Armed and Underage

     I just finish an amazing short story called " Armed and Underage " by Jeffery Gettleman. This short story is sad and it shows how little kids were forced to join the army. This story makes you feel bad for the children that were so young and were forced to no the army. Also it makes you think that it must of been horrible for the parents to have there kids taken away from them.
     A long time ago kids were forced to be soldiers. The commanders of the armies stated that " they don't complain, they don't expect to be paid - and they kill when you tell them to kill " I think that,that quote states that kids don't expect things like adults and don't expect any money because maybe they don't Know how valuable money is. Also I think it states that kids kill because they are scared of the commanders. 
     Kids were taken from there parents by force. I think the parents would sometimes make there kids to to the military because maybe the family needs money so there sending them for money. Also sometimes the families can't do anything about it because if they do they might be the ones getting killed. Overall I think forcing young boys into being soldiers are bot fair because maybe they are not ready yet.

Am I Blue

     I just finish a passage called " A I Blue "  by Bruce Coville and I really liked it. It was about a kid named Vince who's struggling because he thinks he might be gay. Vince was a average boy who got bullied everyday for people thinking he was gay. There's this jock named Butch Carrigan who bullies Vince and and calls him faggot everyday and beats him up. Vince goes through hell everyday for something people think he is but he's really not. If I was in Vince's place I would feel depressed and sad because of the bullies that taunt me everyday. 
    Then fairy god father comes along and tells him that he has three wishes. Vince say that he will be embarrassed because everyone will make fun of him because a old man is following him. Vince cares about what people think to much than himself. Vince is the first boy in the world to have a fairy god father. Vince thinks just because he's the first to have a fairy god father he might be gay. He stated that three bruisers dragged him into an alley and said " we'll teach you faggot " and started beating him up. 
    At the end Vince wishes that Butch Carrigan turn gay but the fairy god father states Butch was already gay. I think it doesn't make sense for Butch to bully Vince for thinking he was gay when he really wasn't because Butch turns out to be gay the whole time. Vince saves his last wist for something important like a girl. I think the main idea in this passage is don't ever do something to someone if you don't want it to happened to you.