Jonathan & Katniss

Author's Note: This is a comparative essay for Language Arts. I am working on Idea Development. Any feedback would be great. 

Have you ever thought about going to war? Maybe you want to or not. Katniss, the Hunger Games, & Jonathan, The Fighting Ground, are both in war, but will they live? There are many similarities between the two, but the there are differences, Yet they still have the same importance to the war.

Jonathan & Katniss are both very important to the war. Both of them are really fighting in the war but they are helping in a way that really affects the war. Katniss doesn't fight in the war, but she is the face of the rebellion. Jonathan tried to fight in the war but was captured. Once he escaped the Americans wanted him just so he could sneak into the Cabin and say if the Hessians were still sleeping. They were the Pawns.

Both of them couldn't really decide which side they were on. Yes, Katniss was with the rebels and Jonathan was an American, but could either of them really trust anyone. Katniss ended up killing Coin, The leader of the rebels, instead of Snow, Leader of the Capitol. Jonathan went back into the cabin to see if the Hessians were still sleeping, but instead he woke up the Hessians and warned them that the Americans were outside. They both didn’t trust the side they were on.

There is one difference between the two.  Katniss became the face of the rebellion after the stunt with berries. She went to war, she never wanted to but was forced to. All Jonathan wanted to do was fight in the war. His dad didn't want him to but he did any ways. After all that had happened I don't think that either of them ever want to experience that again. 

Both of them are important but are still just pawns. They probably didn't expect anything that this to ever happen in their lives, and it made a huge impact to their lives. An experience they will never forget.

The Fighting Ground - Cause & Effect

This book has so much to do with cause and effect. Everything Jonathan does changes the story.  The biggest thing was Jonathan wanting to go war. His father did not want him to. But the Hessians were coming and he went any ways. If he never went to war he would have never gotten captured. There wouldn't have been any story if he listened to his father. Even the littlest things can change the story. 

The Waitress with Big Dreams

May I. Take-Order is a waitress. She wants to become a star football player for the Green Bay Packers. But for now she works at Applebee's. She practices football all the time.

"Set, Hut, Hut, Hike!" May yells then snaps the ball (Burger).

As she snaps the pretend football and at this time everyone in Applebee's is staring at her. Because how many times have you see a waitress play football with a burger in a restaurant? 

"She has time, May throws it down the right side line!" May yells.

The burger is flying through the air and the burger smashes right into the costumers face. May throws her arms up in the air.

"TOUCHDOWN!"

The costumer she hit wasn’t just any costumer it was the Packers Manager! He walks over to her.

"That was a marvelous show you just put on there," He says.

"Really!?" May is getting really excited now.

"Yes! How about you and me take a trip to Lambeau Field and see what you can do." He says.

"YES, YES, YES!" May screams and by now she is jumping for joy.

As May is leaving the restaurant she screams "See ya SUCKAS, I am going to be a GREEN BAY PACKER!!!"

As she arrived at Lambeau she dashed out of the car and ran straight into the building. They told her to get on the field. She was ready, she had all her gear and everyone was set.

"Hut, Hut, Hike!" Yells Mays

After throwing multiple perfect passes not letting one touch the ground, they decide to put her into a game. May brings the Packers to a 16-0 season.

It the super bowl and they are down. 6 seconds left they and they are down 35-31. They on the 10 yard-line.

"Hike!" May screams.

"It's a QB Sneak!" says the announcer.

May breaks free. She dives into the end zone! Crash! Like the sound of a window breaking woke her with a start.

"Oh, it was just a dream," May thought to herself.

"Well maybe I am just seeing the Future!"

The Fighting Ground - Point of View

Author's Note: I am working on Point-of-View. The book I am reading is "The Fighting Ground". It is comparing Jonathan (Main Character) and the Hessians (German Soldiers) view of each other.

It is Revolutionary War time and a 13 year-old boy named Jonathan wants to fight in the war. His doesn't want him to go to war, but since his father is hurt with a leg problem, Jonathan runs off and disobeys his father. Once the first shots are fired, war is nothing Jonathan thought it would be. After the battle he surrenders himself to the Hessians. The Hessians speak German and Jonathan speaks English, so they have totally different perspectives of each other. In the book it is weird because when you know what Jonathan thinks about the Hessians, but when you see what the heesians are acually saying it gives you a whole different perspective of them. To Jonathan they are emotion-less people that want to kill Jonathan. Jonathan doesn't know what they are saying, but he can kind of guess. The Hessians think of Jonathan as a weak little boy that shouldn't be in the war. Since they speak different languages they really don't know what the other is thinking. 

Short Story

A crash, like a window breaking woke me with a start! I look out the window, but there is just a bunch of mountain out there. Wait a minute, that does make any sense I live in a neighborhood and there aren't mountains for miles. I walk downstairs, no one is there. This is getting kind of creepy. I take a step outside and I am frozen.  I can't say anything, because there is nothing there!

As I stare out into the empty field, this man walks by saying nothing. I start to chase him. Finally I catch him and ask him where we are.  

"A meteor hit and wiped out everything." said the man "Oh, by the way my name is Jack."

"Some how your house is still standing." says Jack "I survived by mining, I got lucky because  I was underground. Here you can have this pick axe" says Jack

"Thanks!" I exclaim

"Here also takes this sword because after the meteor hit, monsters have been walking around usually at night but some during the day." says Jack

I let Jack stay in my house if he needs it. These tools are great but I will have to get some better ones.

As I set off on my journey to find anything a large green blob launches itself at me. I pull out my sword ready to fight!

To be continued

Point Of View- The Hessians

We have found this boy. He seems he is  to be around 13 years old. At first he didn't know anything that we were saying, but now he is sort of catching on. He doesn't speak German. I think we won the battle, but the only problem is that we are the only ones left.