Commentary On Forged By Fire By Sharon M. Draper

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Corey Lewis English
11/9/14 Ms. Spindler
Forged By Fire By: Sharon M. Draper
1. When I started reading the book I thought…
When I started reading the book I thought that the book was going to be a very violent book. The reason why I thought the book was going to violent was because in the first sentence it says “if you don’t sit your stinking useless butt back down in that shopping cart I swear I’ll burst your greasy face in”. I also thought the mother was a little harsh towards a 3 year old. The child sat in his dirty diaper all afternoon, because his mother wanted to teach him a lesson about pooping his pants. The mother did not like Gerald playing with her lighter, and one time when he got caught, she burned his hand with …show more content…

For the things Gerald did wrong the mother punished him very severely. Also, I did not like that the author had the mother using alcohol and drugs around her 3 year old child. In the novel the author had the mother using cocaine in front of Gerald and she said to Gerald to never come near her when she sniffed the white stuff. She sometimes passed out on the floor and didn’t feed him so he waited for his aunt to come and hope for food. The reason I do not like that she uses drugs and abuses Gerald is because it makes Gerald’s juvenile years very tough and makes it so that he has to grow up way sooner than a 3 year old should have …show more content…

I believe the main point the author was trying to get a crossed is that we will all face tough times, but there will always be someone there to support us through them. The author expresses his point through Gerald having a very rough childhood and his aunt being there to support him through it. Also I believe the author tries to say that those whom preserver thought the hardest will succeed in the highest. Their author was very sneaky at how he had hinted at his messages in the book there were many that he used but you had to really look for . I believe he did this to have on overall message that whatever you want you need to work for and nothing is given to you for

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