Faithful Elephants by Yukio Tsuchiya Jason Lei

Faithful Elephants by Yukio Tsuchiya, takes place in the Ueno Zoo in Japan while Japan was in war. The book is about how the Ueno Zoo had to kill all the animals in the zoo because they were ordered to do so by the Japanese Government because if a bomb were to ever hit the zoo the animals might be a possible threat to the people of Tokyo. In the book we learn that we have to make sacrifices in life.

One of the sacrifices they made in the book was that they had to kill the animals in the zoo. This was a big sacrifice because the employees and trainers worked with the animals everyday and they grew a bond with the animals in the Ueno Zoo. They grew such a strong bond with the animals that they even thought about send the animals to another zoo in Japan but they weren't sure if bombs were going to drop there either. This shows that they really didn't want the animals dead.

Another sacrifice they made in the book was that they had to kill John the elephant. John was one of the employee's and trainer's favorite and so were the other elephants Tonky and Wanly who also had to die. John was the first of the three elephants to die. He was also a very smart elephant and they had to try a couple of times trying to kill him. The first attempt of killing John was was mixing poisonous potatoes in the his potatoes but John threw the poisonous ones out. The second attempt  was trying to inject poison into him but his tough skin snapped the needle in half. The last and final attempt was starving  john to death. This worked and became the solution method of killing the elephants. Even though the trainers had to kill John they felt terrible. They treated the elephants like their own like their child and they had to watch it die.

The last major scafrice they mad was killing the last. To elephants Tonky and Wanly. They were starved to death just like John because it was the only method they tried that worked. Killing the last two elephants was really hard on the trainers because they were the last animals in the zoo. The trainers and employees also had to watch them slowly die everyday. The trainer and employees felt terrible that when Tonky and Wanly did their Banzai trick it broke the trainers heart that he ran to get them food and water. This shows that he loved them. Another wayit shows that the trainer loved the elephants was how before the elephants were dying he held them tight and watch as their eyes went as white as ever.

In conclusion, Faithful Elephants doesn't only teach us that we have to make sacrifices in life but it teaches us that some sacrifice aren't supposed to be made and should be made because they are wrong and stupid. 

Divergent by Veronica Roth - Jason Lei

In the book Divergent, the human society has been split up into 5 fraction. Each fraction represented one thing they believed in that the human race lacked. For an example, the Erudite believed that the human lacked intelligent so the people of Erudite were intelligent. When you turned 16 you were to make an important decision on which of the four groups you would like to transfer to.The main character Beatrice, was born Abnegation,the people of Abnegation believed that people were too selfish. Beatrice thought that she didn't fit in Abnegation because she didn't really believe in acting selflessly, so she transferred to Dauntless. The Dauntless fraction believed in bravery, and Beatrice did show bravery for choosing Dauntless. In the Divergent Beatrice sacrificed a lot to become Dauntless.
One of the sacrifices she made was leaving her family. She left them so she can live her life happy in the fraction she chooses, but the downside was she would have to leave them and that she might never see them again. The second sacrifice was change her looks so her parents won't recognize her. She thought that it would be better for her and her parents if she didn't become to attached to them when she was away. So, she tattooed three bird on her leg to represent the people she left.
The book Divergent is really good because of many things,like shows self confidence. I haven't finished the book yet but so far it is really good. It has a lot of action from her training she has to do. I recommend this book because it is mind blowing.

Walking Dead pt 2

In the second half of the book, in the Walking Dead me and my book club found more answers to our question about how the weather affects the protagonist. We also made many questions about various things while we were finishing the book.

We found that another way the weather affected the protagonist was during the snow storm and they had to leave because they were running out of supplies and when they were on the road they found Tyreese and his family on the road. They also had to stay in creepy estate filled with walkers for one night because of the weather. The weather also affected then because the next day while they stayed at the estate they went searching in the other houses and a couple of the members of the group died

Walking Dead Vol 1

In the book the Walking Dead Volume 1, humans have turned into flesh eating creatures of the dead. The main character Rick faces many hardships while trying to survive. One of the questions my book club wanted o be answered was how does the weather affect Rick and his band. While reading the book I have found many answers to this question.

One of the ways I found that the weather affected Rick and his group was when Rick and Glenn, another person in his group went to the city to get guns from the gun shop. But to blend in with the flesh eaters they had to rub the smell of the walkers on them because the only way the walkers detect if your sea or a live is by your smell. When they finally got there guns and were about to leave it started to rain and the rain washed off their smell so it triggered the walkers to go after them for food. Another way that the weather affected the group was when the snow storm hit. They were running out of food and supplies that they had to flee to find more. Thy also had I leave because it was starting to get really cold there.

The walking dead is a very inspirational graphic novel because it shows us what we humans can accomplish when we work together.

Legend part 2

Ok, so far we know that June is changing , by betraying the Patriots. But what we now know is that Day has also followed June's lead an betrayed the Patriots as well. Day changes throughout the book too with the help of June.

One way Day changed is when Tess refused to leave the Patriots with June and him. This changed him internally because it shows that he doesn't need to protect Tess anymore because she not the little girl he found in the slums. She grown a lot now and she doesn't see him as her brother anymore she sees him as more than friends.

Tess having a huge crush on him also changed him internally because it shows him that he has to follow his heart and choose who's right for him, Tess or June. He has to choose between the girl he has known for a long time and was a sister to him or the girl who worked for the Republic. 

Another thing that changed that is related to Tess' big Crush on Day, is if June is the right person for him or does she deserve better. From seeing all the videos of June and Aidan he is not sure if June has something with Aidan because he is the Elector and he is rich. After all he did say he lived her but she didn't say it back.

Prodigy by Marie Lu

After finishing the first book Legend by Marie Lu I decided to read the sequel to it. In the book Prodigy, Day and June have joined the Patriots to find Day's brother Eden. But to get the help of the Patriots the would have to complete a mission, to assassin the new Elector Primo, Aidan. June was sent to bring herself into the Republic and again the trust of the Elector. While June was in the inside she changed a lot in what she believed in.

Before June was sent in the inside she was in love with Day. She only joined the Patriots because she wanted to help him find his brother and she didn't want to leave him behind. But when she was sent  in the inside she soon fell for Aidan the new Elector Primo. They had a lot in common, they both went to Drake University, both came from rich families, and they both think alike. 

She also wasn't sure if killing Aidan was right. Before when she wasn't sent into the Republic to gain trust of Aidan she didn't want anything to do with him and she didn't care if he died because she has grown to hate the Republic for what they have done to her family. But when she was sent into the inside she missed the life of being rich and eating fancy foods and wearing fancy clothing.

June changed over time because she didn't know what to do, save Aidan or trust the Patriots. 

Hurricane Song

 In the book Hurricane Song by Paul Volpone, a teenage boy named Miles and his father are stuck in the Superdome during Hurricane Katrina. While they were stuck in the Superdome they went through a series of hardships. The affect of these hardships helped changed the feeling and personalities of the characters in the book.

     Before Hurricane Katrina hit Pops, Miles' father and Miles relationship wasn't so great. Miles didn't have anything anything common with Pops at first and Pops wasn't ever home. He was always downstairs of their apartment, at a club called Pharaohs, playing his Jazz on his trumpet. He was always at Pharaohs that Miles thought that Pops loved his music more than him but after the hurricane their relationship changed.

    During the hurricane Pops told Miles not to interfere in any drama and to mind his own business, but in the end they did interfere in a lot of Drama. This was one of the hardships that helped them change. If Pops didn't interfere in the drama like identifying the dead body of Cyrus, a mentally unstable person who used to wash dishes at Pharaohs who jumped off the Superdome because he thought it was a slave ship. This softened a spot in Pops' heart because when they finally identified Cyrus he and Miles have Cyrus a proper funeral by playing their music. This also changed Miles  feeling about music. At first he hated music because he thought his father loved music more than him but later on he found that his father didn't actually love music  more than him and he grew to enjoy music like his father. 

     I think the book Hurricane Song his a great way to show that it is never to late to change. Everyone could change if they wanted to. Pops and Miles relationship changed when he told Miles he loved him more than music. Pops wanted their relationship to change and that why their relationship got better.