The Testing

Gun Control

Gun control is one of the most difficult issues to deal with in the United States today. Every time someone tries to change gun laws so that they are more strict there is a public outcry. The problem is that every month we hear a story about someone dying in a shooting somewhere in the country. This type of event has because so prevalent that people aren’t even shocked when it happens anymore. Something needs to be done so people stop dying over this issue.!
One of the hardest parts about changing gun laws is that the right to bear arms is included in the bill of rights.Whenever they try to change something people act like they are trying to take guns away from them altogether. People need to become more informed about the issue before they decide that they are against it. As a society we need to look at what they are trying to do and not jump to the conclusion that they are trying to take our guns away, because the longer we wait for laws to change the more people that are affected by gun related violence. !
One of the big arguments against gun control is that guns don’t kill people people kill people. This statement may be true but guns make it a lot easier to kill people. Certain incidents have occurred where a person has gone into an area and attacked people with a different weapon such as a knife. This has been proven to be far less lethal than using a gun so even if people do kill people guns make people a lot more lethal.!
All of the statistics simply support gun control. Australia at one point they were having school shootings and gun related deaths. The public pushed for gun control legislation and it was put through since then they have had zero gun related deaths. People in Australia who were also opposed to gun control found that it was very reasonable after it was passed.This example shows that gun control can work and that it can prevent many deaths every year and that people will learn to accept it.!
Gun control is simply a necessity people are owning guns that they simply shouldn't own and aren’t required to register in many places. Out of the 16,000 violent deaths in 2012 10,000 of the deaths were caused by firearms.We can all prevent deaths of children in schools and innocent bystanders if we just require things that many other countries already require. If you are a responsible adult than you shouldn’t have anything to worry about if you own a gun. Only we can prevent these deaths if we push our congress to pass these laws, only you can save these lives.!

The Testing #3

The Testing has  really talked about competition and what it can do to people. This book shows teenagers who just finished high school willing to kill to win and pass this test. Throughout the book you see kids sabotaging others to take out the competition and get ahead. This brings to light many of the controversies in the world today about competition and what it can do to others this book looks at the extreme of it. Kids literally not being able to handle the expectations that are put upon them. I really like how the author of this book used teens to talk about this issue it really shows how the competition can go to all ages. The main problem in this book have been about the issue of the testing so far these characters have had a hard time dealing with the test at hand. In this book I have found that the author has made a point of emphasizing the characters not knowing who their enemy is. All of the characters think that it is the other kids in the game but the author looks at the fact that the testing committee is causing all of these problems.  The author points out an identity crisis for all of the characters trying to find out who they are competing against and what they are exactly trying to win in this competition. So far in this book I have really enjoyed the style that the author writes with and how she introduces the main issues and problems in this story. The other thing I have noticed about the writers style is that they try to use the technique of foreshadowing to help you figure out many of the ideas in the book. This really helped me once I reached the end of the book know what was happening. Overall I have really enjoyed the book and how it was written.

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The Testing #2

So far through this book I have really enjoyed the plot and character development. This book is really well written and you can tell it is an original thought from other books of the same genre.. Throughout this book I have noticed that the word choice and the ideas have been targeted at teenage audiences. This language works well for the book and helps hook readers of my age. The plot so far in this book has progressed quickly and has been able to hook me. In many books I have read of this genre they spend so much time trying to establish characters and plot points at the beginning that you can barely get past the beginning it is so boring. In this book it does a nice job of starting fast without forgetting to explain plot points. I would definitely recommend this book to other people because I think it is such an interesting book to read. This book has plenty of twists and turns that do a good job of keeping the reader interested. Throughout reading this book I have looked to make sure that it has dealt with the idea of humans interacting with the environment, this book talks a lot about all the damage humans have caused to the environment and what they are trying to do to fix it. Everything that happens to the characters in the book is so that the government can find candidates to heal the environment. This requirement is directly addressed in the book many times and this idea of humans interacting with the environment really defines many of the main characters in the book by showing how important fixing the world is to them personally. So far this book in the first half has been really interesting and has really been addressing the requirement well.

The Testing #1

I am reading a book called The Testing. This book is about a girl named Cia who lives in a post apocalyptic version of the United States. This United States has been ravaged by war, disease and natural disasters. The United States has been divided into certain colonies with a central capital. This book connects to the environment by having the main job of most of the people in this society to fix and heal the ravaged earth. Everything that people go through in this book is so that they can restore what was once fertile. So far I enjoy the characters that have been presented. They are all strong protagonists and have strong ideals. The main character is a girl named Cia she is known through this book to stick to the values that her parents taught her and never use cheap trick to get ahead. Throughout the beginning she is so focused on getting accepted into the prestigious testing ceremony that she is known as one of the smartest most talented kids in her colony. The opposite of Cia in this book is a boy named Will. He is someone that Cia meets at The Testing and starts out as a nice friendly guy. As the competition progresses you find out that he is willing to do many things to get ahead in this game. This antagonist makes Cia stick even closer to her values a lot of the time so that she doesn't get to in to the competition. The way this author writes shows you the immense difference between these characters and how each of their decisions shape the others decisions. All in all so far this book is very and well written and shows strong points of impacts of humans on the environment.