When inevitable disaster is about to strike, fear will usually end up getting the best of people. In Jenny Goebel’s novel The 39 Clues, there is the imminent threat of a nuclear strike off the coast of the Netherlands, during “King’s Day,” one of the biggest celebrations in the country. A powerful family known as the Cahills are the only ones who know about it besides the ones who are planning the detonation. They send three people to deal with the nuclear threat, and three to deal with people who are trying to gather the 39 Clues, which once gathered, would lead to riches and power. But under all of this pressure, the Cahills not only remain brave and focused, but also work as a team and not let anything break them up. To begin, the first major theme in The 39 Clues is that should you remain strong and brave, you will eventually solve the problem at hand. The first piece of evidence I have to support my claim is on page 118 when it says, “The hulking form of Magnus Hansen stood hunched in front of it with his back turned to Nellie and Sammy… he rose to his full, formidable height and swung around. He turned his ice ax on Nellie and the expression on his face was emotionless… Nellie gasped, grabbed Sammy protectively, and looked frantically around for a tactical position.” In this part of the text, Nellie shows us how brave they …show more content…
Many people can take a lesson from this book. People should not fear the problems that they are facing, that would only make it harder for the problems to be solved. Groups also must work together to accomplish most tasks, which would make most of our problems less frightening and people would have more confidence when going in to solve them. After reading this novel, I will definitely try to be more brave, and respect the ideas of my groupmates, as it will bring my team closer together down the
This book is very important to people who struggles with bullying or those who bullies other, and those who are just
I found the book to be a wealth of knowledge. The chapter titles were catchy and I was able to put visual images with some of things which were discussed in the book. In Chapter 2 Allies and Enemies, I automatically saw boys against girls; each group thinks they are better. However we are interchangeable.
I enjoyed this book immensely. It told a tremendous story while teaching lessons of teamwork and discipline. I recommend we add this to the book list. Anyone could gain from the lessons the book
I find the theme in this book to be something that an anyday person or child would experience in a day or much longer piece of time. Any person can experience times of confusion and emotional instability, but if that person sticks it out; they will find an answer to their problems or they will answer answer it for themselves. This pertains to a lifelong conflict, but it does not just pertain to that. It relates to a situation in a day, week, or even, an
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” ~ Winston Churchill. This quote defines what it is to be courageous, to be courageous is to persevere even if you know you will fail. This kind of courage is the courage which both Harold Crick in Stranger Than Fiction and Jean Louise “Scout” Finch in To Kill A Mockingbird. In Stranger Than Fiction, an IRS agent, Harold Crick, with a monotonous life learns that you must not only survive, but you must truly live. This lesson is taught through a series of events that lead to his breaking out of his shell and truly living his life. The events are preliminarily put into action through Harold hearing the voice of the author of a book about his life. In To Kill A Mockingbird, a tomboyish six-year-old, Jean Louise “Scout” Finch, discovers the true meaning of camaraderie and bravery. Her friendships are strong but her definition of courage is flawed. In the end, she realizes a great truth, that to really know someone, you have to imagine yourself in their shoes. Courage is important to these two characters, as they both discover what it really means to be brave and what the true definition of courage is. Courage is not always outspoken, sometimes courage is knowing that you will fail, but trying and failing anyway and then accepting your failure.
With the power of words, that causes the destruction of Germany and the world, Liesel’s uses that same power to deal with the terror of death that looms over them, allowing her to give power and hope, to those that need it, especially in the midst of the chaos of World War II. Where the German forces were deteriorating, and the Allies only grew stronger with each bomb that they drop, Liesel and her neighbors hide within one of the basements, in attempt to survive the onslaught of attacks, fearfully and anxious. The only things that were with them was each other, and their most precious items, and for Liesel, it was her books. All they could do was wait for sirens, and because of this uncertainty, Liesel took it upon herself to ease her distress.
I never heard of this book until PRIME. Once I started PRIME I told people about the books I had to read and everyone said that they loved reading this book. Once I heard about the book from a few people I was excited to start reading it. This was probably my favorite book to read so far. This book challenged me to rethink how I go about doing things. As I said before it challenged me to be more bold, and rethink what success meant. It also challenged me to be more persistent. I tend to be a person who if I fail at something I like to go back to something that makes me feel comfortable when the same opportunity comes to
The other Wes Moore definitely is the most powerful, influential, and lifechanging stories that is worth reading. The Other Wes moore, is a story of two children with, same name, very similar lifestyle, and growing environment, but later those two children end up having completely different life. Wes Moore, the author himself tells about facing poverty and how eager was his ambition to receive a proper education. The other Wes Moore, who later got convicted to murder in the first degree and sentenced to a life in jail. The most important fact is that the story of the two Wes Moore can apply to anyone’s life.
There were many things I think that people could take away from this book. One thing I took from it is that life could always get worse so be thankful for what you have. People don't realize how fast their life can change and like Elie's you can go from being a happy family to being split up and never to see each other again. That brings me to another thing I took from the book and that is to not take the people in your life for granted. I could not imagine one minute standing next to my family and then watch them leave and never come back. Not only did Elie leave his mother and sister but he watched his father die. In books like
The first and most important lesson for a grade school or middle school student to understand and appreciate is kindness. Kindness is a major theme in this book. Most of the characters give serious thought about how their actions will affect others. In this book it shows how much kindness matters. To quote the text people
This novel taught me alot. I loved all of the concepts but practice and purpose had the most effect on me. I will continue to use them in life and never forget
People should read this book because it teaches the importance of friends and family and it teaches that everybody has personal issues to go through.
My favorite part of the book was the warning signs to know when a stranger is a potential threat. This was fascinating to me because I’ve been told since I was just a little boy to beware of strangers. But with all these warnings about strangers I had never been told how to recognize when a
First of all, this book is similar to some things I'm learning in social psychology. It wasn't any suprise to me when I
I believe that this book has value and people from all walks of life should read it. We all need to become much more aware of how strong and how damaging this kind of