Faithful Elephants

The book “Faithful Elephants” by Yukio Tsuchiya shows that war does more damage than the stuff it does on the battlefield. During the story, there are three elephants that are condemned to an execution, because of World War 2. The Government commanded that the zookeepers kill all the dangerous zoo animals in Tokyo and the Ueno zoo. This meant that all the elephants John, Tonky, and Wanly were all executed.

            All three elephants were starved to death because they found no way to poison the elephants. Every zookeeper was shocked and had a huge emotional blow that would hurt them badly. The keeper said “you poor, pitiful elephants, and paced in front of the cage”. The keeper was seriously hurt by this sudden tragedy and was very unhappy. This happens during war, but we still attack other countries without considering the huge toll this can take.

            When the keeper gave Tonky and Wonky food, and all of the other keepers pretended not to see, and yet, it would be tossing aside the governments orders. All the keepers cared about the elephants and let the offending keeper get away with feeding the elephants. The keepers all care and they all felt the loss, because of a war that they had no choice in. The war did so much more damage than just the bombs being dropped. Every one hoped the elephants would survive longer, but they died.

            In Faithful Elephants, the author encourages you to think before you believe that war is the solution. It shows how damaging war is and how dangerous it can be to everyone’s emotions. This story challenges everyone’s decision 

Million dollar throw

            In the book Million dollar throw by Mike lupica is a book about a teenager mamed Tom who ends up with the opportunity to throw a football into a target during a patriots game for a chance of winning a million dollars. However, ever since he won that chance he had lost his ability to play very well because of nerves. His family is going through money problems and his best friend is also going blind. His parents are putting a ton of pressure on him and he gets into a horrible feeling dreary life.

            During his period of sorrow, tom ended up hearing his parent say some things that make him more stressed and he feels like it matters even more.  His father says, “You know what we could se right now? A million dollars.” This will make him even more stressed and make him not be able to play his normal games even more.

            I believe that this is a person versus self story because he is trying to be a better player. If he misses the target, then he loses his one chance to earn a million dollars that would change his life. His parents are helping him but at the same time hurting him and trying to get him to make the shot.

            His best friend, Abby plays football to but unfortunately, she is losing her vision. She is going to a different school in a different state, which means that

It is even worse for his stress which makes him have more crippled while playing games and practicing. This means that the big day would be more stressful.

            From this book you learn that a little bit of stress and pressure can be used to destroy people and make them feel worse. It will hinder and hurt them. Sometimes, what it does is irreversible and it leaves permanent damage on the person. It will make them feel worse, and can make them act meaner.