TKAM#7 Boo Radley

I watched Jem as he slept. I care about the Finch's deeply. I love them. I followed them to protect them after the pageant. Bob Ewell attacked them and almost killed Jem. I stabbed him with his own knife and took the children home. For years the kids would come by my door. They feared me. They didn't understand that I was their shadow. I was there to protect them.

Jem's elbow was completely broken. I wish I could've done more sooner. I stood around as Heck Tate talked to Atticus. He tried to convince Atticus that Bob Ewell fell onto his own knife. Atticus was convinced that Jem killed Bob Ewell. He was being awfully stubborn. Scout was happy to see me. She led me to Jem. I ran my hand over his hair.

I will always look over Scout and Jem. Scout walked me home that night and I hurried into my dark lair and let go of the night. I had showed myself to the children but I will now go back to my old ways. The children are safe. Bob is dead.

TKAM#6 Tom Robinson

I sat in the courtroom sweating. How could Mayella accuse me of such a heinous crime after all I've done for her. I didn't ask for one nickel from that woman. She never had any help and I was kind enough to help her. She is the oldest out of all of them. She has eight siblings running around. Nobody helps her. She stood there. She stood there and destroyed me. Her daddy was such an obnoxious man. He doesn't know me. Nobody knows me. They just think because I'm black I'm less than all of them.

I don't know how this'll all turn out. Atticus is a kind man to defend me but people around here don't take kindly to black folks. The jury doesn't look convinced by Atticus and when he questions everybody they smirk at him. I've never met a man quite like him. He doesn't care about the color of my skin. He cares if I'm guilty or not guilty. Mayella went on about how I was helping her in the front yard. She said I attacked her. I never laid a hand on that woman. My left arm doesn't even work. I destroyed it in the cotton field. All my muscles pulled out. Dolphus Raymond stood up. He defended me in front of everyone. He's a good man that Dolphus Raymond.He doesn't care about skin color either. He's shacking up with a colored woman and has many beautiful children.

I want to die a free man. I don't want to be in prison for a crime I didn't commit! Why would she do this to me? That's the last time I do a good deed for a crazy woman. I passed by the Ewell's house everyday. I helped her almost the whole time. I could almost tell she liked me by the way she looked at me. I was the only one that was nice to her and this is what I get. I get to sit in a courtroom and listen to a made up story about me.

TKAM#5 Dill

I was finally able to visit Scout again. I know I'll marry her one day.Sometimes I look at my life and get sick in my stomach. Nobody really wants be, but Scout does. Tim Johnson is getting ready for his trial.I hope he didn't really rape Mayella Ewell. Everywhere I look someone is hateful. It really brings tears to my eyes that the only honorable man in this town it Atticus.
Jem is really growing up. He's doing adult things and not playing like he used to. We met someone very peculiar today. His name is Mr. Dolphus Raymond. He's white but likes to hang out with the colored people.
Dolphus is always drinking out of a strange paper bag. He is the town drunk and I think that that justifies his actions to other white people. He lives in a large house with a colored woman and mixed children. They say his wife died by firing a rifle with her toes right into her head. He has been drinking ever since. I don't mind him so much. I just wonder how he's act without all of that alcohol.

TKAM#4 Capurnia

The children don’t understand how it is to be one thing and need to act two different ways. I think of myself as a well-balanced woman and I really love the Finch’s but I can’t always act proper. Lula was a brat today. She yelled at me about bringing white children to my black church. Once she left Reverend Sykes collected money for Tim Johnson’s wife and kids. Nobody will hire the poor lady because her husband was accused of rape. It doesn’t help that she’s colored. Most colored folks don’t know how to read or write. I am glad I have that skill. I love working in the Finch house but it’s hard being a mother to my own kids and the Finch kids.

TKAM Journal entry#3 Aunt Alexandria

I always dread those terrible family gatherings. Scout is being raised terribly. She could grow up to be a lady but instead she just runs around in her overalls. Whenever I comment on her appearance she gets mighty defensive. Atticus obviously has a problem without a wife around the house. Instead of playing with dolls and having tea parties but instead she runs around the house with her brother and does a mans work!
It kills me to see a relative of mine so...so boyish! I don't like it one bit. Her own male cousin is more feminine than she is. They are very fond of their uncle. I was never really a child loving woman. Children get on my last nerve. I just want them to be perfect and obedient. They are smelly, unpleasant, and rowdy. I just don't know how to relate to them.

TKAM #2 Scout

Today was an interesting day! As I walked home from school, I found a delicious piece of chewing gum hidden inside my neighbor’s tree, it was so exciting! The gum looked so delectable that I took it home with me. After looking at the chewable treat for a while, I decided to eat it. Everything was going great until Jem got home and saw my gum, he almost immediately asked me where I had gotten it from, and I told him that it was from the hole in the Radleys tree. Jem seemed outraged that I had gotten the gum from someone else’s place, and at first I thought he was just jealous, but Jem is a good person and just wants to do the right thing. I was so afraid of making Jem mad that I spit out my delicious gum when he told me to! Even though I suppose that once I had taken it, the damage had been done.

I’ve been excited about Dill coming back into town for quite a while, but his coming into town was almost a let down, he has been so close with Jem recently that I feel kind of left out. I have been spending time with Maudi Atkinson next door, and her chameleon nature never ceases to amaze me, she is capable (and good at!) so many different things; from gardening to baking, Maudi Atkinson never ceases to amaze!

Due to the constant torment rained down upon me by Jem and Dill, I was peer pressured into trying to get another look at Boo Radley, I really didn’t want to go, but I needed to validate myself to the boys, so I really didn’t have much a choice. As we crept closer and closer to the house, a man in a hat began to come into view, it was then that we heard the sound of a gunshot crack through the air, its tremendous volume ending what we had thought was a great adventure. Our play became serious as quickly as the mysterious man had pulled the trigger on the shotgun. Jem lost his pants because they had gotten caught on the fence, and he had quickly shed them to run… pants are a small price to pay for ones life!

Dill had to leave today, and offered me a kiss as we were now engaged. I wonder what will come of him, I hope he does well!
After dark, Jem snuck out to collect his torn trousers from the Radleys fence, when he arrived he looked shocked. I realized the next morning what is disconcerted look was caused by, his trousers had been crudely patched… this was not the work of a seamstress, but a man. By sneaking out, he had evaded needing to get a new pair of pants! I didn’t like that Atticus ruled our home with some degree of tyranny, and I was disappointed in the past when he cut short our fun time, we had so much fun pretending to be the Radleys! We did collect some great things from that tree though! Jem and I were pretty much unanimous about our prizes from the tree; we got gum, a spelling bee award, and an awesome pocket watch! Summer has been great, and I am looking forward to the next time I get the opportunity to write in my journal again!

TKAM#1-Jem

Dear Journal,

Today my sister gave me a guilt trip about not being able to play with her. I love my sister but there is a time for playing and it's not at school in front of my friends. I was so hesitant to touch the Radley house. I was sure that I would be killed. luckily I ran away fast enough. I am glad that I met Dill. He seems like a pretty nice kid. He definitely keeps Scout and I entertained. It's hard being a big brother sometimes. I know I will always need to protect Her. When I first saw Dill I really thought he was a toddler. He is so puny that I am not sure if he'll ever grow. Scout got in trouble because she defended Walter Cunningham. At least her teacher is good looking. After that she was really rude to him. The kid doesn't have a penny to his name. I prolly would've done the same thing if I was Scout. Walter is a peculiar kid. He put molasses all over his food. I didn't say anything but Scout totally attacked him at the dinner table. Capurnia got really mad at her. Atticus seemed to like Walter a lot. I'm glad to see my father happy. Hopefull Ms.Caroline will come around.

Sincerely,
Jem

The Woman Warrior extra credit book review

The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong was a memoir of a girl growing up in the Chinese culture. It was an interesting book showing the narrator, Maxine Hong, at different stages of her life. She had a very twisted family life and a lot of family related drama. Maxine, her mother, and her aunt were very complex characters.

Maxine, the narrator, was born into Chinese culture and desperately wanted to escape. She was brave, disturbed, or depressed throughout the story. Brave Orchid, Maxine’s mother, was a very intelligent yet close-minded character. She was very protective of her culture and this cause a lot of issues between her and Maxine. Moon Orchid, Maxine’s aunt, was a woman who was betrayed by her estranged husband and this caused Brave Orchid to try and fight back. This situation also caused a lot of Brave Orchid’s paranoia because she thought she would end up like her sister.

This story would often go into the story of someone else. Maxine would tell stories that she made up or she was told in different parts of the book. Sometimes she would tell stories that her mother had told her about her mother’s past. These little stories kept the book very interesting to me.
I loved Maxine’s writing style and how she showed her twisted and/or confused thought process at different points in the book. People from age twelve and up should definitely read this book. It shows the struggles of a new life from all of the characters perspectives.
All in all I really liked this book. It was an interesting memoir and really opened my eyes to Chinese culture. It was a real page-turner and I often didn’t want to put it down. You should definitely read The Woman Warrior.

Woman Warrior#6

Quote#1

"If only I could let my mother know the list, she-and the world-would become more like me, and I would never be alone again." Pg.198-Maxine Hong
I chose this quote because it shows how much guilt she had built up. The page before this quote shows the narrator, Maxine, creating a list of all the bad things she had done in her head. She is explaining how she would like to show her mother the list and get it off of her chest. She is looking back on everything that she had done and wants to gain back the ties she severed with her mother. This counts as a hardship that Maxine had to endure during her new life. She didn't want to be a part of the Chinese culture that she so much hated but she didn't want to be alone.

Personal connection:

I have a personal connection to this quote and part of the story. My family is Jewish. They are not super religious but they are involved in the Jewish community and we celebrate all of the holidays. A year or two ago I decided that I didn't want to be part of a religion. It was not because I had anything against it. It was because I felt like religion in general restricted people from living life to the fullest. I felt like that "my belief is the right belief" stuff wasn't appealing. It is hard to separate from something that your entire family is a part of. Maxine wanting to get away from her Chinese culture is like me wanting to get away from my religion that I was born into.

Why does the narrator invoke Fa Mu Lan and Ts'ai Yen?

Quote#2

"I cut it to make you talk more, not less, you dummy."
Earlier in the chapter Maxine's mother talked about how she cut Maxine's tongue when she was little so that she wouldn't be tongue tied. Maxine thought of this as her mother's way of getting her to stop talking when it was really to get her to talk more. Maxine's mother seemed like she only verbally abused and hurt her feelings because that is what the Chinese do. That was part of their culture so Maxine's mother justified it.


Why does the author never give her name in the narrator’s tales?

Museum Reflections

The purpose of going to this museum was to learn about Jews in America. Many people don’t know how much Jews have contributed to pop culture in America. In the early days nobody would hire Jewish people for media or entertainment. Many people were very skeptical and thought that Jewish people were no good dirty money hogs just because they were successful and intellectual. Jews were put down a lot in the older days but still managed to rise to great things. Some of the greatest minds and talents in history were Jewish such as Albert Einstein who discovered the theory of relativity and Barbara Streisand who is one of the most famous singers of all time. Jews have also influenced culture greatly in America. They were the creators of bagels! Jewish people also started great cities like Las Vegas. This exhibit took us through a timeline of Jewish history and it was a truly interesting experience. With my family being Jewish I knew about most of the stuff but I liked sharing the experience with my peers.
“One may say 'the eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility'.”-Albert Einstein.

I chose a picture of a woman sitting at a piano with her head down. I chose this painting because it had an artistic and melancholy vibe to it. It was a painting that you could look at for a half an hour and come up with an entire story for that sad looking woman. I felt like the piano symbolized the beauty of this country and all the wonders it can bring to you but her head down meant she was struggling. She was struggling to figure out how to make the music and how to explore all of the wonders. The photo was also in black and white, which could show the black and white of her situation. It basically showed me just in one photograph how hard it could be to be an immigrant. It was a truly remarkable photograph to me and I almost didn’t want to leave it.
“I believe as an individual I can help America achieve its goals I remember last year I helped collect canned foods for the soup kitchen Also I had raised money when the twin towers fell I believe things like this may seem little but can amount to larger and bigger things” Zainab Sozzer, Pakistan. I chose this quote because it shows how much just one person can make a change. By accepting everyone into this country we can all make a difference. Every single one of us.
"The greatest thing I hope for in my life is to become a successful person and to have a family and friends to support me, not to be looked at by just the color of my skin but who I am inside."
-Samira Durakovic, Yugaslavia. I chose this quote because everyone should see through Samira’s eyes. The color of your skin doesn’t matter. Everyone needs to learn to coexist just as people. Society has separated people by their color instead of just focusing on what people they themselves will become.

Extra Credit Museum Reflection

One caricature that I found disturbing was the caricature titled “A bunch of little problems.” This was disturbing to me because they showed babies of every ethnicity being burdens or problems to Americans. Americans definitely didn’t view other ethnicities well. They were especially harsh about the Irish. A lot of cartoons showed the Irish being rude and disrespectful. They also viewed Jewish men as people with large noses. They also showed African Americans as servants or less intelligent people. A lot of the cartoons were very rude.
A caricature that I thought was humorous and enjoyable was one of the poem/pictures. There was a small hand drawn picture that had four people of different ethnicities in a square. The reading of the picture went counter clockwise and all of the little cartoon drawings had a speech bubble. When you read all of the speech bubbles counter clockwise it created a poem. I thought is was funny that they wrote all of the bubbles in English but spelled it in different ways as if all of the different little characters spoke in different accents. There were about four little pictures on the wall that were all humorous and fun to read.
Although some of the caricatures were funny or offensive there were also ones that were pro immigration. There was a picture of a song called “It’s not about where you’re from It’s who you are.” That seemed like it was written for a peace movement. I enjoyed reading the lyrics and I agreed with them. It was one of the only things in the exhibit that was positive and showed that you should accept everyone for who they are despite what their ethnicity is. I really enjoyed this exhibit and I think everyone should visit.

Immigration Project Reflection

I really liked my literature circle book. I was happy with my book choice because as a woman I felt like I connected with all of the female characters. I learned a lot about what went on in Asia during Maxine's young adulthood and how children were sold as slaves so that their parents could afford food. I liked seeing my group's thoughts on the subject of slavery and their perspectives on the characters.
I like dialectical journals better because the format is easier to follow for me. I didn’t like blogging because technology isn’t always reliable and it can fail you. I like meetings better I think they are more interactive. I had problems remembering to actually get online. I often just wanted to pick up a DJ. Blogging was harder to focus on. My group members were very good at their character analysis. When I looked at their posts I often thought of the book in another way and appreciated them for enlightening me.
When I was thinking about my painting I knew that I wanted it to be unique and creative. Instead of being blunt and obvious I painted an abstract painting that was also filled with symbolism. I don’t know if there was a connection that was clearly made between my art piece and the literature I read. Certain symbols and colors show a lot of the character’s emotions and struggles throughout the book but if I didn’t paint the piece and I was looking at it I wouldn’t know it was from that particular book.
I liked the final product of my painting. I thought it was creative and well thought out. I think lighter colors around the words in my painting would enhance the quality of my painting. Reflecting my LC novel with art was a great way to really capture the main ideas of the book. I learned exactly how to capture my book.
The interview process went pretty well. It was a little bit rough because my interviewee was gone a lot and was going through some drama. I thought the three-time interview process was rigorous but it was a good way to get to know the interviewee and get all of the information I needed.
I learned that when my interviewee came to America the first thing she thought about was how far away everything was from each other. I learned that the first time she came here to visit was when she was fourteen. I also learned that she had a lot of problems with her family.
This unit really showed me how different every single immigrant’s experience was. It showed me exactly what they had to go through to get here and how many people would kill to be in my place right now.

Woman Warrior #5

QUOTE:
"Chinese people are very weird."--page 158, nieces and nephews of Moon Orchid
SIGNIFICANCE:
This quote relates to question 7. How do Americans treat the characters? American born nieces and nephews thought that the stories and behavior of their Chinese aunt was strange. They failed to realize that their aunt, overwhelmed in the new country, was going crazy. They generalized her abnormal behavior to all Chinese people.
PERSONAL CONNECTION:
I often find that I think things of a certain culture based on one person's actions. I try not to do that and catch myself when I create a stereotype. But it's difficult to not generalize when one knows little of another culture.
QUESTION:
Do you believe in stereotypes?
QUOTE:
"Brave Orchid's daughters decided fiercely that they would never let men be unfaithful to them. All her children made up their minds to major in science and mathematics."--page 160, narrator
SIGNIFICANCE:
This quote connects to question 5. What hardships do the characters endure as they make a new life? The narrator's aunt has gone crazy and ended up without a husband. As a result of this sad story, narrator and her siblings decided to educate themselves to be self-reliant and to maintain the interest of their spouse. The hardships of the aunt shaped the future of her family.
PERSONAL CONNECTION:
I think that education is important. It gives you something to hold on to. It's a way to be resilient in the face of obstacles.
I plan to go to a university and depend on myself.
QUESTION:
Is education important? Why or why not?

Woman Warrior #4

QUOTE: " But she never told him that she wanted to come to the Untied States. She waited for him to suggest it, but he never did. Nor did she tell him that her sister had been working for years to transport here here."--page 124, narrator
SIGNIFICANCE:
This quote relates to question 1. Why have the characters in your book come to America? The author's aunt, Moon Orchid, came to the United States to be with her family. Her husband has supported her life for thirty years by sending money to China, but he never asked his wife to come and live with him in the States. Finally she decided, with the help of her sister and daughter, to make the journey to America without his help.
PERSONAL CONNECTION:
I think that distance is a very difficult thing for families. I have family in Florida and New York. It's difficult sometimes, when I would like to see them, but the money or time is an obstacle.
QUESTION:
Why do you think that Moon Orchid's husband never asked her to fly to the United States to be with him?
QUOTE:
"He looked directly at Moon Orchid the way savages looked, looking for lies. "what do you want?" he asked."--page 152, narrator and Moon Orchid's husband
SIGNIFICANCE:
This quote talks about the way Moon Orchid's husband reacted after seeing her for the first time in thirty years. It answers question 4. What challenges do the characters face upon their arrival? Moon Orchid has a husband who wants nothing to do with her. She is stuck depending on her sister and children for companionship.
CHARACTER JUDGEMENT:
Moon Orchid's husband is cold and seems uncaring. He started a new life in the United States, remarried, and forgot about his first wife. He offered to continue giving Moon Orchid money, but emotionally he wants nothing to do with her. I think that he acted without honor and tired to blend in with the American way too much. He should have divorced Moon Orchid.
QUESTION:
Why did moon Orchid's husband offer to continue paying her money even though he had a new life?

Woman Warrior #3

QUOTE:
"Eight year olds were about twenty dollars. Five year olds were ten dollars and up. Two year olds were about five dollars. Babies were free. During the war, though, when you were born, many people gave older girls away for free. And here I was in the United States paying two hundred dollars for you."--page 83, Brave Orchid
SIGNIFICANCE:
This quote has to do with question number 5. What hardships do the characters endure as they make a new life? The author of the book relates a conversation she had with her mother, Brave Orchid, about the way life was back in China. The mother is explaining to the author about how slave trade worked in China and how little value girls had back in her homeland. The reason why this quote relates to the question is that the author feels distant from her mother and has difficulty accepting western way of life while still respecting and understanding her mother's traditions.
PERSONAL CONNECTION:
This quote made me think of how difficult women and children have it in various parts of the world. In United States we take children's and women's rights for granted. I am a strong woman who got to choose her own path. I feel very privileged.
QUESTION:
What kind of emotions does this quote stir in you? Why?
QUOTE:
"My mother has cooked for us: raccoons, skunks, hawks, city pigeons, wild ducks, wild geese, black-skinned bantams, snakes, garden snails..."--page 90, narrator
SIGNIFICANCE:
This quote relates to question number 6. How do the characters maintain their cultural ties to their homeland while living in America? In this passage the mother is shown to cook foods unusual by American standards. In that way she retains cultural ties with her homeland. Although Brave Orchid is far from home, her cooking is a way to remind herself and her children of China.
PERSONAL CONNECTION:
This quote made me think of all the foods my mom cooks that are traditional to my culture. We eat latkas, gefelta fish, etc.
Food is a huge part of my culture, even if it seems strange to those who are not Jewish.
QUESTION:
What are some dishes that are important to your family? Why are they important?

Woman Warrior #2

QUOTE:
"We had lost males before, cousins and uncles would were conscripted into armies or bonded as apprentices, who are almost as lowly as slave girls." - page 33, narrator
SIGNIFICANCE:
This quote shows a hardship that Maxine had to face. Her mother said she would be a wife and slave and she is comparing some of the males with how lowly women were thought of. Apprentices were equivalent to slaves. This always shows how hard it would be to be in Maxine's shoes because of how many people she has lost.
PERSONAL CONNECTION:
I can't connect personally with this quote because I have not been in her position. I can relate by saying that people that I know can be belittled and thought of as lower than they are.
QUESTION:
Do you think Maxine will be able to survive?
QUOTE:
"I am useless, one more girl who couldn’t be sold. When I visit the family now, I wrap my American successes around me like a private shawl."-- page 42, narrator
SIGNIFICANCE:
This shows that she protects herself with her success. She very insecure. She thinks she's useless so she uses America as a cover.
PERSONAL CONNECTION:
I can connect to this because I can be very insecure at times too. Sometimes I try to find things that I can shield myself with.
QUESTION:
How do you mask you insecurities?

The Woman Warrior #1

QUOTE:
"On the fourth and fifth days, my eyesight sharp with hunger, I saw deer and used their trails when our ways coincided. Where the deer nibbled, I gathered the fungus, the fungus of immortality."--page 25. narrator
SIGNIFICANCE:
This is a hardship the main character needed to endure as they attempted to make a new life. You could see how hungry she was and she gathered the fungus for nutrients. She is doing what she needs to survive.
PERSONAL CONNECTION:
I would definitely do the same thing if I was put in this position. She seems like a fighter and I could definitely be categorized as a fighter. This character is strong, but is also fearful and fearless at the same time. She is fearful but is also fearless when she needs to be. I feel that I am the same way.
QUESTION:
Would you do extreme things to survive?

Immigration

An immigrant is a person traveling from one country to another. An immigrant can want to leave there home for any reason. It could be anything from economic turmoil to a simple family feud. Immigrants don’t have to travel to another country for a specific reason.
Like we say America is the home of the free. In countries in the Middle East people are being killed for their beliefs and women have no rights. Our country has so much opportunity that most of the other countries don’t have. We also are able to vote for our leader unlike some countries who are ruled by a dictatorship.
The U.S is very diverse in culture. In fact the U.S is probably the most diverse of all countries. We have very many languages that we learn and speak. We have every kind of food from all around the worlds. We have so much more freedom than other countries and our laws are enforced with great power.
My ancestors emigrated from Eastern Europe. I am part Polish, part Russian, and part Czechoslovakian. I have two friends that immigrated from Poland.

CAPS PRACTICE

CORRECTED: This weekend is the Super Bowl. The teams playing are the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers. I really wanted the Philadelphia Eagles to go to the Super Bowl because Donovan McNabb deserves a ring. All he has is his Campbell’s Chunky Soup commercials.
ORIGINAL: this weekend is the super bowl. the teams playing are the arizona cardinals and the pittsburgh steelers. i really wanted the philadelphia eagles to go to the super bowl because donovan mcnabb deserves a ring. all he has is his campell’s chunky soup commercials.

Book review: Farenheit 451

BOOK REVIEW
By: Cara Potiker




Fahrenheit 451 was in my opinion a fantastic novel. The book was about a fireman named Guy Montag. This book took place in the future so the firemen started fires instead of putting them out. In the beginning Guy liked his job and was perfectly content with his life. Instead of learning kids took TV classes and people changed history. Everything was perfectly fine until Clarisse came. Clarisse was a teenage girl that Guy met on the way home from work one night. Clarisse opened his eyes to thousands of possibilities about the past and the future. Montag started to question life and not just follow along mindlessly with the others.
This book was written in third person. I really loved how Ray BradBury developed the characters. As the book goes on you can see how tortured Guy Montag is with his life, his wife, and his job. Everything was happy on the outside but he needed change on the inside. The plot was incredible to me. Firemen that start fires, television classes instead of a curriculum, a man that is tired of his life so he explores his mind. Reading in this book is illegal. The firemen start fires to get rid of books and people who read are arrested. This whole weird future was made to try to bring peace but little did they know that Guy Montag would rebel.
This book drew me in since the very first page. I didn't want to stop after my required pages of reading each night. In this book when the author showed Guy's though process and the way he was questioning life showed me a lot about the authors writing style and intellect. It was very interesting to see how the though process of the characters changed throughout the book. Guy was definitely a strong character and I really learned to like him throughout this book.
I highly recommend this book for fourteen and up. The vocabulary and story line may be too confusing if you're younger. I give this book a ten out of ten. I though it was definitely worth reading. If you want a book that will pull you in and hold you until the very end I would pick up Farenheit 451.
This book was fantastic. It was written fifty years ago and the world still doesn’t look like it does in the futuristic setting of the book. It keeps you wondering if the future will ever be like that. A must read in my opinion. It will open your eyes to hundreds of possibilities about what the future holds.