Destiny vs Free Will

I believe that destiny is an important role in anyone's life. Sure you can have a destiny to do something such as in LOTR the characters have a destiny to destroy the ring. They are going to do that because that is their main goal in life at the moment. I believe that you create your own destiny though. If you want something bad enough, you will get it. End of story.  If you want something and you work hard for it and you end up getting what you want, don't blame all of your hard work on destiny and say that no matter what it was going to happen. Say that you worked hard for it and you wanted it so bad that there was no way for it not to happen. If you want something or plan to do something in your life I don't think destiny is the way to think. I believe that your free will lets you do what you chose and it is your own choice of what happens in your life.

Book Reveiw 4

I finally finished the book Among the Hidden and it turned out that at the rally that Luke decided not to go to got busted and the Population Police came and killed everyone that was there. Jen was one of the people that went to the rally and she died as well. This really hurts Luke and he talks to her father, who is kind of the leader of the Population Police and since he had a third child himself he decides to help Luke out.

He tells Luke he can make him a normal member of society and decides to do this for him. He gives him a new ID that is from a family of 1 one child and Luke becomes their "second child". Also, since he is so high up in the population police Luke will never get caught doing this and he gets to live out the rest of his life in peace and happiness knowing he is an equal member of society to everyone else.

Book Reveiw 3

In this part of the book Luke is staring out of a window for like 10 hours a day watching his neighbors and learning their habits throughout the day so while they are gone he can be a little louder and do what he wants around his house. While doing this he notices that the house across the street has been having some movement in it in the past few days, while no one else is in the house. He sees the TV turn on and off, the shades move, and random shadows in the house. He decides to go in after months of planning the perfect route so he doesn't get caught.

When he finally gets into the house he meets a little girl about his age. Her name is Jen and she ends up becoming his best friend. He hangs out with her and talks to her whenever he can and she invites him to go to a rally for other third children. The rally is so all the third children can band together and get equal rights.

Book Review 2

I have read farther in the book "Among the Hidden" and the main character Luke is getting annoyed with the way his parents are acting because they are forcing him to stay hidden forever. His mom gets a job and is away all day and so is his dad. His two brothers go to school so they are also away all day.

This part of the story reminds me of when I was little and my mom used to leave me home alone while she went to the store for 10 minutes and I didn't want to go. She told me that I had to stay in the house and not to make any noise. This could have been because she wanted me to not get kidnapped or something, or just so while she was away I didn't break anything or burn the house down. Either way this little part of the story reminded me of my early years and made me rethink my mothers motives.

Book Review

The book that I have just started reading over break is called "Among the Hidden" by Margaret Haddix. This book is about a young boy named Luke who is the youngest child in his family. He is also the third child. In this book everything is set in the future and a new law was passed saying that families can only have two children, and if you have a third it has to be killed because that is how they control the population I'm guessing.

This is a problem for Luke and his family because they don't have the heart to give away they're child that I think is about 10. He has learned to hide from society by being inside all day, playing outside in ways that there is no chance anyone can see him, and when people come over to the house he hides in a room that no one goes in so he is not found. So far Luke has been content with living like this but as he gets older he is wanting to venture out and explore the world. Although I have only read the first 3 chapters of this book I can tell that it's going to be good and that I will like it.

Thoreau's Quote

"Henry David Thoreau believed that in order to live well, we must reduce the number of material goods we have. Otherwise, these things begin to dominate us. Take a position on this and explain."

I agree with this quote because it's basically saying that you don't need to be rich and have money to be happy. Just because you're rich doesn't mean you enjoy what you do and are happy. It could mean that you buy all these material items to make up for what happiness you don't have.

Having less material items makes you enjoy the "little things" in life, such as family, friends, and enjoying yourself. When you have more material items such as a car, big house, or any other expensive items, you start to lose focus on what really matters in life. What really matters in life is being happy an being around people that love you. Not objects that cost a lot.

Book Responce

We have just read the book The Curious Incident of the dog at Night-Time. Overall I would say that the book was pretty good but it was very boring and dragged on in some parts. This book is about a young man names Christopher. Christopher has aspergers and has difficulty interacting with the people around him. His father has made him believe that his mother is dead but really he has been lying to him and hiding letters that his mother has been sending to him for over a year. His mother really left his father for their neighbor Mr. Shears and has moved to London. Christopher finds this out and realizes that the only way to feel safe is to go to London and find his mother.

If I had to rate this book on a scale of 1-10 I would rate this an 8 because the story is good and has a good underlining meaning but it was very boring to read and strange at times because you are seeing from the eyes of a young man with a disorder. Also, some of the other characters are strange. Such as Mr. Shears, you never know his first name and I find this weird and odd. Overall this was a good book but I would only recommend it to someone who doesn't mind not a lot of action in the stories they hear because this book has none of it.