Blog Post January 23rd 2014
Ayman
Jabr 707
In the story Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie by:
Jordan Sonnenblick it talks about a 13 year old boy named Steven who is dealing
with a lot of problems. He has a little brother named Jeffrey who he finds out
has cancer and has girl trouble because of how he likes this girl named Renee Albert.
As Jeffrey’s cancer gets worse, Steven starts realizing how his brother means the
world to him.
In the beginning of the story, before Jeffrey
had been diagnosed with leukemia Steven never stopped talking about how
annoying Jeffrey was. He kept on talking about how he was a nightmare. He got
really mad at Jeffrey the time he had used his special drumsticks to make “Dangerous
Pie”. He never let Jeffrey near any of his possessions, especially his drums. Once
Jeffrey gets diagnosed with leukemia Steven starts feeling really sad, yet
relieved it wasn’t his fault. Steven changes a lot in the story. For example,
there was a part of the story when Steven had invited Renne Albert to his house
to tutor him in math. Steven had been so excited since he had a huge crush on
Renne and couldn’t wait to spend time with her. But when she came to his door
to help him in math, he found out she was sick and didn’t let her in. He didn’t
let her in because of how Jeffrey was really sick and couldn’t handle getting
any sicker. This was a huge change in Steven. He put Jeffrey’s needs before
his. This shows how Steven had changed from the beginning of the book.
In conclusion, this message relates to everyone
with younger siblings. Your younger siblings can annoy you a lot but you still
have to love and care for them no matter what is in your way.
