Revolutionary War

Author's Note: In Social Studies we are learning about the Revolutionary War. We had to read a book that took place during the Revolutionary War, I read the book Give Me Liberty. Then we watched a movie that took place during the war called The Patriot. After we watched the movie we had to write an essay comparing the two. I worked on using more advanced transitions in my body paragraphs.

Through the novel Give Me Liberty contains true events from the time period of the Revolutionary War, the book contains even more events that did not occur in history, so it is realistic fiction. The book is very similar to the movie The Patriot, which is also about the Revolutionary War. In the book Give Me Liberty thirteen-year-old Nathaniel Dunn is an indentured servant laboring on a tobacco plantation in colonial Virginia. Life is hard, and it’s about to get harder when Nathaniel is sold.  (Elliot)On the other hand in the movie The Patriot, ashamed of his savagery during the French and Indian War, Benjamin Martin, one of the main characters, decided he would sit out the American Revolution, while his oldest son Gabriel enlisted minutes after South Carolina joined the fight. (Emmerich) There are many similarities between the book and the movie and there are some differences too.

Some of the similarities between the book and the movie is one of the main characters is a boy. Another similarity is they both joined the war young, Nathaniel had just turned 14 and Gabriel was 17. Towards the end of the book and the movie some of the British soldiers burned down houses, stores, and churches, with people in them. Also if the slaves wanted freedom they had to fight in the army for 12 months. In The Patriot  and in Give Me Liberty  people had to make chairs, tables, desks and many more things by hand. (Elliot) (Emmerich)

From the similarities comes the differences. There were only a few differences, for example, in the book Give Me Liberty Nathaniel and one of the boys he worked with had gunpowder plot day, where you throw all the tea in a huge bonfire and watch it burn (Elliot) Another difference was that in The Patriot Benjamin Martin had to fight in the war alongside Gabriel and be there for his 5 other children and in the book Nathaniel doesn't have any other siblings. (Elliot) (Emmerich)

In conclusion, there are many similarities than differences between these two characters in the book and the movie. Even though Gabriel was 18 and Nathaniel was 14, it showed how much they wanted to fight for their freedom! 

Courage, Bravery, and Determination

 Author's Note: This essay is about the themes in Midnight Sun and how it relates to Martin Luther King Junior and the book Touching Spirit Bear. In this essay the introduction is about Midnight Sun and the thesis is about how it can relate to everyone can relate to in life. In the second paragraph it talks about the main character Edward and how he wants to drink Bella's blood. The third and fourth paragraph is the relation to the themes one is about a person and the other is a book. 

Imagine yearning for someone’s blood so much it feels like someone is ripping you from the inside out.  Every day you struggle to even be in the same room with them, as your mind spins uncontrollably. As the days pass by, the monster inside of you craves for their blood, but you manage to be by them. In the book Midnight Sun, by Stephanie Meyer, the main character Edward experienced various difficulties trying to control his thirst when he’s around Bella Swan. The author demonstrates three major themes in this book: courage and bravery, determination, and justice that people can relate to in life.

Edward, the main character in the book Midnight Sun, which is Edward Cullen’s point of view of  the book Twilight, was so determined about killing Bella. He ran all the different ways he could kill her and not leave any evidence. The monster inside of him was so eager to taste the innocent humans’ blood and if he did taste her blood he wouldn't be able to stop until she would die. In result of killing Bella, everyone in the Cullen family would be very disappointed and they all will have to flee Forks, Washington and start a new life somewhere else. With this, he was portraying determination, he was set on killing her and tasting her blood.

Some of the greatest people in history got very far in life because they were determined, courageous and ended up fulfilling whatever they set their mind to. For example, Martin Luther King Junior, he became a pastor at a church in Georgia 1954, which was during the time of segregation. After a couple years he was sick of being treated differently just because of his skin color. That was when he started the civil rights movement and in Washington DC he gave his “I Have a Dream” speech. He was determined to influence people to not be judgmental. He was also very courageous and brave to stand up and speak in front of tons and tons of people, and not only is he the symbolic leader of American blacks but also a world figure.

This book, Midnight Sun, and the themes in it also relate to the book Touching Spirit Bear. In Touching Spirit Bear, Cole was determined to kill the spirit bear on the island. After the bear mauls Cole over and he is taken to recover  Cole is brave enough to return to the island to finish his banishment.  Cole receives justice after he realizes that killing the spirit bear won’t make him feel any better.  

Edward had to overcome his urge to drink Bella’s blood in which took courage. In result of not killing Bella he felt the need to protect her and that led to him falling in love with her. Martin Luther King Jr.  was determined to have everyone be treated the same  as equals whether you were African American, Hispanic, Asian, German, or Caucasian. Cole from Touching Spirit bear found justice when he realized anger is not the answer to all his problems.  Bravery, determination, and justice are themes throughout the world  that can relate to people in life and in books.  

Edward and Bella (compare and contrast)