Blog Post On Rootless

I recently read Rootless and I thought it was a pretty good book. It was about Banyan, a boy who build trees out of scrap metal(set in the future) and how he has to rescue his father and with the help of friends that he encounters. I like Rootless, but I had some disagreements with it. First of all, there is a character Zee who you never find out is good or bad. Although she is a good character, it annoys me when endings aren't so clear. There is also a character that is Zee's mother, but turns out to be Banyan's mother, and she has a clone of herself that dies, and well it gets really confusing.
It was a good book, but I felt the ending was a little rushed, because they spent a lot of time in the beginning introducing the characters so the ending was pretty short. The book didn't explain what exactly Banyan did as a tree builder, why would people want fake trees? I feel the author should've added more context about that and maybe skipped over some parts that weren't so important. I felt in all, that the first half of the book a lot of ideas were arising, but the second half of the book they started rushing to an ending.
I still think it was a good book, just not so much my type. If you like fast-paced books, I would recomend it to you. There are also some cool ideas in the book, with the ideas of people so desperate for trees. It reminds me a little of the real world, and made me think about people in general. How desperate can people be? Will you lie, cheat, even murder to save yourself? Also in the book there is a company called Gentech, and it says in the book, "if you find a way to grow corn on your own, Gentech will find you and kill you." (Corn is the only food that people can eat.) I find that scary because I imagine company's that would do that to prevent a secret from coming out.
I heard this is another book in a series so I hope the next book(s) are a bit slower paced. I also hope they answer some of the questions I had from the first book.

Nicholas Nickleby 2nd Blog Post

I am now almost down with Nicholas Nicleby by Charles Dickens. While I was reading it, I found myself admiring the main character, Nicholas, for his endless determination that leads him through the book. He becomes an actor with his friend Smike, he goes to his sister to protect her from a wretched man, and continues to live life working hard at the things he does.
He will challenge  anybody who makes fun of his sister in a ready and willing manner, even if this will later downfall him.  I am not so sure I would be so caring to my siblings, even though we fight a lot I still think we love each other. Oftentimes we will scream at the top of our lungs that we hate each other, but later in our years we will appreciate the kindness we gave to each other. There is a quote from the book, "it seemed like yesterday we were playmates, and today we are old people" which means that yo might not respect what your siblings and friends are giving you know, but you will later.
As I read through this book, I synthesize Nicholas, because he has had hard life, with his father dead, and he stills is brave and will go through his life ready and happy. He is happy with the challenges he is given with, he even falls in love with a girl that has been promised to be married, and still he manages to answer his own and others problems. I feel that I would be scared, and unsure of myself, and my even act selfish because I would be looking out for myself. Nicholas is kind and caring, and aware of everyone below him, and above him.
As I come close to finishing this book, I hope Nicholas continues to be a caring and interesting character. I hope he will remember his friends in his time of need, for he did a lot for them and deserves to be treated with great kindness.

Blog Post On Nicholas Nickleby

I am a little more than halfway through reading Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens, and there are already some main ideas in the book. The is basically about Nicholas, who's father dies, and is sent by his uncle to work at a school for kids. There he meets Squeers, a horrible man who abuses the children at the school. He leaves the school with one of the boys Smike, and than goes through a seris of adventures.
Nicholas is very brave, in my opinion because I would be very sad at my father dying than to want to do something. He also has to support his sister and mother, and I would probably have to live by myself. Nicholas not only manages to keep working and supporting himself, but his family. Their uncle Ralph Nickleby, is not vey helpful and when Nicholas has to leave to work, they are very scared. They are quite alone in the world, with Ms. Nicklebys husband dead, and Kate Nickleby( the daughter) has to find jobs in the dirty streets of London to survive.
Honestly, I have never really had to work hard for something, everything in my life has been given to me. Lots of people in the wold suffer from hunger and have to miles for water, but I'll I have to do is go to the fridge. Back in the 19th century, even if you were pretty high class, you still had to work, not only to support yourself, but your family. Right now, kids parents are like cushions, protecting you until you have money and can support yourself.
In Nicholas Nickleby, Nicholas has to support so many people, yet he is not panicked or stressed out at all. He even has time to make new friends and enjoy himself along the way. If everyone else looked back in life, they will probably realize that they don't have a lot to do.You can stress about little things, but that won't help anybody.

"Am I Blue" Blog Post

"Am I Blue" is about a boy who is bullied for being gay, and than meets his fairy godfather who will give him three wishes. One of his wishes is to turn everyone gay blue, which is the namesake of the story.
Vincent, the main character is described as a "confused puppy". Many people can probably relate to that, me included because they have been uncertain about themselves. Not necessarily about being gay, but about choices in life. Vincent feels like he has no one to talk to, to talk about his real feelings. Because gay people have to hide, they separate themselves from other people, including their friends and family.
 Vincent has a pretty hard life, but he doesn't seem interested in trying to fix it. If I was bullied, I would probably tell my friends to solve the problem, just because I would be too miserable. I just wouldn't be able to stand it. People are also bullied for other reasons, such as race, sex, religion so this situation can apply to lots of people. Melvin, the fairy godfather was killed because of his beliefs, which maybe means he should have been more careful when he was alive.
Melvin also says throughout the story "us" relating to himself and other gays. But whenever you use the word us, you are pushing the people not included away. "Us" in this story means the other gays. This is pushing the idea of gays and straights being happy together, They would feel like a separate group of people. And all the gays that were bullied before will not want to make friends with their bullier
I think "Am I Blue" has a lot of meaning below the surface which will teach you a lot about the world. Everything in the story has a realistic aspect, which makes it easier for people to connect to the story. This can have the lessons in the story be easier to spot, and mean more. I have felt I have learned a lot just reading a short story called,"Am I Blue"