Shattered Book Summary

     A little summary of my book is about when the main character "Darcy". Her grandmother had just died over the summer and at the same time she had just broken up with her boyfriend "Hakeem". In the mean time as they have broken up things have gotten bad Darcy's house every since her grandmother had died. Now with her mom "Mattie" having another baby on the way, she has to break her back to put a roof over their head Darcy and her sister Jamie. Because their mother doesn't want their father to work any night shifts because she's afraid that he's going to leave their family again like he did 5 years ago. Yet their father "Carol" tells them he wants to change and he will never leave them again. Darcy, Jamie, Mattie don't really know if they can trust him. As that situation is happening she has to start school again and before Darcy, Jamie had started school Darcy went to their old pizza place where they go every day after school. To catch up with old friends. She sees Hakeem but when she sees him from the last time they saw each other.


      Some interesting parts of this book is that when Darcy thought that her best friend/ sister had lied to her about her "Ex" boyfriend. Because Tarah which is her Best friend was just trying to stay out of the situation between Darcy and Hakeem. On the other hand Darcy had something she wanted to tell Hakeem so that her nightmare can be over with. Hakeem had something he needed to tell Darcy as well. So basically they both were trying to hold back the truth. In the mean time Tarah and Cooper (Tarah's boyfriend and Hakeem's Best friend), were only trying to help Darcy and Hakeem get back together. Also when Hakeem had found put what happened to Darcy we literaly tried to kill the boy (Brian) that did it.

Don't Buy Nike

                           
 The argument in this article is that the workers aren't getting treated fairly they don't get paid enough money to buy anything. In the article it says that the workers "make only 1.25. In order to buy anything they have to starve to make money" They have to live in an 8 by 8 house which is not really big. I think the workers need to get paid more money because the nike stores make to much money for the workers to only get paid $1.25. I wouldn't even pay a worker that if they work their behinds off every week. If i was their boss they would make $10 a hour . I learned that workers in Indonesia get paid minimum wage is only 1.25 for Indonesia but the workers in Illinois get paid less than minimum was. Minimum used to be $10. Now it's only $8.50 for minimum wage. I think that's why parent's aren't making that much 

money.

         Sweatshop
     
The argument in the poem is that when you work and work all day you're going to get tired because your doing the same thing every day. In the poem it says that " I work and work and work endlessly".  When I was reading the poem I thought it was different from the article I read because in the article to me it was mostly talking about how people only get paid $1.25. But in the poem it is mostly talking about how workers are always tired and they feel like machines because they get worked so hard. This form affected the understanding of the poem by the narrator kept on saying that he/or she was always tired in the poem it states that " The clock in the shop never rest". That meaning to me means that they never get a day off.