Reading Response

How does this text deal with individuals and groups? Are the people acting alone and in competition with one another, or does the text help us imagine people working together?

           In the "Vampire Academy" Rose has to protect Lissa from the Strigoi which are also the most fiercest vampires. After two years that Rose and Lissa had escaped from the academy they have been found and are brought back. St.Vladimir's academy is a school for vampire royalty and their future gaurdians. Rose gets punished for taking away Lissa. This is because Lissa is a Moroi and Rose is a Dhampir.
    
          This text deals with groups because the vampires are in two froups. There are Moroi and Dhampir Moroi are mortal vampire. Rose is a Dhampir she is half vampire and half human. Thats means that Rose's job is to become a gaurdian that is to protect a Moroi. Rose takes care of Lissa because she is Lissa's gaurdian.  Rose herself gets in trouble quite often. She is the not so good student of the school. The way that the text is dealing with these two groups is that one is more valuable. The Moroi are royals so they are the ones thats get protected by the Dhampirs.
     
          The people from the book dont act alone or in competition. They work together and help eachother out. For example the Dhampirs protect the Moroi this is because the Strigoi had been decreasing the Moroi population. The Dhampirs protect the Moroi from any danger or threat that could be caused by the Strgoi towards them. Also when Dhampirs are training to learn how to fight and protect they help eachother practice. They help eachother out on their exercises. So the  book is basically helping us imagine people working together. 

      The book has its two groups that are different. Put aside their differences and they are a loving and caring community. They help eachother out, and keep eacjother away from danger. This is like in real life since people in communities/neighborhoods help eachother out. Like from the book they put aside their race, color, social status and help eachother. 

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Reading Response- Social Awareness

How does this book help you to think about social issues you care about or causes you are committed to?

               The book "Time of the Witches" helps me think about how there are many orphans in the world. The main character Drucilla  along with her best friend Gabe grew up together. When Dru was born her mother died, and a few years later her father died also. Dru and Gabe were raised by Gabe's parents until they were around four, and Gabe's parents died during a smallpox epidemic.Both children were left orphaned and they were taken care of by people in the village that offered to take care of them. 
    
             The book makes me think about the many children that are left orphaned at a young age. Dru was raised by Gabe's parents. After that they were just raised by neighbors who offered to take care of them. This connects to real life because children are left orphaned and sometimes family members or neighbors take care of these children.Eventually in the book Dru, and Gabe get separated. The townspeople have a meeting to decide where Dru and Gabe will go since the family they were living with were going to move away somewhere else and didn't want to take take them too. They both are sent for by different people and they end up having to go work for different people.

        This book relates to social issues I care about because I think that it is unfair that some children are left orphaned. Even though its not really their choice to end up like that.Also because I think that its unfair how the townspeople in the book decide where they can stay.In real life its alike because if there are not family members that can take care of them or that can, but don't want to then the children get sent elsewhere to an orphanage.The book gives a detailed explanation of what Dru had to go through growing up and living with different people. For example when she had lived with a famliy that had some children and their house aught on fire while they were inside. After that Dru and Gabe had gone to live with an elder woman, and after a few years of living with her and being taught by her she suddenly died. 

      The book relates to the life an orphaned child can have. . Also that the fate that the child could be destined to might be decided by others. It made me think more about what other children go through.I realized how many children could be leading a life that is very hard for them. Another thing is that I was able to see what the life of a child that was left orphaned at a young age would be like. Along with all the other obstacles that the child could be facing.