I read your book The Watcher. I’ve only read a few interesting books and your book, is one of them. While reading, I saw and visualized many parts of this book. Your book made me wonder. I thought about many things during my time reading your book. It also taught me numerous life lessons. Along with learning, I went through a rollar coaster of emotions throughout the entire book. While I was reading your book, I visualized the different settings. I visualized the sandy beach, crowded streets, and Margaret’s mysterious old house. Objects are the main things I9visualized. The three main objects I frequently visualized were Evan’s kite, his sunglasses, and the broken shell. I visualized his kite a lot because he seemed to care about it a lot.
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Something that Evan’s mother once thought was perfect, had broken. Her marriage. The shell she found on the beach, was broken. Instead of spending time wishing something was perfect, embrace the beauty that is already there. This part opened my eyes. Not everything can be perfect including myself. This had a really big impact on me. I've always heard people say “You're perfect just the way you are” or “Everybody's unique in their own way” and I understood them, I just never felt like it was true. I was always stuck on looking like everyone else and being perfect. I didn't like many things about myself. My ears were one of the less important problems I had with myself. I used to roll them down and think if I held them there long enough, they would stay. Of course that didn't work. I feel like so many of my peers focus on their imperfections, that they overlook the beauty that is already there. I guess we’re all like broken shells wishing to be perfect …show more content…
My first reason is because it made me think about the amount of children that get abused by their guardians and shunned by their peers. Its terrifying to think about the children who are overlooked and have to continue to live their lives like that. This book reminded me of another book called “A Child Called It”. In both books a child is being abused and they’re disliked by the people around them just because of the way they look. I also thought about how people judge others based on their appearance or how the person seems to act. People assume things about you because of how you dress or who you choose to interact with. They even judge you on things you can't change like your family or your ethnicity. Throughout your story many of the characters didn't help Margaret. They created opinions on her before even knowing he first name. They based their opinions on her off of their assumptions. They assumed but never even spoke one word to her.
One message I got from your book is don’t judge a book by its cover. We learned this in lower school. Along with that we had the five finger rule. For this rule you had to read a couple of pages and put up a finger for each word you didn’t know. If someone had 1 finger up it was too easy. If they had 2-3 fingers up it was just right and 5 or more, it was too difficult. I’ve always understood that message for when you pick out a book. Your book taught
Something that Evan’s mother once thought was perfect, had broken. Her marriage. The shell she found on the beach, was broken. Instead of spending time wishing something was perfect, embrace the beauty that is already there. This part opened my eyes. Not everything can be perfect including myself. This had a really big impact on me. I've always heard people say “You're perfect just the way you are” or “Everybody's unique in their own way” and I understood them, I just never felt like it was true. I was always stuck on looking like everyone else and being perfect. I didn't like many things about myself. My ears were one of the less important problems I had with myself. I used to roll them down and think if I held them there long enough, they would stay. Of course that didn't work. I feel like so many of my peers focus on their imperfections, that they overlook the beauty that is already there. I guess we’re all like broken shells wishing to be perfect …show more content…
My first reason is because it made me think about the amount of children that get abused by their guardians and shunned by their peers. Its terrifying to think about the children who are overlooked and have to continue to live their lives like that. This book reminded me of another book called “A Child Called It”. In both books a child is being abused and they’re disliked by the people around them just because of the way they look. I also thought about how people judge others based on their appearance or how the person seems to act. People assume things about you because of how you dress or who you choose to interact with. They even judge you on things you can't change like your family or your ethnicity. Throughout your story many of the characters didn't help Margaret. They created opinions on her before even knowing he first name. They based their opinions on her off of their assumptions. They assumed but never even spoke one word to her.
One message I got from your book is don’t judge a book by its cover. We learned this in lower school. Along with that we had the five finger rule. For this rule you had to read a couple of pages and put up a finger for each word you didn’t know. If someone had 1 finger up it was too easy. If they had 2-3 fingers up it was just right and 5 or more, it was too difficult. I’ve always understood that message for when you pick out a book. Your book taught