Pros and Cons of The Community

Author's Note: I wrote this piece to demonstrate my understanding of pros and cons

What would it be like to live in a community where everything appears perfect?  What if all decisions were made for you?  In the book The Giver, by Lois Lowry, the main character Jonas lives in a community where all the choices are made for the citizens.  There are many pros and cons to living in a community like this.

A positive thing about this community is that the elders pick the right job for you.This is good because you don’t have to worry about picking your job. Another reason is that you don’t worry about picking the wrong job. A last reason is that you get more time for your family.

Another thing is that the elders pick the right person who you will marry. A reason why this is good is because you don’t have to search who you like. Another reason why this is good because you don’t have to worry about divorce. A last  reason is not having to  pick who you mary gives some time to yourself.

A negative thing about this community is that they never give you the power of choice.  A reason is that you can’t pick who you marry. Another reason is that you can’t pick your job. The last reason is that you can’t pick who you really want to marry.

Another bad thing is that you get released.  A reason why this is bad because they will kill you. Also they released the old and the unhealthy babies.  The last reason is that when you are released you will never see your family again.

This community appears perfect and makes the choices for you.I would like to live in this community because i won’t have to search for my job or who i will marry. Even though I will get released and I won’t have the power of choice i still want to live there.

the giver and matched(unfinished)

What would it be like to live in a dystopian

Society?  In Match and The Giver , The cities are  nightmare cities but they don't seem this

The Ghost,The White House , and Me

Author's note: I wrote this piece to demonstrate my understanding of sentence fluency

What would it be like to live in the White House? In the book The Ghost,The White House.   When their mom was elected president, Kaykay and Annie moved into the White House.  They heard that Lincoln's ghost still haunts the White House, so the girls decided to prank their uncle.  Their uncle was staying over for a night in Lincoln’s old bedroom. The girls did a lot of planning, so I predict that the prank will work for them.

The first part of the plan was to use an ipod dock  to broadcast the Gettysburg Address into Lincoln’s bedroom. By making the speech loud enough, they made sure it would would wake up their uncle and scare him.

Kaykay and Annie's friend, Borden, tells the girls that Lincoln’s ghost always knocks. So at 3:00 am, they knocked at the door of Lincoln’s bedroom to scare their uncle.

This book is similar to “Hamburger Halpin”  because “Hamburger Halpin” also featured a ghost even though the ghost is not the culprit. Another similarity is that both main characters of “Hamburger Halpin” and  The Ghost,The White House, and Me have delicious food to eat.

I predict that the prank will work because of the effort of the two girls.   Kaykay and Annie had many parts of a plan to scare their uncle.  Since I liked reading about pranks in the White House, I hope that the author of The Ghost,The White House, and Me will continue to write more books like this.

Sacrifice in Ribbons

Author's note: I wrote this piece to demonstrate my understanding of sacrifices.

What if you had to sacrifice most of the objects you liked?  In “Ribbons”, by Laurence Yep, Stacy’s grandmother comes to live with her and her family.  Both Stacy and her grandma had to sacrifice a great deal of their things

For Stacy she had to sacrifice most of her objects.  The objects she had to sacrifice were ballet, her favorite TV shows, her room, and her ice cream bar.  She may get most of her objects back but of course not her ice cream bar.

Stacy’s grandma also had to sacrifice plenty of her things too.  The grandma had to sacrifice her feet, her furniture, and her home.  She may get some of her objects but not all of her stuff back.

In “Ribbons” there are an abundance of sacrifices by Stacy and her grandma, but both of them will get most of their objects back.