Tomorrow Will be Better
By Betty Smith
Joan P.
7th grader
Van Antwerp Middle School
A Classic that I read this year that I enjoyed is Tomorrow Will be Better
by Betty Smith. I liked this book the best out of all the books that I
have read this year for many different reasons. One of those reasons is
that this book relates to every day life in a poor environment. I like
this quality in books because I think it reminds people of what it is like
not having money and everything that you might have now. I also think that
it makes people be more thankful of what they have now instead of wanting
more.
Another reason that I preferred this book than other books is that this
book teaches you a lot of important lessons that will help you become a
better person in life. One of those lessons is that I thought was very
important was that bad situations can turn into good situations. For example,
when Margy (Margaret) was describing an overall description of her childhood
in the beginning of the book she tells the reader the tale of when she got
lost. Margy's mother of course found her eventually or else the story would
be a real mess but when she finds her she is shocked because the reaction
of a smack to her daughter was acquired. When she smacked her the little
girl did not cry. When this was noticed by the Mother the Mother got very
angry and smacked her again! The girl still did not cry but was confused.
Later on that night Margy's mother told the story to her husband but instead
of the usual routine of yelling at the daughter for misbehaving he causally
just nodded and left the situation unhindered. At the end of this paragraph
it clearly states, "That day both the mother and her child had been
lost." I thought this sentence had a great moral behind it. I thought
that the meaning of that sentence was that out of the event of Margy being
lost good came out of it. That good was the fact that Margy and her mother
was starting their life long friendship at that moment which I thought was
very significant.
The last reason why I chose this book as my favorite classic, which is also
another lesson in the book Tomorrow Will we Better, is that it is not easy
to get a job at a young age even if you are really smart. Margy explains
this lesson in the book by telling the reader how hard it was for her to
get a job when she was a very smart and intelligent woman. She tells the
reader that when she had gotten a job many weeks had past. The job that
she got was an average job. The boss in this job gave everyone a chance
when they asked for it because he remembered how hard it was for him to
get a job so when Margy asked for the job he gave it to her with a simple
glance at her resume. I think this part of the book is a very important
one because I think it would tell everyone who has read this book to study
hard in school so they could be smarter than average so they won't have
a lot of trouble getting a job later in life.
These are some of the many examples that helped me decide that this book
was the very best. I hope that my few examples will help you decide wether
this book is right for you.
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