Half Brother

by Kenneth Oppel

I chose Half Brother because it looks different and it stood out from the rest of the books, it had an interesting cover and a very interesting title which drew me in. Ben Tomlin was an only child for thirteen years. Then his parents brought home a baby chimpanzee. Personally I think that this book is very interesting and it is very different from other books, the title of the book sort of draws you in and makes you curious on what the book is about. Also the use of language that has been used to describe the characters and the environment is very good, in one of the chapters he describes his trip to the countryside it explains everything in great detail and provides depth, the author described very well how the chimpanzee looks like and it gives you a picture in your mind how the chimpanzee actually looks like. The author has described the main character very well and the rest also, The author makes it clear that the main character is going through a very tough time settling in to his new home and fitting in with the rest of the people. The author has used a wide range of adjectives etc to describe his characters and the setting and also the author describes it so well that it gives a picture in your mind of what the characters might look like and the environment.

 

This session we have been working on something which we find quite interesting and it makes you really think. This semester we have been learning about human rights and how important they are. First we got to pick our human rights from a whole list, from the right to education to the right of death etc. The topic that I picked was the freedom of expression, personally I think that this is a very important right because everyone should be able to express themselves even if they hail from a different religion or country. Me and my group found this topic extremely interesting because this is a very serious issue. I feel that if we all respect each other and treat each other the same way we treat other people and respect them for themselves will make the world a better place, no one will feel hurt or left out. Everyone should be considered as equal no matter what their religion, no matter what their skin color. Some of the things we learnt regarding this topic was that this right is very common, a lot of people are being discriminated around the world for being themselves, which is very wrong. Some people are trying to spread the word around and I think that you should as well. Me and my group discussed a lot about this topic, before we made changes to our page we made sure that it was right and that it made sense. We discussed a lot and came to good conclusions. I think that me and my group personally struggles more with finding the right data/ right information, a lot of the information was out of date and useless points. If we came across a situation where we couldn’t find useful points we just used our heads and discussed the points from our general knowledge. I think that we communicated well, we discussed everything before posting it and every time we disagreed with something or didn’t agree with each other , we found a way that was fair to everyone and everyone agreed with it. Some of the pages that I feel were quite successful was the right to die group, they had information that made sense and really made you think, another thing was the images they used were very good and it added depth to the whole topic. I think that we could’ve searched and used some more information to support our points etc and also we could’ve used more images and videos that would’ve made our page stand out. I think that this is a very important right and people should spread this message all around the world because there is only one person that could make a difference

which is YOU.