We All Fall Down Reading Response Essay
We All Fall Down
Reading Response #1
By: Nakayla L 8-5
Retell
The book We All Fall Down is a story about a grade nine student that goes to the World Trade Center along with his father. The day that Will went to work with his father was the day that two large commercial airplanes deliberately crashed into both of the Twin Towers. Within this story you discover the difficult journey that Will and his father take, to become safe again.
Relate When Will had gotten told that his father had been stuck in the tower after it had collapsed he felt very defeated almost like he was angry at himself for letting this happen. I can relate to the feeling that he had, when one of my family's really close friends Kim, got hit by a drunk driver …show more content…
The literature was very well written and you were able to feel the connection between you and the characters. For example when Will and his father were traveling down the stairwell and came to the levels where the main point of the fire was, you could almost feel the heat like you were right beside them. This helped me imagine what these people in this disaster were going through, it really put what happened in perspective for me. Having these outstanding details helped me understand the severity of this horrible event. There were many parts in the story where you could feel the characters pain or struggle, like when Will tripped over a piece of cement when the tower had collapsed, I could feel the pain that he was going through when he thought he lost his father for ever. I feel like this book could improve if there was a little bit more advanced vocabulary, especially during the very intense moments. I would have also liked to see more of an ending, like what happened when they went to pick up Will's friend from the fire station or what happened when he got home to his mom. Having something at the end like that would have made to story more interesting at the end, not just them getting to safety and then the story ending. Overall this book was very intriguing and well written, and I would definitely read this book
Reading Response #1
By: Nakayla L 8-5
Retell
The book We All Fall Down is a story about a grade nine student that goes to the World Trade Center along with his father. The day that Will went to work with his father was the day that two large commercial airplanes deliberately crashed into both of the Twin Towers. Within this story you discover the difficult journey that Will and his father take, to become safe again.
Relate When Will had gotten told that his father had been stuck in the tower after it had collapsed he felt very defeated almost like he was angry at himself for letting this happen. I can relate to the feeling that he had, when one of my family's really close friends Kim, got hit by a drunk driver …show more content…
The literature was very well written and you were able to feel the connection between you and the characters. For example when Will and his father were traveling down the stairwell and came to the levels where the main point of the fire was, you could almost feel the heat like you were right beside them. This helped me imagine what these people in this disaster were going through, it really put what happened in perspective for me. Having these outstanding details helped me understand the severity of this horrible event. There were many parts in the story where you could feel the characters pain or struggle, like when Will tripped over a piece of cement when the tower had collapsed, I could feel the pain that he was going through when he thought he lost his father for ever. I feel like this book could improve if there was a little bit more advanced vocabulary, especially during the very intense moments. I would have also liked to see more of an ending, like what happened when they went to pick up Will's friend from the fire station or what happened when he got home to his mom. Having something at the end like that would have made to story more interesting at the end, not just them getting to safety and then the story ending. Overall this book was very intriguing and well written, and I would definitely read this book