I'll Give You The Sun By Jandy Nelson
 

                                         

     Honestly, the only reason I got this book was because the cover looked unique... yeah. I judged a book by it's cover. This is a dichotomous book because it is told through the perspectives of  two twins; Noah and Jude. They used to be best friends and would tell each other everything. But somewhere along the way, they lost each other. (I know what happened but, I wont reveal it) The book jumps between their perspectives and time periods too, which is a bit confusing at first. It's like a puzzle, you are constantly piecing together a bigger picture. They have their half of the story but what they don't realize is that if they could somehow just tell each other their story, they can fix their dispute. Even when they are mad at each other, they secretly make sure the other one is okay. 

      This book has a lot of inappropriate words at the beginning around pages 1-20 or maybe 25, but then the strong language dials down. This book is extremely detailed about the surrounding, what the characters are doing, and the dialogue is well fitting to the characters. Besides these great qualities this book has, the only complaint I would have is the chapters are incredibly long. Maybe 25- 30 pages each. And I personally like books with smaller chapters because it gives me a sense of accomplishment and it's a nice place to put the book down. In this book I have to stop in the middle of the chapter which I don't like. But overall this book is a great read for both girls and guys and should be an intriguing journey for the reader. 

     This time, I thought that I'd try something different and try to reflect on a poem. So when I was watching TV, I came across a guy reciting poem and I decided to reflect off that poem. The poem is called, Dont Go Gentle Into That Good Night. At first I could really think of what Dylam Thomas, the writer, was trying to communicate. But after reading it a couple times, I think I was able to narrow down on a few main points.  The complete poem is attached to a hyperlink with the picture up at the top; so if you would like to read the entire poem you can find it there. 

     I thought that the writer was trying to say that you shouldn't die and leave this world without a fight. The old men/ women shouldn't simply accept death but rather they should resist it. I got to this conclusion from the first two stanzas. 

"Do not go gentle into that good night,

Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night."

     Here in the first line, the writer suggests that you shouldn't just give in to the concept of dying. Just to clarify, by 'resisting death,' I mean living life to the fullest and not leaving this world without leaving some sort of mark; because what good of living here if you don't leave something people can remember you by.

     And in the final stanza, the poem gets deeply personal for the writer as he connects this theme to his father who is going blind. Which, I, think is the inspiration for the writer to include "Rage, Rage against the dying of the light." The dying of the light could by symbolism for his father going blind and he can slowly, no longer see light. 

     I think I'm somewhere in the ballpark with my reflection, but if you have another interpretation of this poem, feel free to leave it down in the comments. :)