Lucas

[Lucas]

The most important theme in Holes is simply hard life. And i know in every single VMW essay that i keep on stating that the most important thing in the story is always the problem. And if i remember clearly, i said once in an essay about i think in war horse about the most important part of the story, and i remember i said exactly “Maybe you think that “oh, this part when the superhero saves the mayor from the burning building must be the most important” or “oh, maybe this part when superman kills the ferocious monster is the most important” But none of that would have happened if there wasn’t a problem.” those were my words as i remember. But not only the problem is hard life, but it continues to show throughout the story. it plays a huge in Elya, Kate, and Stanley and Zero’s story. The story is about hard luck and a cursed family, which made the whole weird story cool and fun to read when they linked the stories together. But also, lets talk about Yin and Yang. Now, lets make Yin, hard life, and Yang, the end of the story when Zero and Stanley get rich. One good one bad. Now, Yin and Yang always turn around, so when Yin came, bad things happen. But then as the Yin-Yang clock thingy rotates, Yang, the good things, turn and happen. Its like life, ups and downs, but somewhat equal

[Lucas]

Jon and his friend, Snake, were captured. It was a dark, gloomy prison with moss and vines covering the walls and roofs. It was cold, and eerie at night, where Jon and Snake could do nothing but lie on the cobblestone floor and try to fall asleep. The less sleep they had each night made them even more weary. The more weary they got, the more mad they got. Jon and Snake were accused of being in a part of a gang bank robbery, just because Snake had a big snake tattoo, Jon had a crazy hairstyle, and they hosted parties and post Heavy DJ gang music on Itunes (This is actually true, search up “Lil Jon” and “DJ Snake” on Spotify or Itunes). Jon and Snake sure did seem like gangsters, but that’s only in their music and videos, which showed riots and anger. They were innocent, but the anger inside them were slowly growing as each day grew.

 

It was already winter, and the prisoners couldn’t take it anymore. Some started yelling, some were bleeding, and others started to faint. Jon and Snake were in the fainting group. Maybe because of the cold, or maybe because of how burning hot the anger inside them were. No matter what is was, they couldn’t take it.

 

When the guards came in to serve lunch-a soggy piece of bread and a overripe pear, Snake, without thinking, punched the guard. The other prisoners were shocked, but they saw a chance. They slammed the lunch guards onto the floor, beat them and ran out of their cage. Soon, all the guards came rushing into the halls with their guns and ammo, but soon, very soon, all the prisoners were free, and ready to fight. This is going to be a riot. Jon thought.

[Lucas]

Jeremy the bounty hunter had finally made his first big hand of money. He thought about starting a business, but soon realized that he had gone too far on his bounty hunter career to quit. But even with this big hand of money, it couldn’t last him forever. He soon realized that 500 pounds in one go would only be once-in-a-lifetime-experience. He couldn’t live the rest of his life as a street boy, so, Jeremy decided to work for England’s special forces.
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June,6,1944.

D-Day.

Jeremy looked outside the plane’s window.

Jeremy and the special sabotage squad would have to somehow sneak into the German’s train station, and blow up the trains that were carrying the German’s supplies: food, water, ammo, and tanks. It would sound easy, but the enormous guns and tanks blocked the way. To make matters even worse, Jeremy’s sabotage team would have to do it in time. They had to get to the train system before Germany’s supply train came.

Here was the plan: the plane that the sabotage team was on would let the team dive out when the plane reached the train station’s place. The team would skydive toward the train station, and they would parachute toward the station’s roof, since it was guarded with Nazi soldiers. Before they land, one of them will set off dynamite to blow up the station’s roof so they could get in. Then, still in the air, they would toss more rolls of dynamite into the train station the blow up the train track. To escape, they would turn their parachutes and go to the nearby hijacked bomber plane waiting for them. This would be a mission all in the air.

10 minutes later

Jeremy and his team jumped. The cold air smashed onto Jeremy’s body. He wasn’t a young, 16 year old anymore. But the training from the special force camp had toughened him up. His radio sounded. “Parachute in 3…2…1…GO!” A silent flop came from their parachutes. Jeremy straightened his parachute, the pulled the dynamite from his pocket, lit it, and threw it. The others did the same. They had to glide down slowly as possible, to not get hurt by the explosion. Boom! a faint explosion erupted. That was The team’s cue. Jeremy and the team pulled out their second roll
of dynamite and threw. They had to be accurate, and it isn’t easy. They used all their might to make a sharp turn toward the plane. Now they had to be fast. They quickly glided toward the plane. everything was going well.

Almost too suddenly, a yellow line sliced through the air beside Jeremy. He’d recognize one of those anywhere. It was a bullet. More yellow lies shot through the sky. the gang sped up. Jeremy saw his crew, one by one, get shot down. Soon enough, he was the only one remaining. With a crunch and a flop, Jeremy landed. He ran faster than ever before. He threw his arm onto the plane door, and jumped in. The pilot seemed to know that everyone else was dead, and so he started off the plane. it was shaky, and very unstable. But the pilot was also skillfully trained. In no time, Jeremy was up high in the sky.

Mission complete.

[Lucas]

Meet Jeremy, the bounty hunter.

Even though he is incredibly skilled, Jeremy is not widely known, which for a bounty hunter, is a good thing. Jeremy is a street boy. He dosen’t work for anyone, he makes money by hunting down people with bounties put on public walls or windows.

It was just every other day, with Jeremy roaming down the streets, looking for posters or advertisements about wanted people. Jeremy didn’t have an easy job, and wasn’t very rich. He had never interacted with wanted men with mind-blowing prize money. Until that day, when he saw a poster with a prize money of 500 pounds.

But this wasn’t an ordinary job. This time, Jeremy wasn’t chasing down people. This time, he was chasing down a horse. Two horses. Who would give 500 pounds for two horses? Jeremy thought. He didn’t know, and he didn’t care. All he wanted was the money. He found the man that put up the poster. It was a old grandpa, living in a farm. How odd. Jeremy thought. The old grandpa told Jeremy to find a dark brown horse, and a tall black horse, and when he did, he would tell the grandpa where it is. Jeremy was excited. 500 pounds! That was a ton lot back then. He hopped onto his horse, and started off his journey.

Two weeks later, Jeremy walked past a place holding a auction. Half of his mission was blown, because he found a tall black horse dead, lying under a tree on top of a hill. The auction was selling horses. Jeremy was interested. He scanned the crowd of horses, and one caught his eye. It was the one on the very back. A dark brown horse. There were many dark brown horses, but he had a feeling; the right feeling, that this was the horse that the grandpa was talking about. The auction was about to start. He had to get the grandpa to the auction before the final round. He raced back to the farm, hoping he would be in time. He had never rode a horse so quickly before. He told the old grandpa that he knows where the horse is, and to bring his money, too. He raced back to the auction. He could see the dark brown horse on stage. It was the final round. He sprinted his horse even faster, and dropped the grandpa off. “27 pounds?” The person holding the auction bellowed. “27 pounds…once…twice…thr-” His voice was interrupted by the old grandpa. “28 pounds!” the grandpa yelled. Jeremy smiled. His mission has been completed. And for once in his life, he felt more interested in the achievement than the money.

[Lucas]

War Horse is a quite interesting book. It is written from the perspective of horse, which is the first book I have read that has done that. I think War Horse’s most catching point is about Joey’s feelings. Is War Horse, Horses have feelings.

My favorite part in War Horse is when the auction is running. It really made me get stressed and intense, about how Joey would get saved. It also made me half sad, half happy at the end when the old grandpa bought down the horse, and “sold” it to Albert. It really surprised me,  for I thought that the ending would be Sergeant Thunder or Major Martin stepping up to buy down the horse, and they would live there with Joey and Albert. It was only then that I remembered Emilie and his grandpa.

The author, Michael Morpurgo, used a technique that I really love; The element of surprise, which includes, linking stories. It makes me get shocked by how it ends. “Ohhhh! That’s why Emilie and her Grandpa were in the story!” I once read a book about World War 2, Refugee. In Refugee, there are three stories being told at once: Josef, who lived in Germany around 1944, Isabel, who lived in Cuba around 1994, and finally, Mahmoud, who lived in Syria around 2015. It was the best book I have ever read. The ending satisfied me, when all three stories somehow linked together in a special but awesome way that I’m not going to tell you because I want you to buy the book and read it for yourself.

BUY REFUGEE NOW!!!!

 

[Lucas]

War Horse Lesson 1 essay

 

In War Horse, I think the most important part is when Joey and his horse gets caught by the Germans. The reason why I say this, is because no matter what story it is or what part you’re at, maybe you’re at a part and you’re like “Oh wow, this part where superman punches the monster’s head off must be the most important”, or “Oh wow, this part where the firefighter saves the mayor from that burning building must be the most important”. But as great as that part can be, sometimes the important things are the bad things. You see, the most important part is the problem. If there wasn’t a problem, none of the story would actually happen.

 

Another reason why I say that the most important part of a story is always the problem, is because that is the part that keeps the reader reading. Here’s an example. A story without a problem might sound like this: “Today I drove to the shopping mall, bought some cookies, bananas, and apples, and I drove back home”. That isn’t actually a story. That’s telling someone exactly what happened. A real story would sound like this: Today I drove to the shopping mall, bought some cookies, bananas, and apples. But on the way home, I crashed into another car! I called the police instantly, and before I knew it, ……”. That keeps the reader wanting more. That is a story.

 

Usually, the bigger the problem, the better the story. From my point of view, the reason why more people prefer reading fantasy novels, or historical fiction novels to reading realistic fiction novels is because Fantasy and HF novels have a bigger problem. RF book problems are usually something like getting really embarrassed at school, or having family problems, whereas Fantasy and HF novels have from dark, evil magic to bombs and wars.

 

That is why the most important part of War Horse is Joey and his horse getting captured by the Germans.

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