Dare to Be Truthful David's mother assigned him the tiresome task of buying groceries. After warning him to spend carefully, she gave him a hundred dollar bill. David looked at the grocery list and said, "The grocery bill will be around fifty dollars, Mom." "I know. You can return the money to me once I am home," replied his mom. Grumbling to himself, David left for the supermarket, where he carefully picked up all the items mentioned on the shopping list and started walking toward the checkout line. On his way, he spotted the latest gaming CD. The sight of the CD was so tempting for David that he found himself reaching for it. For a moment, he stopped to think about what his mom had told him about spending carefully and returning the money to her. If Mom found out, she will be very upset. But I have been searching for this CD for so long, David argued with himself. So, he picked up the CD and added it to the other items. While paying the bill, David realized that he had spent all the money given to him. David was in a state of panic and on his way back, he kept thinking of different excuses he could give his mother for spending all the money. He was pacing up and down the room when his sister Barbara walked in and asked him what was wrong. David told Barbara the truth and asked her to save him from his mom's wrath. "Mom will eventually find out," said Barbara. "And she will be upset if she learns that after spending all the money, you lied to her," she added. So, David confessed the truth to his mother. Though she was upset, she told him that she appreciated the fact that he was honest. 8 How does Barbara contribute to the theme of the story? A. By making David realize his mistake, Barbara shows that one should be careful with spending money. B. By encouraging David to confess the truth, Barbara shows the importance of being honest with one's parents. C. By saving David from his mother's anger, Barbara shows that siblings always help each other in times of need. D. By asking Dav

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the hunger games, written by  suzanne collins, is fiction in the young adult genre, which is not my age group, but i found myself unable to put it down. its combination of nerve-racking tension, thrilling action, and engaging love story kept me up until the wee hours. i was surprised at how completely engrossing the plot was. like  brave new world, this story is set in a future where the government oppresses its people, but the book also borrows ideas from the greek myth of theseus and the minotaur.

divided into 12 districts, ruled by an oppressive government located at the  capitol. katniss everdeen, a 16-year-old girl from district 12, takes her younger sister’s place as one of 24 “tributes” selected every year to participate in the hunger games at the capitol.

while i found this book absolutely enthralling, i was surprised it was aimed at an audience of young adults. it seems extremely intense for anyone younger than 16 or 17. for example, there is a scene where one young tribute is slowly eaten alive by wolf-like creatures all night long, and katniss has to finally throw a weapon at him to end his misery. i found this a little too disturbing when i considered the age of the character.

the intensity of the action was something one would find in a more mature book, but the age of the characters and the simplicity of the prose were aimed at a much younger audience. in addition, this book was written in present tense, which i found annoying, but that’s more of a personal preference than a stylistic fault. it was also edited somewhat poorly, but that rarely distracted from the plot. for example, the author often spoke in sentence fragments to describe how katniss felt, which might have been an attempt to reflect on her thought process, but i found it disorienting to read a lot of really short sentences all together. it would have been better to vary the sentence length on occasion, but the story was still coherently.

overall,  the hunger games  was an excellent, enthralling read that i highly recommend. if it was more clearly marked for older teens, it would have been better, but it was a fantastic book with a wonderfully creative plot.

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c. prediction

when new information proves that a reader's prediction is wrong, the reader should

make a new prediction based on the new information.