Tom Sawyer Literary Reflection

It helps to relate to things

I tend to see the similarities in people and not the differences~Isabel Allende

     Finding similarities helps a reader be more engaged. during the reading The Adventures of Tom Sawyer I as more engaged because I could relate to the main characters because he procrastinated. In the reading the main character and I had many similarities like procrastinated a lot and to take the lazy way through his work which I can relate with homework sometimes. I catch myself procrastinating a lot during my homework which is what Tom did in the reading. During the reading Tom procrastinated when he was supposed to be working which is very similar to the situation I had last night. Last night I had to do a lot of assignments, but instead of doing them I took the Tom Sawyer way of doing it and saved them for doing it during class. Another similarity between me and Tom sawyer is that he acted like the work that he did is for the special people, so it made the other kids want to do the work also, and I have tried to do this with chores sometimes with my brothers. During this reading I feel that the author took a great approach on having people being able to relate to the reading. In my opinion this made me more interested in the reading because I could relate to the feeling of wanting to do my work, but just not being able to do it. In my opinion I think it was worth it because I learned how in writing it helps to let the readers relate to the reading, which I feel will be a good style to try and write about from now on.

The Power of Respect

If you respect, respect will follow

make improvements, not excuses. Seek respect, not attention. ~ Roy T. Bennett.

    Respect leads to happiness. When I respect people, and people respect me, my life is always happier.  Respect has helped me many times in my life when I am going through bad times. Some examples of this are the times when I came to school after having something bad happen to me and they will be kind and respect me to get me happier. One day after my family and I lost someone close during the school year. I knew it was going to be a hard day. When I got to school I was sad and no one knew that, and I thought that it was going to be the worst school day ever. During the first period which was math my friends were very respectful, kind and funny during the period, so I forgot about what even happened. once I got to third period they all were treated me with respect and kindness which made my day way better than it would have been. Throughout most of the day I forgot about how sad I was earlier and tried to enjoy it as much as possible. This shows how important being respectful is because you don’t know what someone is going through at the time so if you are respectful then it will make their day better. Like how my friends were respectful to me on that day which made it so much better. Also even if the person isn’t going through something sad in their day it is always better to be respectful to them because it still makes their day better. Respectfulness is one of the most important qualities of a human because it can get you places unlike being disrespectful because no one will want to be around you. In life when you are respectful to others respect will return back to you.