I am reading a book called Handbook For Boys by Walter Dean Myers. So far my book is just about advice and how you should live your life. In the last part i read a man named fred greene comes in to the barber shop and he is facing arrest. He works at a watch and jewelery store and a man came in and offered him a 1000 dollar watch for 30dollars. It was a really nice watch so he didnt think much of it and he bought it. Not verylong after this the police came to his house and asked him what the time was and he looked at his watcha and thy said he waw under arrest because it was a stolen watch. They couldnt catch the theif so Fred has to go to court. Duke talks to kevin and jimmy about this when fred leaves and he just trys to give them some advice to keep them from making bad decisions. Duke used a story called the blind monkey walk were a tiger wanted a monkey to teach his cubs how to do the monkey walk and he sould pay the monkey two bananas a day to do the monkey dance but if the monkey did it blind folded he would get 50 bananas. The mokey wanted to do it blindfolded so the tiger put a blindfold on the mokey and he set a trap and the monkey walked right into it and he was upside down in a tree. The point of this story was to show that you should apreciate what you get.
I think this is a good book so far because it talks about mistakes and what life is really about and how you should live your life. The older guy Duke is trying to show the two kids, kevin and jimmy how they should live there life and that you should be a good person. My reaction to this is good because kids make alot of mistakes and sometimes they need guidance. It is also good because the only reason they work at the barbershop is because the got in trouble and thats how they are serving there time.
This book is also making me realize that people make alot of stupid mistakes. Fred should have realized that the watch was stolen when the guy was selling it for such a low price. My reaction to this was sympathy because i probably would have done the same thing. Things like this happen to everyone and this book makes you realize it. I like this book so far and Walter Dean Myers is a good author.
Do you think you would be interested in reading this book?
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i do think i would be interested in reading this book because its about alot of cool things like crime and it has lots of good advice and life lessons and things you can learn from to help your own life. I think if it had more action i would be even better but when the cops asked him what time it was and he looked at his watch that was sneaky.
ReplyDeleteyes i do believe i would jaybone. It sounds very interesting and cool. It has life lessons and how you can learn from them. Also how you can get caught on bad things and can't get out of them. so therefore i would like to read it because it sounds interesting and i could learn from it
ReplyDeleteyea this book sounds pretty awsome to read. I think i have the same book at home. I should prolly read it!
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