Reflection

     These links all pertain to discrimination between people. They were all very intriguing, I especially liked the study done on the children. The way that they turned on each other when one difference was shown was surprising. When someone of power says this is whats right they follow.
     The way we feel about people will be passed on to the next generation. Children follow by example and the second they were told one eye type was better they acted different and treated each other different. The children who were told they were better started performing better then people who were told they were inferior. The way we think of ourselves greatly effects how we act and how well we do. . The way that

Reading Response #4: Death Sentence

     This series is about a kid who is framed for murder and sent to a prison miles under the surface. This prison is guarded by huge deformed hounds and huge guards. Now after Alex's second failed escape attempt he's turned into the thing he despises the most, a guard of furnace called a blacksuit. The picture to the left is how I imagine they look after muscles are jammed under their skin and they're stitched back up, their eyes turned silver to see in the dark, and pumped full of nectar. The nectar is a black liquid that strips him of everything human and makes him into a hulking killing machine. He resists remembering what his friend Simon who emerged with himself still intact said, "Remember your name."

     This book explores what it takes to become a monster. Alex is strapped down being pumped full of nectar and forced to watch a video depicting savage murders between animals at first then people. He thinks "If there's nothing left of you but darkness, how can you not become a monster (58)? He begins to lose the battle for control over his body and mind. Even the strongest of will give in when all hope is lost. He begins to rethink his feeling

s on humanity and the way he see's the weak.

Reading Response #3: Solitary

    

     This book is the second in a series called escape from furnace. It’s about a boy who is framed for murdering his best friend and is sent to Furnace, an underground prison made for murderers under the age of eighteen. The second book starts with him attempting to escape by blowing a whole in the wall to expose an underground river. They jump in not caring what could happen only feeling elated to get away from the horrors of Furnace. But, this only gets them so far and they are recaptured and placed in solitary.  Above is a picture of what I imagine the river to look like (without the person of course). It’s very fast and leaves them battered with no food. Alex, Zee, and Gary make their way through the cave but, as most hopes are in Furnace it was stopped short when they fell right back in the hands of the guards. Gary was injured and dragged to the infirmary while Zee and Alex were taken to solitary confinement.

      “All it needed was me, and my fear. Because alone in the silence, in the unfathomable darkness, I knew that my own thoughts would drive me mad. My own mind would kill me.”

     This quote shows what it’s like in the complete darkness of solitary. It’s a small hole carved in the rock in the shape of a rectangle that consists only of a small grate in the floor and a huge metal door on top. Once it’s closed you’re shut in complete darkness with only your own dark thoughts to keep you company. Alex was able to escape from Furnace once but can he survive being locked in with his demons?