Journal Entry 23: Influence of Children

            There are many books and stories and movies in this world, with many many different kinds of story plot and events and conflicts.The plot in stories, books, and movies can be effected in many ways. And an author's writing skills and technique and the things he or she writes about. I believe that the writer might be influenced by the childhood of his or her life. The writer can be influenced by their childhood in many ways. One of the most common one is to write about it, to write about the author's own life story. Sometimes they will picture them as the main character in the story or movie. Another influence is that they might set the setting of the story as the place where they grew up or lived. Another important influence is that an author's childhood might effect the author's points of view on many things, such as beliefs and religion. I think some parts of my life can be written in a book or movie, but others can't. Those parts that can be written in a book or movie is the interesting part of my life. But I have a pretty ordinary life. I think the book called "The Year My Sister Got Lucky" is a book that is similar to my life. In the book, the sister of the main character is good at everything, just like my sister. My sister has been good at everything, grades, teachers, parents, SATs, MUN and many others. Just like the mother in the book, my mother likes and treats my sister better than me. Another similarity is that I am very close to my sister just like the sisters in the book. So I think this book is really similar to my life.