Most important line in my book

             I'm reading The Scorch Trials by James Dashner, which is the second book in The Maze Runner series. It picks up exactly where the book and movie left off. This book is a really intense book with a plethora of action. Personally I enjoy all the action that's happening in the book. I'm more motivated to read so I can find out what happens next. There's so many things happening at once and so many new characters introduced that it's hard to choose only one important line. Since I have to pick just one, the most important line in my book would probably have to be:

"Teresa Agnes. Group A, Subject A1.

The Betrayer." (Dashner 15)

 

                This line to me just sets the whole book in motion. Of course if you've read the first book your attention will immediately go to this line, but even if you haven't the bold font catches your eye almost instantaneously. The quote is towards the beginning of the book so I think its a great way to hook a reader into the book. I like that after this quote the book leaves you guessing. All you find out is this information and then you don't find what it means or why it's there until the end of the book. I really liked the fact that it was mysterious. The book moves on pretty quickly though, so you don't have much time to speculate over what it means. Honestly this line was one of the things that kept me reading. I wanted to find out what that line meant so I kept reading and by the time I found out what the line meant I couldn't stop reading because I was hooked to the book. I'm really excited they're turning it into a movie! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/21/maze-runner-sequel-premiere_n_5857998.html



Text-to-Society second memoir

John before the medication.

John after taking the medication.

               My second memoir is called Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin. In this book John is a reporter and he decides to take medication that will make his skin black. The reason for that is that he wanted to
personally experience how white people treat Negros. So he travels down south to New Orleans and Mississippi as a Negro for about a month. Along the way he experienced many hardships including walking miles just for a drink of water, not being allowed to use the restroom wherever, and giving up seats on a bus so white passengers can sit down. Throughout the book his desire to make a change gets stronger and stronger.

                What I've realized from reading my book is that while whites may have seemed really nice, when it comes to the Negros they have a nasty and sometimes abusive side. Not all whites were like this but the majority were. I think because of the negativity coming off white people, Negros return that hatred and negativity. This ends up being one big circle of hate. The cycle won't end unless the whites act like the bigger person and give the Negros the rights they deserve. Aside from skin color, they have similar virtues and priorities.

                 Still today the Negros sometimes don't get treated as first class citizens. Take the Michael Brown incident for example. A white police officer shot him because the police officer said "his hands weren't up", even though video evidence proves they were. Many people believe the police officer shot Michael because of his prejudice towards Negros. http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/10/us/ferguson-michael-brown-shooting-witnesses/index.html?iref=allsearch