Month: November 2023

In November, I read the book Allegiant by Veronica Roth. Allegiant is a realistic fiction book with two different point of views that sometimes clash against each other. The main characters in this book, Tobias otherwise known as Four and Beatrice otherwise known as Tris, have always stuck to one major rule, don’t leave the city. However on night they broke it and they discovered a truth that has been hidden that changed their lives.

If you have read Divergent or Insurgent, this is the book to read! The mysterious truth is uncovered. This truth impacts Tobias’s and Tris’s life, forcing them to make very hard decisions and actions that they would never had done if not knowing the truth. This finale of the three book series will wrap everything together with a ton of action and information!

My favorite character in this book is Caleb because of his dynamic personality. In book one Divergent, Caleb helps his sister Tris stop the attack simulation which then released everyone in the simulation. However at the end of book two Insurgent, Caleb switches sides and helps the main antagonist Janine Mathews. In that book it is revealed that Caleb was helping Janine Mathews the entire time ever since he was young. This really hurt and angered Tris, but she still saved him from his own execution in the third book Allegiant because she still loved him. However as time passes the reason of why Caleb betrayed Tris is released as the truth is uncovered. According to the text, “Is that the explanation for Caleb’s betrayal-his damaged genes?” Although Caleb’s reason is reasonable, Tris still can’t forgive. Caleb has been desperate for forgiveness ever since. He even volunteers to give up his life for many others, but when it was time to give up his life, Tris took his place instead because she loved him.

My favorite quote from the book is on page 427, “‘She was a better person than I was, than I will ever be. And then she got attacked. A bunch of GPS beat her up.’” This quote is significant because genetically pure people are supposed to be calm and not violent but in this quote it is the opposite. Outside the fence people aren’t treated fairly. GPs are usually treated better than GDs because they are genetically pure but this quote doesn’t seem like the genetically pure are genetically pure.

The sound of the calm water bouncing against the rocks is calming, but nothing would be enough to calm down David’s friend Johnny. His face stained and as hot as an ember, his whiskers are reaching the mountains and his eyes gave David dirty stare. This time David went too far. For all of David’s life he has been thoughtless, he just never used his head. Whenever he was in a conversation he would just blurt out what he thought, most of the time what he thought was insulting. But today he took things too far with his friend Johnny. All Johnny’s life he had worked hard to get a fish and today was the day he finally caught one. With one glance at it, David couldn’t help but say, “That is so small.” Without a seconds hesitation Johnny said, “I bet you can’t catch a fish because you are so picky and all the fish will be to small for you.” “Fine watch me,” David fires back. With that he started to the lake.

David’s eyes widen as he closes in on the lake. The lake looks so much bigger and deeper closeup with a strong current in the middle of it that can pull nearly anything that isn’t paying attention. David steps into the frigid lake slowly as it freezes him to death. David takes it one step at a time and eventually gets his whole body in. David starts searching but sees nothing but small shiny fish. About half an hour later something bigger catches his eye. It was a beautiful trout that was three times bigger than the other fish. Surely, this would have to impress Johnny, David thought. However on the first step towards the fish it bolted away. David didn’t give up though. He swam after the beautiful trout with rapid speed. The trout was fast, but David was faster. Five meters away, four meters away, three minutes away, two meters away, one meter away. Swoosh! David got caught in the strong current. No matter how hard he tried he couldn’t get out of it. Then something horrific creeped into view. A waterfall. Tugging as hard as he could David still couldn’t get out. Each second the waterfall closes in. Getting closer and closer until David couldn’t even bear the sight of it. It’s over, David thought. However just as he was about to go off the waterfall, he felt something hard tug him the other way against the current. Finally opening his eyes David spots a light brown skinned otter. Johnny. Inch by inch, Johnny and David make it ashore.

After a long time of catching their breathes David breaks the silence by saying, “I had a big fish, why do you have to get in the way of everything.” With this Johnny throws David back in the current and off the waterfall never to be seen again.

I am thankful for many things this year, but here are the three top things. One thing I am thankful for is my family. My ancestors on both sides have been through a lot. For example, my mom was born in Cambodia and at the time it wasn’t safe to be there because communists were very violent. In fact, my great grandpa was killed right in front of my grandpa there. Fortunately my mom, grandma and grandpa made it out alive. My dad’s side has also been through a lot but it complicated and I am still confused. Another thing I am thankful for is my soccer team. Every soccer team I have been on has been very friendly above five hundred. I have played for four seasons and three of the four times I have gone to the championship game, and from there I have won two. My final thing that I am thankful for is our seven trip to St. Martins last summer. This was one of the best experiences of my life. St. Martins is home to many things including iguanas, lizards, and parrots. One thing that made this trip magical, was our location. Me and my family stayed at a divi right along the beach. Everyday we would go out to the sparkly clear water of the beach and every evening we would play either in a crab race or bingo for pizza and money, I won a sunset cruise on my last day there, but couldn’t use it. I am very thankful for the best week of my life.

If you had been given three wishes, what would you wish for? For me there are endless possibilities of what to wish for, but if I could only pick three, I would probably pick the ability to be super fast for a period of time before I get tired. With this ability I could be the best at running a one hundred meter dash. Also with this ability no soccer could catch me on a breakaway. My second wish is to buy my own escape room, this way I can play in it and make money at the same time. My final wish is to predict what stocks will skyrocket and which stocks will fall. This will make me money and everyone will come to me to help them buy their stocks. With making all this money from the escape room business and stocks I will have enough money to buy a huge obstacle course that I can do daily.