they went to homecoming together. So it isn't all bad... except the part where his parents are having a divorce, but that didn't strike him that much, he saw it coming and he thought that it would be better this way. There was o way it could have worked out. It was a really well written book and i would really recommend it to any teenager in middle school or even highschool.