The Young Visitors

      The Young Visiters is a book written in 1881 by Daisy Ashford, a 9 year old girl. So far, it tells the story of a young man named Mr. Salteena who often has people to stay at his home. He goes to the country to visit a friend with a young lady named Ethel Monticue. At his stay, he realizes he wishes to be more of a gentlemen. The book has a level of innocence and brutal honesty that any grown up writing about the same topic could not be able to portray. I think most children's minds, and they way they carry themselves is very straightforward- because of this, the way they write is very true to life and kind of cuts through all the unnecessary details many adults throw into their work.
       For example, in her book, she talks point blank about how Mr. Salteena likes having young ladies stay at his house, and how he wants to become a gentleman, and if he wants to do that he must talk to more higher society people and dress in classy suits and ties to gain respect. Her approach to things that people have a hard time talking openly about is exciting and really interesting to read.
      Anyone who has a hard time trying to get their ideas into a book or on paper should read this, because it not only is hilarious, but it goes to show how much honesty and simplicity can improve art.

Hurricane Song by Paul Volponi

         The book "Hurricane Song" by Paul Volponi tells about Hurricane Katrina that occurred in New Orleans in 2005. The story illustrates a lot of the social and racial ignorance that effected many during the storm.
         During Hurricane Katrina, privileged people were definitely the safest. The wealthier, mostly white people with connections to people outside New Orleans had an easier time getting transportation out of danger zones than poorer, mostly hispanic or African American people who didn't have an easy route to safety. It was an unfair time for many who were stranded by the disaster. The worst part of it was that none of the people with the authority to control the damage had had the foresight to see that the less fortunate people of New Orleans wouldn't have ways to avoid it.  This caused many problems, for example, while some people were able to escape the city and stay in safer areas, others were killed by the storm, had their shops stolen from, starved, developed sicknesses, or were killed by gang members.
          The government's solution to save the endangered citizens from harm was to keep them in the Louisiana Superdome. They were unprepared for the thousands of people that would need shelter, and soon they were overcrowded, the bathrooms overflowed, people stole from one another, the temperatures were dangerously high, gangs arose, and people were raped and murdered, all in the pitch black dark of the storm.
         The mindlessness and ignorance on the government's part led to the deaths of hundreds of innocent people. I think that lack of foresight and consideration of a wider spectrum of people can lead to destruction of many lives, much like how many teenagers don't think about how kids who aren't as cool as others feel about things.