Reading Response 2

The first chapter of this book has been written in the form of a long letter from Matthew to his sister Emmy. In his letter, he talked about some past things like how he and Callie and Emmy grew up in their childhood.

They didn’t have a father, so they lived with their mother named Mrs. Nikki. She has been known to have a bit of temper problem. She loves their kids, actually too much.

One particular night in August, it was over a hundred degrees and so humid. Those three kids were locked in one apartment on the third floor of the house which became like the inside of an oven. But the only person, their mother Nikki, who can take care of them was not there because she had a date. Why didn’t she just let them go out? It’s because “I want my kiddies safe”. That’s the only reason she didn’t allow them to do go out.


But they got out of that crazy hot room by slipping out a window and climbing down the fire escape. Then, they went to a convenience store to buy some ice candy. When they got into the store, they felt a breath of air-conditioning stroked their sweaty cheek. But they also felt a problem at the store. There were two guys. One was tall and seemed 40 years old. The other one was his child. The child stole some staffs just like Arfred and the father found it and got angry, he hit his son’s cheek again and again. But there was a kid who tried to stop that. his name was Arfred. He said “Hit me. Come on. Better me than the kid. Why not? You want to.” Then the father stopped hitting. That was the first time Matthew and his sister met him who might figure out their problem.

Reading Response 1

At this quote, I have started to read new book which is “The Rules of Survival”


This is the story of Matthew Walsh of South Boston, and his sisters, Callie and Emmy.
It's written in the form of a long letter to Matthew’s youngest sister Emmy.

Why did he write a such long letter to them?
Well, That's because he has been trying to help them and himself.

In the letter, he taught Matthew's rules of survival to get away with problem.
He says: "Emmy, the events we lived through taught me to be sure of nothing about other people. They taught me to expect danger around every corner. They taught me to understand that there are people in this world who mean you harm. And sometimes, they’re people who say they love you, and mean it."

Matty has been protecting his sisters from their enemy for a long time.
The enemy who mean them harm.
The enemy who loves them.
Who's enemy?
It's their mother.

As you can imagine, this is not funny story at all. May be that makes you feel depression. This is all about doemstic violence. But that's exactly why I chose this. this is written why it takes place and how to deal with. May be this could happen anywhere. we should notice ASAP. and when it happens, someone around this problem has got do something.