Summer Reading

During the summer break of 2013 I’ve read multiple books, but I think two books really stood out to me. I’ve read books that are about making making a difference in society. The main character in each story has something different in themselves which makes them unique. Each character stands up for what they believe in and they won't let nothing knock down their confidence.

The first story is “Warriors don’t cry” by Melba Pattillo Beals. In Melba Beals “Warriors don’t cry” sixteen year old Melba Beals was one of the nine teenagers that integrated an all white school called Central High School in 1957. Melba was excited about her education, it’s just the student’s behavior at Central High that turned her down. Melba was taunted by many students and adults that had a different thoughts about equality. 

In school Melba was a warrior because she let nobody take control over her. She used the act of persevering to get throughout her day. She was called many names that made her temper go up, but she knew getting mad or into a fight will result in her getting kicked out of the school. In addition, Melba was receiving death notes which resulted in her getting injured in gym, acid being sprayed in her eyes etc. Melba has taught me to always have courage, faith, and refuse to back down when in a problem and it should encourage others to do the same.

The second book I’ve read is “Ender’s Game” by Orson Scott Card. The book Ender’s Game introduces a young child that has made a serious difference in his society. Where he's from you can only have a certain amount of children which is two and Ender is a third. Government officials wouldn’t allow that, but they had a deep and different feeling about Ender Wiggin. When a man named Colonial Graff stepped in front of Ender's home to inform him about attending Battle school. Ender was worried about leaving his family behind especially his brother Peter and his sister Valentine, but they encouraged him to go off. Therefore he was recruited to defend Earth from alien species known as the buggers. First Ender was apart of the launch crew, second he was apart of the Salamander Army then traded to the Rats army. Ender had noticed that the children in the launch crew was treated unfairly and so Ender decided to do something which was to give them all lessons on everything that he learned in the battlefield. Colonial Graff then gave Ender the opportunity to become a commander in the Dragons Army. 

Ender practiced so much with his team that he actually became one of the best crews to complete a substantial amount of task given.Throughout Ender’s career he also had to deal with being bullied and nobody would take him seriously because of the number of child he was. Many people called him a thirdie, but that name hasn’t stopped him from succeeding as a soldier. Ender was even traded from the Salamander army into the Rats army because the commander disliked Ender, the commander noticed that he was improving in battle without any official training. In fact Ender has spent so much time in the Battle room that he actually defeated the Buggers with confidence and without notice.

These two stories that I’ve read during the summer has taught me so much about how to take care of situations without getting overwhelmed. In addition, I've learned to persevere through difficult situations that can hurt. Finally, these stories taught me it’s okay to be different and stand up for what I believe in such as equality.