Through My Eyes: Tim Tebow “Through my eyes” is a book written to explain the beliefs and religion of Tim Tebow. He explains how his whole life added up to what he is now and how his faith played a major part. He explains how everyone in his family, and people not in his family, played a huge role as well. He explained major events in his life that played a big role in his childhood and explained what their significance was. He talked about some of the places he got to visit and how it made him realize how other places lived and how fortunate he is. He told how his school and sports life both greatly effected each other and how well his mom had to take matters into her own hands. S- The subject is Tim Tebow, he is an NFL quarterback and has very high Christian beliefs. O- The reason he wrote this is so that people could better understand Tim Tebow and the religion he comes from and how God has gotten him to where he is today. A- The audience is young males, ones who know history of football and understand sports. Also, probably people who have a back round of religion and know the base of christianity. P- The purpose of writing this is to explain how Christianity and his beliefs made him get to where he was today and had it not been for that, he might not have ended up where he is now. Also, it explains his life leading up to the moment when he first got drafted to play football. S- The style of the book is written by him first telling us a story that really doesn’t get explained till later in the book. Then he tells you about his life as a kid and the events leading up to the day that everyone pretty much knows about, the day he got drafted. So the whole book leads up to the conclusion you already know. Tone- His tone is aspiring and encouraging because he’s trying to tell readers “hey, this is how I grew up and it weren’t for my beliefs i wouldn’t be here right now.” He’s trying to tell people if the follow a path, that path can lead them down the right way.

A young boy and his brother travel to their friends high school to perform in their talent show with them. They are about to perform when the rebels attack. They hide from the rebels and end up losing their family. Once they are sure the rebels are gone, they run to another city and learn to farm and are welcomed into the city. The city is sure the rebels are coming to they fleet and the boys are left by themselves. They eventually run out of food and have to travel back to go get some. They meet the rebels and are captured and forced into armies. They have to shoot the people they know for food for themselves or the rebels will shoot them. Eventually Ishmael is saved by UNICEF and is brought to the US. S- Ishmael Beah- Narrator, main character, 12 years old when rebels attacked Junior Beah- Older brother, separated from Ishmael Rebels- the antagonists, capture Ishmael and kill many O- The rebels came to Sierra Leone, where Junior and Ishmael’s home city, Mogbwemo, is. A- Teenagers and young adults because they would understand the story behind his story and they would be more accepting to the morbid form of vocabulary and writing. In the beginning, he starts the book by a conversation with his high school friends where they ask him to tell them his story of being in Sierra Leone and he responds “yeah, sometime.” This book, published 10 years later is kind of his response to his high scholl friends. P- To help his audience understand the atrocities that occur in Africa and to explain his personal experiences to form a better understanding for the public that can not physically see what goes on. He wants to show that you can overcome what you might think are your biggest obstacles. S- “Before the war, people raised a thumb to say “one love” to each other.” (Beah, 20) I thought this was interesting because he was showing how the different mindset between cultures. The imagery described through his words. He throughly describes scenes so you can easily picture them in your mind. When the story is at its most effective peak, the sentences become short and to the point. I feel like he does this to emphasize to dramatic empathy. Tone- His tone is informative, however its like he’s telling you a bed time story. He treats you as though he’s talking to one of his friends. He is trying to get his story across without playing with your emotions. He’s not overly dramatic and he’s not trying to make you feel sympathetic.

Little Bee

Little Bee 

by: Chris Cleave

This book starts off with the story of an African refugee. She finds her way to America in search of a young man named Andrew who, while on a trip, gave her his business card hoping he could help. After going through a long hard search, she finds him and his family and is relieved. Then she discovers he doesn’t want her there. She is dying to know why and only after a few short weeks, the man finds himself in tough position and ends up doing the unthinkable. “Little Bee” as they call her is very upset and does not understand why anyone would do such a thing. The wife of Andrew, Sarah, ends up taking Little Bee under her wing and caring for her as though she were her own child. In return, Little Bee helps Sarah to understand why her husband did what he did. 

S: This book is a story that lead’s its way into a story about the way refugees are treated, not just in their home but in refugee camps as well. 

O: The objective is to get to understand that as Americans, we have a damn good life. We should learn to appreciate it. 

A: The audience I would say would appeal to a higher educated, older group of people. Mostly woman in particular because Sarah does fight to get what she wants and shows you how she kind of takes over and does the right thing based on her opinion. Higher educated because the would understand it better and they probably already have a base behind the story, which always helps. An older group of people because I mean lets be honest what kind of kid or even young adult is going to say “Oh my god, I just read this book and I feel so inspired! I’m going to go to Africa and help!” Probably not a lot. 

P: The purpose of this book would probably be to educate those who don’t really know what happens in Africa. Also, I think the purpose might be just to be an inspiration to people, make people want to help refugees. 

S: The structure of the book on an all around level has many falacies. One, it starts off with a story and it leads up to a story that a normal book would have started out with. So, it kind of keeps you in the dark until the very end. Secondly, it changes the narrator, a lot. It goes from Little Bee to Sarah to Andrew to Little Bee to Sarah and back and forth between Sarah and Little Bee. 

Tone: The tone of this book I would say is worried. It seems as though everyone is alays worried, all the time. Theres always something on someones mind that makes them uneasy.