Book Review

The Color of Water

Reviewed by: Vincent Mendoza

I’ve never been to the New York or the South or experience what it was to like to live in the 1930’s-1990’s, the author of The Color of Water makes you feel as you are right there in the south or New York. The Color of Water is about an African-American man and his white mother. The mother's side of the story is how she lived her life through the 1930’s-60. The African-American man a.k.a the author's side of the story is how he lived his life through as an African-American in the 1970's-90's.
The plot of this story is how James’ mother lived with 13 half black kids in a society where most white people lived in fear of black people, and her having kids that look black changed how she lived and how people saw her and treated her. Also how she lived her life when she went to school then right after she got home she would go straight to work then go to sleep then do it again the next day.
The theme is don’t always judge the book by its cover and that is what they did to Rachel/Ruth when she would be with her kids. Because her kids look black and she is white, people would stare and they would talk about her. The other theme is live life to the fullest; because you never know if you’ll ever see the person you love or care again. Because Rachel’s first husband left her, and she lost her brother in World War II she went through some difficult times in her life.
The way this novel is written is like a double narrates type of story, where two people are telling the story of their lives. At first the author narrative a chapter and then the mom would narrate a chapter. Then so on.
The Characters in this book are James McBride his mom Ruth McBride Jordan, the brother and sisters and there is one of the main sister Jacqueline or Jack for short, Denis the oldest, Ruth’s parents. These characters are really important to the book. Like James and Ruth McBride are the main characters in this book. Ruth’s parents changed how she grew and how her dad and doctor molested her change the way she sees them and how she fears and hates them. Jack was like another mom to the other kids, and if you had to go run away to somewhere you could run there and stay there for a while. Denis was the oldest who everybody looked up to. He was like the cool kid that everybody wants to be. Denis was like the goal everybody set for and each and every one of Ruth’s kids got to that goal, it like started with Denis and the others just followed him in a way.
In conclusion I give this book 8 out of 10. Because this book isn’t the best book in the world what is, any who, it is a drama, comedy romance, but people under 13 shouldn’t be advised to read it because, it has mature situations in the book and what happens in the book during the times of the author and the mother. There are also language situations in the book as well, with words that people used to reference to African-Americans, without giving it a thought about what they are say to them, but overall the book is fantastic!!

Chapter 13
Home

Ralph was on the boat back to the aboard boat. The naval officer said his name was Waldo. Once aboard the navy boat, Waldo showed where they all where going to sleep. Once Waldo showed Ralph where his room was he went in and just fell asleep. Then he awoke in a daze with the faint booming sound coming in from deep within the ship's bowels. The alert was very loud, Ralph was rubbing his head when he awoke he open his door and saw blood on the wall and Ralph immediately realize what was happening. Jack is on a murderous rampage. When Ralph realized that this was happening he ran to find the nearest naval personal, and every corner he turned he found a dead body on the ground he started to worry about the littluns. The he saw some littluns in the corners with no heads and thought to himself, "what is that." He just kept running in the halls he heard screams coming from a room he open the door a little and saw Jack and Waldo. Jack had Waldo tied up on a chair. He was beating him and Jack asked him, “Where is he?"

"I told you already I don't know. I went to go and check on him he wasn't there anymore. "

"You are lying."

”No! I'm not lying. Stop Hitting Me!!!" Waldo said.

"Fine I will stop hitting you." Jack said. Then Jack saw the door close and he grabbed his spear and ran towards the door with spear in hand and was ululating. He hunted the spy. When Jack ran through the corridors he was screaming and grunting with blood thirst in his eyes. He ran all the way outside and when the sun hit his eyes he immediately covered them and snarled and hissed at the sun. He ran all the way to the edge of the boat and saw that they were about to hit the harbor of England. He ran top speed to the room where Waldo was at and guess who he saw Ralph! He immediately through his spear at him. Ralph dodges it but Waldo wasn't so lucky and got it in the chest.

"Aaahh," Waldo screamed with pain in his voice
"Nnnooo, Look at what you have done now! You killed Waldo! You bloody fool have you gone completely batty?"
Ralph starts to cry. Ralph looked at Jack and saw that he was also crying he started to say sorry for all the deaths he caused and then Jack pulled out his knife and plunged it into Ralph's stomach then started to laugh an evil laugh a mad scientist laugh. Jack continues his murderous rampage for 10 years 1,000 people died. When the police went in his house they found him killing someone. The police shoot him with no mercy, they gave him no trail and killed him on sight.

The End

blog 4: LISTEN TO ME!!!!

Piggy's journal:
I walked down the beach thinking about some things that I can make what would help us live better on the island. Like a sundial or a shower mechanism. But first I will make a sundial then a shower mechanism. When Ralph called the meeting the sun was setting. It was beautiful sun set I wish I had my camera here. Ralph seemed mad, he wasn't happy. He Started off with.

Chapter 3/4: UGH!!!

Ralph's Journal:

"Okay Simon just a little more to the left," I said the hut's roof falls on Simon.

" NO! Not again" I yelled.
Simon sticks his head out and says ,"Sorry."
"It's okay," I say Jack comes out of the forest line. Simon tries to put the roof up again but it falls again, he says sorry again. I told him it was okay. Jack comes out talking the pig "he almost" got
" I wish you would quit it with the pig nonsense!!" I said.
"Sorry I just almost got a pig this time." he said it with blood hunger in his eyes.
He can be blatant sometimes or all the time, hhhmmm I thought to myself.
"Why don't you and your hunters go find some meat or help Simon and I with the huts." I said Jack is like effigy of primitive people. He can get really weird. He is very belligerence when it comes to the hunt. Simon, Piggy, and I went to the bathing pool. I went to jump in the pool when i look into the ocean and see. Is that what I think it is. Yes! Yes! it is I yelled, "Smoke Smoke!" Piggy and Simon look at me with appalled faces. "What is it Ralph?" Piggy asked me several times. Then with out putting on my colt hes I ran to the fire on the mountain. Where is the smoke I don't see the smoke were is the smoke. I wanted to kill Jack and yell out jacks name, but i didn't because i didn't won't to scare the little ones. I ran up the mountain looking for any sign of fire. Then out in the distance you can see a group of people in the distances with looks like a pig. There is chanting something but I can't hear what they're saying. When they got closer you can hear them, "Kill the pig, Cut the throat, Let her bleed!" When Jack and the hunters came up the mountain I look at Jack malevolently, he can tell he just stopped chanting. "What?" he asked me. "The fire is out that's what!" I said there was silence I continued "There was a ship and you let the fire die down we could have been saved!" I yelled Jack said" I needed everybody to get the meat!" The pig was dripping gouts everywhere. Then Jack out of no where hit piggy in the stomach and slapped him in the face and his glasses fell off and one of the glasses fell out. Simon pick up Piggy's glass and gave it to Piggy. Piggy yelled at Jack" That was uncalled for I only have one eye now. I'll get you. You just wait and see!" Jack Started mocking Piggy's whinning noise. Then I said, "I'm going to call a meeting Idon't care if it is in the dark.I'm calling a meeting now!"

blog #1

chapter1: Bloody noise in the sky
Simon's journal:
I woke up to jack screaming into my ear about some kids bleeding and what knot.
He said," I proffer you Simon to help these kids, the injured ones."
I said, "OK Jack."
I walk and saw all the kids wounds there is arm wounds to head injuries. there is eeffulgence of blood around the crash site. When out of now where came a weird noise from the sky. Jack said, "We should go towards the sound." We all got up and walk towards the sounds. Our cloaks we had hambone frill on it, it weird on touching the frill. We walk through the jungle for about thirty minutes. Every step we took the sound got louder and louder. Then we saw a beach and then we saw a group of boys sitting around a boy blowing what look like a shell of some sort. Then I blacked out. I woke up about 10 minutes later with the boy with the shell. Winning the vote for I think leader of all the boys. There was a fat boy next to him he was pallor. Then Ralph said,"We should look a see if this an island or not." He picked me Jack and himself to explore I was excited, to explore this here place jungle. I took off togs, then we walked on the beach Ralph kept doing head stands. We came up to a mountain of pink rock. We climbed it oh yeah we climbed it. Once we got to the top we saw this boulder and we decide top push it off. It was heavy rock it took us a good solid 5 minutes to push that thing off, when it did go off it was satisfying when it hit the ground. We climbed down we saw a pig jack treid to kill it but he didn't i think he is sacred to kill that pig!! But he won't admit that