Nathan Viall

Nathan Viall

2/21/17

Period 5

This World We Live In

By: Susan Beth Pfeffer

I would rate this book 5 out of 5 stars

Setting: this world we live in takes place in a post apocalyptic world.

Main characters: there are a lot of important characters in this book but I'm going to focus on the three most important main characters. The three characters are Miranda, Mom, and Matt. Miranda is the most important character because she is the one who is telling the story. The personality trait that she shows throughout the story is that she complains about everything. Mom is in charge of what the family does and tells people who does what in the family. Matt is the oldest boy in the family who does a lot of hard work like being out all day getting fire wood. He has a very optimistic attitude or a " things need to get done" attitude.

Important events in the plot:

     

     #1.) The city quit delivering food to people. People who were strong enough had to travel to city hall to pick up food. Eventually they stopped giving out food all together.

     #2.) Since they couldn't get food, Matt and his younger brother Jon had to travel 15 miles to go fishing so that they could get food. It took them a week to do the trip. Their mom was greatly effected by Matt and Jon being away that long. She was always very worried when they were away.

     #3.) Matt and Jon came back from the fishing trip with a girl. the girl and Matt were "married". Mom didn't like the idea of them being married. Also she didn't like it because it was just another person to feed.

   The main conflict: The main conflict in the story is that the family is struggling to survive. This conflict is an external conflict. The type of external conflict is person vs nature.

People who would like this book are people who are into apocalyptic type of books. The genre is post apocalyptic and dystopia. I think other books or movies that are in this genre would remind me of this book.