Maggot Moon Book Report

“You see, the what ifs are as boundless as the stars.” (p.1) Maggot Moon starts off with a mysterious phrase, leaving the readers in question. Sally Gardner, the author, has written and illustrated many books even with dyslexia. Maggot Moon is a novel that reflects back to the past. It has simple words and short chapters which makes it easier to comprehend, despite the fact that it is not in chronological order. The book is written in first person, which gives the reader a stronger perspective of the main character, Standish. The conflict between Standish and Motherland reminded me of several conflicts that happened in the real world too. Standish, the main character of the book, lives in zone seven in Motherland which is not a very nice place. Deserting Standish with grandfather, his parents vanished and were never seen again. He was getting bullied in school until a new neighbor, Hector moved in. Hector defended Standish and eventually, they became best friends. But one day, Hector disappeared, which left Standish in chaos. At the same time, Motherland had a mission going on, a moon landing space mission. It was everywhere. Standish, who “can’t read, can’t write” (p.3), figures something suspicious about this mission. He decides to reveal the boundless secrets of …show more content…
This reminded me of us now. I am a citizen of the Republic of Korea, and I think we, Korean citizens, are also somewhat brainwashed by the government. One example is where beginning from 2017, Korea is changing all history textbooks for middle and high school to national textbooks. Even though they are not out yet, people are assuming they are going to be biased and have limited information. I think this is one example of the government brainwashing the people, which ties into the real