I'm currently reading "The Perks of being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbowsky. This book is a series of letters, that Charlie is writing to a person who is yet to be revealed. This book is mainly talking about Charlie's experiences in Highschool and how his two new friends Patrick and Sam are helping hm experience new events each day. However, there are many issues in the book such as drugs, and relationships.
 
    Charlie and his new friends; brother and sister Sam and Patrick, don't take life very seriously. They go out a lot, and when they do all they focus on is drinking, smoking pot, and sex. Charlie has been sucked into a life he never really lived through before. At such a young age, he's already getting high and drinking all night long. I find Charlie to be a follower. nstead of speaking his mind and saying no for once, he goes along with them and accepts all that they do. I think Charlie is just trying to remain friends with them. I think this because, since his best friend Michael commited suicide he doesn't really have anyone else. So when he got the oppurtunity to become friends with these two very out-going people, who attend parties every week and do drugs he obviously took it. During one party, the host Bob gave Charlie a pot browny, which he later got high on. I think that as juniors Samn and Patrick are setting really bad examples for charlie whose only a freshmen! I understand you want to party and enjoy your teenage years, but they go too far.

  Another major issue that shows up in the book quite often is relationships. I can definitely tell that Charlie's relationship with his Aunt Helen is definitely the most important and meaningful one. At one point Charlie says "My Aunt Helen was my favorite person in the world." I definitely feel that Charlie cares for his Aunt more than he does for anyone else. I also think that Helen was a mother figure to him, because Charlie never talked about his mother the way he talks about Helen. The relationship Charlie has with his mom is quite simple actually. So far I haven't gotten a chance to discover the true personality of the mother. From what I know, she's a very quiet a person and isn't very involved in the arguments. Charlie has so much more feelings and thoughts on Aunt Helen rather than his mom. This makes me think that Aunt Helen was there for Charlie more. Charlie talks about the fantastic times when his Aunt would let him stay up late to watch Saturday Night live. And how it would be so much fun spending time with his Aunt when his mother and father went to parties. I really believe that Aunt Helen was a mother figure to Charlie, and will still remain one, because they shared moments such as watching Saturday Night Live and just spending time with eachother, that he never really got to experience with his mother.

    I found the major problems in this book to be drugs and relatosnhips. All Charlie wants to do is have his friends. So weather it's drugs or pot he's never down. And his relationship with his Aunt Helen is really showed more, rather than his relationship with his mom, dad, brother os sister. Throughout the book, I could really feel how much Charlie loved his Aunt, and how she is his role model. I just find Charlie to still be a little kid. He doesn't understand anything thats currently happening in his life, and saying yes to everything that could potentially hurt him. I'm looking forward to see weather Charlie does go through some changes, and becomes a better teenager.

                                   Man jailed for selling albino children to witchdoctors.

     28- year old Nathan Mutei, who lives in northwest Tanzania sells albino children for a living. For almost a decade 53 albinos were killed in witchcraft, so their bodies could be used for potions that were believed to bring good luck and "prosperity" in life. People who are born with albinism, lack pigment in their skin. Their hair, skin, and eyes.
    
     Mutei has only been sentenced for 17 years. I highly diagree with this. Mutei has been killing poor Albino children who have done him no wrong, and he's been selling their body parts for witchcraft. He should be sentenced to life, because he's hurting another humain being and disposing of their bodies. Mutei's last abduction was to seel an Almbino man for 400 million Tenzanian shillings, and he pleaded guilty to that in court.

   What is the reason for abducted these albino children you ask? Not all of it is about the money, claims have been made that the potions will bring the client good luck in love,life, and business. Albino hunters kill the poor victims and (very disturbing) harvest their blood and their body parts such as hair, and limbs for the potions. Witchdpctors tell the hunters and clients that the body parts will bring so much positivity into their life, that all go ahead and commit the unthinkable.

    There are 170,000 albinos living in Tanzania, and each and every one is fighting each day for their lives. Since 2007 there have been atleast 57 albinos killed for thier body parts. to be sold to witchcraft.

    Mutei tried to lure his latest Albino victim Robinson Mkwana into going all the way to Kenya with him. Mutei told him that there were very well paying jobs in Keny, and that he should go with him. However, all Mutei was trying to do was trade Robinson in for some potion to make his life "happy."

   In East Africa the threat of Albinos being abducted for their body parts, is very popular actually. People in East Africa believe that the bodies of the Albinos have magical powers. Nathan Mutei will be serving in jail for a while, because he failed at paying a fine of 80 million shillings for all the horrible trouble he had caused.

  In my opinion, I find this topic very devastating. No matter if the person is Albino, or blue, or yellow, or green, or has magical powers, they're still living on Earth. So why kill a human being that has done absolutely nothing to you? I find it unbelievable reading that people kill Albinos for a potion that can make them "happy". I know for sure that, that potion is as fake as they are. And even if the potion did bring you happiness, why would someone ever kill a person! I think this topic should be taken care of, because Albinos aren't much different then the rest of us. I also believe that Mutei should serve life in prison, because he killed so many poor people whove done him no harm!

Mockingbird

      I just finished the book Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine. Throughout the book Caitlyn's main challenge was too find closure. She didn't quit the tantrums, and the yells, or fights until she got it. At the end of the day Caitlyn and her dad earned closure by finishing up Devon's chest that he started right before his death. Throughout the book, the chest signified closure, and after it was redone Caithlyn's world is finally "normal" again.
   
        The social action question I will be answering today is "How does this text make you think about the justice in the world?" I personally think it could go either way. At some points in the book I am far from believing that justice will be served, but at tohers parts Caitlyn is finally getting treated for who she is not just her Asperger's syndrome. For example when Caithlyn put her mind on making new friends, everyone turned their back to her. As she approached each and every person in the caffeteria to see if she could sit with them and become their friend, they turned their back at her. Everyone laughed at Caithlyn, and even straight up told her "they don't want to be her friend,because she is weird." In my opinion, I find this far from justice. Too me justice in this book would have to be when Caithlyn makes friends with people her age, who see her for herself not her sydnrome.

    However, I found this book to have some justice too. During gym, when Caitlyn wasn't understanding her teacher (she has trouble communicating with others due to her syndrome), and when she didn't want to put on a yellow pinnie because it was too "colorful" things got ot of control. Her gym teacher was so mad to the point where he even said " Why do they give me all the autistis kids" in front of everybody! I found this really really really pathetic and rude. Caitlyn's syndrome is what holds her back in making friends, and experiencing many wonderful things, so there should be no reason for him to say something so personal and hurtful. However afterwards, Emily and her friends ( the rude and obnoxious group who always eliminated Caitlyn from all activities) rushed to the prinicipals office to tell her what he had said. I found this to be very kind of them. It is amazing to see a group of people to go from being cold hearted to actually caring for someone they never approved of. I think that one small action of telling the prinicpal how unkind the comment was, does show that they're trying to becomes friends with Caithlyn.

   In this book, there isn't anyone in particular who brings justice. But I believe that it was Emma and her group who brought most of the justice. At the end of the book, while most people still had many doubts about Caithlyn and didn't accept her, Emma lend her a hand and actually invited her to join their group for a project which was really kind. I found this so affectionate and nice, because Emma knows how hard it is for Caithlyn to make friends, and so she's trying to show her that she will be there for her. I also believe that the kindergartner Michael brings the most justice. Michael was there for Caithlyn the most out of everyone. He didn't judge her, and even said himself that she was a big sister to him. I think Michael is who made Caithlyn more confident about making friends, and finding closure.

   Believe it or not, but I find Devon blocking justice the whole way. Devon's death is what held back Caithlyn and her father from moving on in their life. Caithlyn's dad would cry himself to sleep every night, and Caithlyn had trouble trusting other people, because Devon is whom she used to tell everything too. All her issues in school sort of piled up because their was noone who she could feel easy talking to. I definitely think that Devon was a wall that blocked the other side which would lead to closure. To me it seems as if Devon was the main reason why Caithlyn and her father followed so many hardships.

     The chest was the key to closure, and as soon as it was rebuilt Caithlyn and her father started a new and happier life.