Letter to Jonas

Dear Jonas,
I know that you have gone through many harsh days shivering to death and trying to keep Gabe alive. Now that you have spotted a house that you have seen in your memories, you are probably going to go inside. When you get to see all of the colors and lights, let me know all about them. Also, could you hear the music? Did you try singing yourself? I hope there is a bright future for Gabe and yourself. Hopefully someone will take you in to their house and adopt you. Are you going to tell the new people about your old community and how you use to live? I advise that you should so the people from the new community can go rescue them and bring them to where you are now. Just a little advise for you.
Sincerely, Taylor

Important Paragraph From Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Author's Note: I am taking a part out of Harry Goblet of Fire and analyzing it.

In the graveyard, Harry stood there gazing at Voldemort rise to power again. Voldemort suddenly became human and rejoined with his Death Eaters. When Harry got challenged to a duel with Voldemort, Harry somehow managed to escape and arrive back to Hogwarts. Now that Voldemort was back and living again, there was no turning back since Voldemort was the most powerful wizard, aside from Dumbledore. The point at which people start freaking out is when Harry tells Dumbledore and the audience what happened at the graveyard. The truth is then released. This scene is towards the end of the book and is a major part of why J.K. Rowling wrote the other books.

Roger's Wake-up Call

In the short story "Yes Ma'am", Roger could have done many things with his life after the incident with Mrs. Jones. From where the story ended, you can come to a conclusion that his life was going to change. After attempting to steal Mrs. Jones’ purse, he paid a visit to her house. Then he left without getting a chance to say thank you. Now what would become of his life? Off to stealth again or realization of his actions?

            My prediction is that Roger can turn his life around. There is always a second chance for people and maybe he would take it. He could do this because of the fact that while he was in Mrs. Jones’ house, he started feeling guilty. The door was wide open and he could have scampered out at any time, but he stayed put like a heavy rock super glued to the ground. This shows that people can change. At the end of the movie The Grinch Stole Christmas, The Grinch stole all of the colorful presents and sparkling decorations from the little Who’s in Whoville. As the end of the movie approached, the Grinch’s heart changed and he returned all of the presents to the Who’s. This shows that there is kindness in everyone. Even the bad can turn good.

            On the other hand, there is always a slight chance that Roger will go back to stealing. Another prediction that I have is that Roger will go back to old times and not listen to any advice Mrs. Jones gave him. I think this way because when Roger was attempting to say thank you, he could have gotten angry with himself for not saying it. Also, Roger’s parents might be divorced and he might not have enough money to get food because he looked pretty hungry when he got taken to Mrs. Jones’ house. This reminds me of the movie Home Alone when the bad guys did terrible crimes and got put into jail to redeem themselves. It didn’t work because they went back to doing crimes again. This shows that some people just don’t want to change their ways.

            There are many people like Roger in this world. Some will do the right thing and some just simply won’t. What path would you take?

           

           

           

                       

           

Setting for The Giver

 Authors Note: This is the setting of the book The Giver. I would like feedback on if I explained the setting enough and compared it to today's setting and life. Also, how the story would change if the setting was like today.

The setting of this story takes place in a community where everything is simple. There are no animals or seasons and no one has been out of the community and returned safely. The story is about a simple life where no one really knows anything. If the setting would have been how life is for us right now, the story would have changed because people would get choices of what they want to eat, where they want to live, who they chose to marry, and what their job would be. If they lived in a world where we live in now, there would not have been a receiver and everyone would have known things of the past already. The characters would not have been so proper and there might not even be a real story at all because there would be no big issues if there is no Receiver.