I am reading the book Life as We Knew It by Susan Pfeffer and there are social issues in this book that come up throughout the book like how the scientists underestimated the force of the moon and they didn’t warn people to get ready for it instead they miscalculated and lots of the people are dead. I wonder if our scientists can be wrong about something or miscalculate something that would put us in danger…
Another issue is when the world is in chaos (from a meteor hitting the moon and moving the moon off its axis) that you start to wonder if the world ever ends up like that will the police and firefighters be there for us or will abandon us. Like in the book when Miranda went looking for the police (when she saw boys looting in the town) to tell them this but there weren’t any at the police department and when she tried the fire department there wasn’t anyone there either. So I guess in a world like I start to think of this saying everyone for themselves, and so far in this book I’m seeing more and more of that. Also an example of this is when at the hospital Miranda couldn’t go in to get peter (a doctor) to help her mom until her brother matt showed up and the guards knew him so they let him in even though Miranda was there for like 3 hours.
So I think this book is a good example of how things could just go wrong and how people could be so selfish sometimes.
You line of thought is creepy! You put a lot of thought (maybe too much thought) into your writing and used a text to world/life connections. I haven't really used this technique in a while and it might do me some good. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI read that book as well. It was amazing! I like your connections and I think your really good at character analyzing. (:
ReplyDeleteI loved how you pointed out that we shouldn't always rely on others (police, firemen) because when we really need them, they might not be there. You have to be self sufficient. Great job Michelle!
ReplyDeletei liked tha this artilce sort of had a lesson to it. it really makes me want to read the book
ReplyDeleteI read this book also. I didn't like it very much because of Miranda's perspective. But you dug deep below the surface of the book. It makes me want to reread it.
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