Enders Game part 2

As Ender was flown up to the battle school on the asteroid belt surrounding Earth, Ender faces more trouble. Ender has already been singeled out as a third but Graff, I believe, wants to isolate Ender even more. He does this by singling out Ender. Saying that Ender will be the only successful at the battle school and that the other students were to be frank, useless idiots who would be bugger fodder. This although a cruel tactic by Graff, trying to make all of the other students turn on Ender, was effective the students started bullying Ender right then and there, but that all ceased. As Enders deadly instinct to kill came into play and broke a child's arm. This obviously made Ender look like a threat in the eyes of the other students and was shunned as soon as they all landed aboard the battle school.

Ender had to have been feeling horrible, after breaking that child's arm and that he had been made an enemy of the other students by his own teachers mysterious intentions.  When they landed Ender asked Graff why he had singled Ender out, Graff simply replied to Ender's question by stating that students would be even angrier at him if they saw Ender talking to him now. While effective this tactive was showing a darker side to colonel Graff than even before. From reading between the text and even just from the text you can see that Graff cares about nothing but the I.F.'s success.

These chapters are mysterious an interesting about Graff's true intentions for Ender. It also shows just how heartless powerful forces can be so that they just use children as tools. This also demonstrates the social commentary displayed in the book as children get sent off into the military in many places around the world and are treated even worse than the example in Ender's game.

Ender's game part 1.

This week I thought I'd go back and see which books I thought were best. As I traced back through the timeline of every book I've finished all my thoughts lead back to this one: Ender's Game what more can be said, you already know just by looking at the title that this book is going to be a fascinating read. Orson Scott Card must have known that he had written a masterpiece so gave it a title that suited it. When you start to read the book though that's when the magic happens.

Ender's Game like all sci-fi starts off in the future. At first Earth seems no different from Earth to day except new technology. An example of this is a monitor, a monitor is a device that is wired to your mind so that the military know what you're thinking,feeling,seeing,and doing. All this so that they can choose the best young minds (5-6 year olds) to bring to battle school. Andrew Ender Wiggin  is different from other kids. Most children get their monitors removed at four or five years of age but Ender still has it, and he's six. This is peculiar and means that the military are interested with him, another thing that sets him apart is that Ender is a third, having a third child at this point in the future is illegal because I presume America is over populated. Which means that the government had to allow it.

Do to his differences Ender gets bullied by the other children in his class and by his brother back home. His sister though loves him tenderly as he loves her (in a family way) this is a reason why can even stand life at home.That all changes though when Ender gets drafted to go to battle school. The man who comes to draft him is colonel Graff the man in charge of battle school, who then proceeds to lie to get Endeer to accept his proposal..  What I wonder about though is whether Graff lying to Ender was the best way to get him to come without making  the society Ender believes turn into a dystopia.

I will continue Next week or sooner.

I am The Messenger

I am starting to read an interesting book by the name of I am the Messanger by Markus Zusak (the author of the book thief). As I have only just started to read it I will give a brief background on the book and state my inferences. I will also say how much I am enjoying the book at the end of each entry.

The way the book starts is simple, the main character, Ed, and his friend are being help up in a bank robbery. His friends proceed to talk trash to the robber who gets very angry. The robber after getting the money tries to steal Ed's friend's car, but Ed uses the robbers own gun to stop him. Ed then receives a playing card with addresses on it.

I left lots of details that make the book more impressive but still I don't wish to ruin it for you. Any way I believe that he is going to go to the addresses on the card and then get caught up in something bigger than himself. Probably leading into some misadventures that put himself and his friends in peril. For right no though all I can do is keep reading. So far I enjoy the book stay tuned for next weeks update.

Hurricane Song by Paul Volponi

Hurricane Song by Paul Volponi is a touching book. It takes place in New Orleans when hurricane Katrina hits the city. The main character, Miles, his father, and his uncle got stuck in the city when their truck broke down, and they had to go to the Super Dome. They went through many adventures and finally learned the true meaning of family. This book talks about how a father and a son don't really understand each other or love each other, but as the story continues they find love while enduring pain.

At the beginning of the story, the two don't understand each other. Miles' father is a jazz musician and that is the one and only thing he cares about in the world, while Miles only cared about football and his dreams about being a pro athlete. These two drives clashed, as exemplified in one chapter of the story when, for Miles' birthday, instead of receiving a football from his father, he received an African drum. Also, his father acted distant around his son, always thinking about his trumpet first and Miles later. "Pops," as Miles calls him, even pushed Miles to get a job at "Pharaohs," the jazz club where Pops played.

When they are in the Super Dome, they start to understand each other a little better and start to be a little more selfless. One of these moments is when Dunam and Caine, two gangsters, come and threaten to burn down the row that Miles and his family live in unless they pay them. Miles stood up and talked to them and soon after his father was protecting his son. When a few others were getting ready to fight, Miles payed Dunam and Caine and made them leave, so that his father and everyone else wouldn't get hurt.

They started to finally love each other and understand each other when they escaped the Super Dome as they were trying to find Pharaohs. They saw two men stealing a piano and a suit of armor from a different jazz club. As they went to fight them, Miles beat up the first one, but the second one was very strong and almost killed Miles. His father used his prized trumpet to hit the man over the head and save Miles. Afterwards, Miles’ father told Miles that he couldn't lose his son no matter what. Miles then took the piano back to the jazz club so that his father could rest easy about it being safe.

In conclusion, Hurricane Song teaches us that while we have fights with our parents sometimes, and we tell ourselves we hate them, we eventually find that we love them and they love us. Miles and Pops disagreed about lifestyles, one believing that sports were what mattered most and the other valuing music above all else.   Through their experience in the hurricane, Miles and Pops realize that family is the most valued thing in their lives.

The Perks of Being a Wall Flower

The Perks of being a WallFlower by Stephen Chbosky is a beautiful book. It has social commentary that shows us how numb we have become to what we say, it has beautiful descriptions of friendships and amazing story lines. Chbosky wrote a masterpiece and  I believe that this is possibly one of the best books in  the world at the moment.

When Chbosky wrote this book he knew exactly how to write a masterpiece that added realism to fear this causes us to realize what people who are different have to deal with. As an example from the book Patrick a gay teen gets called horrible things and at one point in the book gets into a fight with 5 people on the football team because of the fact he wasn't like anyone else. Chbosky also talks about drug abuse as the main character, Charlie, goes through issues with hash brownies, marijuana, and L.S.D. which he started because of personal stress.

Chbosky also created a group of friends that make all of the issues that they go through all right as they share they're memories together. As Charlie befriends this group and becomes more comfortable with them Chbosky brings up the issue of influence, as Charlie's friends introduce him to acid and other drug entioned in the last paragraph. But no matter what they always help him out of his other issues.

This bonds together for a great story and an amazing deal of stress fear and relief. Chbosky is an amazing author and as it was his first book that he had ever wrote it is incredibly amazing that it's this good. I recommend it for any sentient being including dogs and eagles so on so forth. As a numeral score I give it 97.7/10.0.

The Perks of being a Wallflower

 The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky is a beautiful book. As I have only started it recently I can not write a true review about it so here are my first impressions. I believe that this book is very emotional and very worrying, not that the book is bad but that it shows truths that we take to lightly. It talks about many social issues in schools and teaches many lessons.

In the book there is one character who the narrator calls Patrick. Patrick is a very kind, accepting person to the narrator, Charlie, but Charlie finds at a party that Patrick is gay and has been having a relationship with the school quarterback, Brad, and as Patrick tells the story of their love and explains it to Charlie you start to understand that gay people can be just like everyone and that people are unjustly bias against them because, they're different.  It also goes under the topic of depression when Charlie tells the reader about his friend who offed himself due to depression.

As I have only just started this book I find that it is amazing and yet to some readers it will be controversial as it talks about many social issues such as being gay in a community that doesn't like gay people, rape , and depression. THis book has changed the views of many readers and it doesn't cease to amaze. Read more next time on The Perks of Being a Wallflower.

Reservation Blues

In Reservation Blues by Sherman Alexi  a story of how dreams that become real don't always end well. In this story Thomas builds-the-fire meets a man who had become famous for his blues and gets his guitar. This leads to emotional and detailed writing,settings, and story. This book is addictive to read.

Sherman Alexi's style of writing is magical realism. When i say magical realism I mean things that are hilarious and yet outrageous happen at the flick of a dime for example a certain keyword making lighting strike a building. This is the type of magical and detailed writing that sucks me back into the book.  Also he has great ways to trigger these moments and places them perfectly.

The Story is also very beautiful. IT's about a young man who manages to get people who picked on him to join his band. One became a good drummer while the other became a good guitarist.As they played they met two women who also joined their band and as they traveled together they made bonds with each other and they formed issues. As the guitarist and drummer were active drinkers they were always getting themselves into trouble. This put character development into a new level as all of the characters had their serets and their flaws.

In conclusion  this book has great details and great stories. It includes funny sad and emotional changes in the characters and they  always have you on the edge of your seat. This book in my opinion is one of the best books on the market and should be bought by any person who knows the alphabet.