C.T.Q. What hard things are happening in this text? Are these things happening in the world now?

In Flight by Sherman Alexie, the book is about the Zits ( the main character ) finding out about his past. His father abandoned his family as he was born, and his mother died a few years later. It made him have to live with foster families. Zits hated his foster families because they didn't show who they really were until later. A hard thing happening in this book is being abandoned.
                                                                                                                                                            "When I was 11, I ran away from my first foster home and got drunk in the street with 3 homeless Indians from Alaska."
"When I was 12 I  ran away from my seventh foster home."
Zits had to deal with the fact that his parents were dead, and because of that, he believed that he would never have a true family. Most of the foster homes he goes to start out good, but end terribly which causes him to want to run.
" I had this one Indian foster daddy, Edgar, who was great in the beginning."
" I had this one foster dad who took me to a room with a huge railroad and model trains. I remember playing with them for hours and hours. Then at nights he took me to a room without trains. A room that hurt me."
Both the quotes imply that he has had lots of abusive foster homes that are hidden at first and happen later. Zits belief of never finding a true family, was later proven false. He was adopted by Officer Dave's (supporting character) brother and felt cared for the first time in his life he could remember.                                                                                                                                                                                             There is definitely the same problem happening in the world now. Many kids are growing up without there real parents because of death or abandonment. It is a very serious problem because it could make them think that because their original parents abandonment, they will never find a true family that loves and cares for them. However that is a false statement because there if a family for everyone on matter what like what happens to Zits. There will be a family for everyone and there is no need to think that just because of your abandonment, you will never have a true family.

In conclusion, a hard thing happening in this text and is also happening in the world now is abandonment. It forces children to live in foster homes. Even though a child might be abandoned, doesn't mean they will never have a true family. A true family is a family that will care for you no matter what and no child should ever think that they wont find one.

Argument Essay

                                                                                                                                                                                Books can teach very important lessons. So when I read a list of banned books and saw Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins in the list, I was very surprised. The reason I was so surprised was because the book teaches responsibility. Katniss does everything for her family. When her father died, her mother quit her job.  Katniss stepped up and started to hunt, trade, and get her family money.  The book shows a lot of responsibility and should not be banned.    

            In the beginning, the author shows you a lot of what Katniss does. She hunts, trades, gets income, and also feeds her family. When her father died, Katniss had to put her family on her back. Her mother quit her job and stayed at home. Katniss had to be responsible for everything and she lived up to it.  Suzanne Collins shows us that the book has more to it then war. She shows us responsibility and a lot of it. She shows us how much Katniss had to do daily to keep a living. The book Hunger Games teaches us about responsibility and should not be banned.

            The book won’t want to make kids go around killing people, or shoot someone with a bow and arrow. The book is meant to entertain the reader. According to the article, “Banned Books We Have Loved,” R.L. Stine (author of Goosebumps) says "It is badges of honor to have people try to ban your books from schools and school libraries, only because it means your books have become popular and are being noticed. Unpopular books seldom get banned." Rita Meade (Liberian) says that "I honestly don't think that banning a book ruins its reputation or makes children afraid to read it. If anything, the opposite will happen. Young people are still going to read the series, it's still going to be hugely popular, and—guess what!—it's still going to get kids to read who might not have otherwise. The Hunger Games series is being requested almost daily at my library—the holds list is 700 people long for the first book alone. Being on a 'banned' list in general probably won't do anything except increase curiosity and interest for a book. As they say, there's no such thing as bad publicity." Both people say that trying to ban the book will just give it a bigger name. It won’t make people scared to read it, just want to read it more.

            Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins should not be banned because the book teaches responsibility. The book is not completely about war. Kids who read this can learn what you have to do sometimes in order to help you family. The Hunger Games is a great example of responsibility and should not be banned.