Journal #3- John Hunter Bayer

My overall reading is going quite well. The strength of The House Mango Street is that it brings up a lot of meaning in each chapter, but one weakness I think it has is that its very short. As for A Long Way Gone, the strength about this book is the deep detail that is shared, giving the reader a lot of depth. This book doesn't struggle to do anything for the reader. Even though The House On Mango Street is much shorter, it is going better for me because it is more relate-able to me because of growing up in a new location meeting many new people. In all honesty, my active reading is going well though I don't highlight sentences while read. I normally just write down names, locations and events on a blank sheet of notebook paper and explain the chapter in a nutshell.

 In chapter 6 of A Long Way Gone, the chapter explains the events of how the boys find themselves trapped in a village who believe they are spires sent by the rebels. As they were about to discover there demise, a local boy said they have seen them before preforming rap music in Mattru Jong. The boys are then sent free and then travel to Gibrilla's uncle village, where they practically slave away on farm land until a  rebel attack seperarted Ishmael and his brothers form each other. A good title for this chapter can be called would be "Saved by rap, separated by war", because of it gives a good summary as to what the chapter is about.

I believe a challenge in  this chapter was trust. At the beginning of this chapter, the boys were nearly killed by the village if it wasnt for someone to back up there story. The people in this village has lost trust anyone outside of the village, including children. It proves that war can break even the strongest of trusts and beliefs.