Red Chief

Author's Note: I think that this story has alot of irony and was really hard to understand.


I read the story The Ransom Red Chief  by O. Henry it was about these to kidnappers named Bill and Samuel and they try to kidnap a get a kid and get a ransom for him. But they end up having to pay the father to get the kid back. this story has alot of irony like for example, If you attempt any treachery or fail to comply with our demand as stated, you will never see your boy again. i thought this was irony  because  they wanted money to give the kid back but then they ended up having to pay the father to give the kid back.

Touching Spirit Bear

Author's Note: i really like Touching spirit bear and how Ben uses his figurative language in this book he did a good job and i think im going to score pretty good too.

Life Changing 

  You come home after school, you open your door and find your mom passed out on the floor with a bottle of beer in her hand, Your dad is on the couch watching TV smoking and looks angry, you try to back away but he hits you. In your room you cry to yourself thinking it will get better, yet you know in the back of your head it won’t. Everyday this happens and there is no escape. In this book it's about a boy named Cole who has a lot of problems, but they all revolve around his anger. His mom is an alcoholic , and his dad abuses Cole.  In my opinion, Ben Mikaelsen is a phenomenal writer when it comes to figurative language.

  One example of figurative language is personification, this makes the tone very upbeat and furious. The example of the personification is "Cole felt his smoldering anger ignite." (page 64) This kind of thing happens a lot in this book. Cole has these terrible anger problems that eventually gave him consequences. Like being sent off to a deserted Alaskan island. When he gets to this island he learns a lot of lessons and he changes his ways and changes completely.

  The second example of figurative language is a metaphor, the example is "Fear flashed in Garvey's eyes." Page 102. How this affects the tone is because it shows that Garvey just suddenly got frightened. like he just seen a ghost or something. Ben really knows how to use figurative language in this book and I think he did a fantastic job on putting it into this book so well.

  Furthermore I would like to say that how all this impacted the tone and the book is because the tone is anger and sadness. And later on in the story Cole finally changes his ways. And isn’t so angry anymore which helps him a lot. That affects the tone because the whole time he was this terrible kid now he all of a sudden just changes. Cole was also a sad kid and that change he stood up for himself and became a better person and wasn't mean anymore.

  In conclusion I would like to say that Ben Mikaelson did a great job with this story. And how he used figurative language in this book.  Ben made the book come alive and really interesting . He made the tone angry and sadness and he did a good job using that in the book. Like for example he used anger with Cole because Cole had anger problems throughout most of the book. This book is honestly one of my favorites and I really like Ben Mikaelson books. 

Conflict Resolution

Author's Note: I think This piece is really good and will do good for conflict resolution too.

Life’s Mysteries

In the book Touching Spirit Bear theirs this boy named Cole and he has a terrible life. Cole is this terrible snotty teenager always asking for trouble. He does have some bad parents though. His mom is a major alcoholic and his dad abuses him which I think is horrible. But this time he went over the line. He brutally beat a kid up on the school side walk. Which got him to the island.

Therefore he has to stay there and face his consequences for a whole year. The main conflict in this book is Cole fighting himself. He has to overcome his anger. He has a terrible time controlling his anger. That’s why he brutally hurt that kid. And why I think Cole had anger problems was because of his parents treating him so bad.

The Climax in this book is Peter tries to fight Cole but Cole doesn’t fight back at all. Which I thought was really shocking because Cole would usually fight back. But this time he didn’t and backed off. And I thought that was really brave and amazing because it shows that he does want to change. And it shows that he doesn't want to be that snotty teenager anymore that he used to be.

For the resolution in this book Its how Cole controls his anger. Cole finally figures out how to control his anger. And becomes this nice thoughtful young teenager he always wanted to be. I thought it was great that he overcame that beast inside him and actually became a caring loving person.  

Unforgettable

       Author's Note: This piece shows what the point of view in the book My Brother Sam is Dead.

  Point of view

  In the book My Brother Sam is Dead the Dad is on one side and his son Sam is on the other. So that leaves Tim to choose his point of view on things. From Tim Meeker perspective, a lot happens like a violent outburst about how the war is going to change his family forever. In the book My Brother Sam Is Dead it specifically projects how the story could be interpreted differently, if told by others.

  One way Tim’s point of view could be affected is when Sam got executed by the British. If you took it from the British’s point of view, they could of felt overpowering and in control. But sense it was told by Tim’s point you felt horrible and despair. Tim and Sam’s Dad used a quote throughout the whole book and it went like this, “The dead pay the debt of the living.” This quote shows that to be able to feel good about them in war they need to kill someone else in replace of themselves .

  This relates to point of view because Sam had to pay debt of someone who did wrong in this world. Also Sam’s actions could of harmed a lot of people and their families. Sense Tim is telling the story he makes Sam sound like this brave, fun college boy. So I would think as the reader Sam is really fun and a brave kid. But if the father told the story you would probably think Sam is irresponsible college kid who doesn’t follow the rules. So therefore that’s why the narrator’s point of view  is very important if you want to know about the other character’s or other scenes. 

  When you’re reading a story you need to make sure that you know the point of view from which it is being told  that is very important. I thought that if this story was told by someone else than Tim it would be way different. Like if  Mr. Meeker told the story I would think Sam was a horrible. But sense Tim told it from his point of view you felt bad for him and Sam. So it is really important that you know what point of view is or else you won’t know who is telling the story.                                           

Compare and Contrast

Author's Note: This piece is about the same and the differences between Roger from thank you ma'am and Cole From Touching Spirit Bear.

                                                    Compare and Contrast

In the book Touching Spirit Bear Theirs a boy named Cole and he lived a rough life. His dad abused him and his mom was an alcoholic. Cole was a very bad child he was terrible in school and he never followed the rules. But one day he went too far and beat a kid so bad the kid still has nightmares about it.

Someone who is exactly like Cole is Roger from thank you ma’am.  They both have rough life’s. Both Cole and Roger were bad kids always looking for trouble but one day that all change. Cole’s life got changed from being a horrible kid to a better nicer kind of kid . And how that happened is because the spirit bear attacked him and almost killed him. Which made him think he should become a better person in life and to other’s. And how Roger’s life changed is because Mrs. Jones brought him home and cared for him and he was finally appreciated for once in his life. So he wanted to change because of what she did.

How Roger and Cole are the same is because they both are rotten little teenagers who don’t care about anyone. Also they both did a lot of bad things like for example, stealing and beating up another kid. And some other things are they both changed to become nicer people and better in life. And how they were different is both had different reasons for being bad. One because of his parents and the other because he was never cared for and never loved. But in the end something shout out to them and ended up changing both of their lives.  

Prediction

Author's Note: i felt like i met all my goals for this piece i did really good 

Lighting thief 

Percy Jackson didn't think his life could get any harder. That was before he got put on a quest to find the Greek God Zeus master bolt. The main problem is the fact that Percy and his friends, Annabeth and Grover, need to get to the Underworld within 10 days. They  have a lot of problems they will have to face. My prediction is that Hades, Zeus’ brother  took the master bolt.

I could see Hades taking the master bolt due to the fact that he would probably want to start a war. Hades would want to start a war to get revenge on his fellow gods for sending him to the underworld. Hades was the worst out of all the Gods. He’s  always looking for trouble and that’s main reason why they sent him to the underworld. When Hades heard about the bolt being gone he got anxious. So he went to camp half blood to find Percy and get the bolt from him.

When I finished the book I was way off in my prediction. What really happened was Luke from camp half blood gave the bolt to Percy without him knowing. Percy had the bolt in his shield and went all the way to the underworld to get his mom back and tell Hades he doesn’t have the bolt. And when they all found out it was in their they were all shocked. Hades was mad and wanted to kill them but did not succeed. And Percy returned the Bolt back to Zeus before the war started between the Gods.  

Theme

Author's Note: I felt like i really understand the meaning of theme and how  to use it it an essay really well. 

 Touching Spirit Bear

 In the book Touching Spirit Bear written by Ben Mikaelsen theirs this boy named Cole. Cole has some issues at school and family. That caused him to either be put in jail for a year or be sent to Alaska for a year. Cole chose to go to Alaska for a year instead of going to jail which helped change his life completely. He had to survive on this island and if it wasn’t for that spirit bear attacking him he would still be that disrespectful kid nobody likes.  The main theme in this story is survival

Why survival is a theme in Touching Spirit Bear is because he was on an island try to find food and water. Without water and food his life dangled before him. He was surviving on very limited food and water. The bear attacked him to teach him a lesson on to be thankful for the things he has and don’t treat everyone so awful.  

But  Cole definitely wanted to stay away from the spirit bear so that it wouldn’t kill him. Cole took that chance and went by the bear and it nearly almost killed him. The bear saved his life and helped his attitude to. He attacked Cole putting him in the hospital for 6 months. And after he recovered he got sent back to the island.

Another book that relates to survival is The Hunger Games By Suzanne Collins. The goal is to be the last one alive in the arena. Theirs 24 people in one arena and you only have one partner with  22 other people trying to kill you. There can only be one winner in this game so when you and your partner are the last ones you have to choose if you want to kill them or not.  The winner can live the rest of their life in riches given to u by the Council.

Cole’s survival taught him to be respectful. He figured out he was this angry teenager always looking to fight someone. So Cole changed his act. Cole wanted people to care for him and to like him not for people to hate on him.