book report number three; part two.

     In the book Charlie St. Cloud, there were a couple themes. There was also a lot of things that Charlie figures out throughout the book. I think that the theme of this book was never give up on something you love.  I think that this is the theme because Charlie never gives up on Sam, he goes to the woods everyday and plays baseball with him, tells him things that happened that day. He tells him everything that he is missing out on by not being alive. Sam practically lives a regular life as a ghost when he is dead. I think that Charlie believes it is his fault for Sam’s death, and that Sam was too young to die. I feel that is why Charlie tries so hard to keep Sam’s life as human as possible. In this book, Charlie also figures out why he is given a second chance at life when he survives the car crash. He thinks that he is given a second chance at life to save another girls life that he really has feelings for. So, he skips a day with Sam, goes out on a boat to save this girls’ life. Sam assumes that Charlie has forgotten about him, and goes to heaven. While on the way to heaven Sam shows Charlie the way to save the girl, Tess’s life. Charlie jumps out of the boat and tries to find Tess; he finds her and hugs her really tight. When they get to the hospital and Charlie wakes up, he finds out that if he hadn’t hugged her really tight and gave her his body heat, Tess would have been dead.  I also think that another thing Charlie learned throughout this book was that he needs to try and care about everybody no matter how mean or rude they are to him. I think that he learns this because he was always nice to everyone, and that paid off when he got his life saved in the ambulance when he was already dead. Charlie continues helping others throughout the whole book, hoping for something in return, but not expecting it. I think that this was a book full of themes. I also think that this was a very inspiring and heartwarming book to read.   

book report number three; part one.

          I read the book Charlie St. Cloud, by Ben Sherwood. I thought that the character Charlie was a very interesting character because he was so caring, and loving, but at the same time he is a very confident and strong character. All that Charlie wanted to do was be out sailing on a boat. He was very good at sailing. He was so good that colleges offered him scholarships. One day he was driving his neighbors' car around town with his little brother, Sam. A car crashed into the back of the vehicle. After the car crashed into the back of the vehicle, Charlie couldn't move the car. A semi crashed into the passenger’s side of the car, killing both Charlie and Sam. Charlie was always telling Sam that he would never leave him. Telling his brother that he would never leave him shows that Charlie is a very loving character towards his brother. Charlie was miraculously brought back from the dead by a guy in the ambulance. Unfortunately they cannot save Sam. Charlie promises Sam that every day they will practice baseball in the woods. The fact that Charlie plays baseball with his dead brother everyday shows that he cares about and loves his brother and doesn't want to lose him. I think that Charlie is very confident because the facts that he can stand up to people if they make fun of him, or people that are his friends. I also think that Charlie is a very selfless person because he puts his life in danger by saving a girl’s life that is out sailing in a storm and her boat crashes. Charlie ends up saving this girls' life thanks to Florio Ferrente who told Charlie that he was given a second chance at life for a reason, and Charlie believed that saving another person's life was the reason that he was given his second chance.I love how that in the book Charlie doesn’t care what anyone thinks of him. A lot of people in the book think that Charlie is weird because he keeps to himself a lot since his brother died. Also, they think that he can’t have fun because he is too depressed about the death, and he bottles it up. Charlie doesn't care about this. He does whatever he wants to do anyways without anyone stopping him.