Chapter 9: Where the Red Fern Grows

Reading Response: (150 words)
                   After the jarring sound of a colossal object slamming down to the earth's surface from the effect of gravity, The tree is cut down and the coon is killed. Although Billy feels proud of his work, on the other side of that glorious moment is an emptiness in his mind. Throughout the book we all know that Billy is a boy who lives among nature, he has grown up with "her" and "she" has become his second home. He knows trees are his friends and they have a strong bond: "It had played a wonderful part in my life." Billy said when the tree falls. But at that time, because of the love for his dogs, the desire of killing that coon, and his nonchalant excuse that "a man should keep his word." All of those criteria have led Billy to the blindness conclusion of cutting down his childhood friend. At the time everything is done, there is no turning back, I have learned about the nature of a human being and how malignant he can become just to benefit his needs.

Reflective Response: (250 words)
                  Everyone makes decisions, in fact, they have long become our daily activity and the core of any individual's acts. I think any choice we make is important and it would affect our lives, I'm not an exception. One of the decisions that have the most impact on my life was whether to buy a new pair of soccer shoes or a camera.
                    Two hundred dollars. It was the dream money for any ten-year-old kid to have. It felt like Christmas was coming early for me when I found out that after a long time of doing laundry for my mom and mowing my neighbors' backyard. I had finally earned enough money to buy it. I still remember running and skipping around my house full of joy knowing that I can buy a brand new pair of soccer boots and all of my haters at school were going to be so jealous. But when riding on my mom's motorbike with her to buy the shoes, my eyes crashed into an advertising sign of a Cannon on sale for exactly the amount of money I had. So there my "decision system" went into work. The war in my mind blew its first shot and I felt like World War III was right there in my brain. I knew that I had also been dreaming to become a photographer. "But what about the moment that I can show off my friend about my new shoes," my mind rebutted. After almost two hours of making my mom wait, I decided to grow up and took back to my house a camera thinking of the benefits it could give me.
                    I still laugh whenever recalling that day because my "adult" decision of taking pictures and making money out of it turned out not to be so mature at all since I got bored of the camera after a few months and realized that I didn't even have passion for photographing. At this time, you might question why this silly decision could affect my life. But after all, I  think I have learned a great lesson about what to spend on my money and responsibility for making any decision.

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