Summer Assignment part 2 Maggot Moon by Sally Gardener

Standish is a character that has a complicated relation ship with most of the people he knows,
like with his teacher Mr. Gunnel the teacher is mean and abusive towards him and he takes until Mr. Gunnel beats a kid to death. Then Standish loses it starts to punch him and afterwards Mr. Gunnel blames the beating on Standish but the kid that's been beating Standish sticks up for him and tells on Mr. Gunnel, they believe him but even after this due to unexplained reasons Standish ends up being expelled from school , and this point shows him going from kind of a wimpy kid to a courageous person willing to stand up to his teacher, and the fact that has bully helps him out that has beat him up and hazed him up to this point. An interesting character moment is that  he doesn't even care when he watches Mr. Gunnel get killed, and in fact just keeps going on about his business, he isn't happy or anything it's just oh a teacher that killed a kid just got shot.

 The themes running through the book is one of a Dystopian theme, the big bad government that one person will stand up to as the voice of hope. The reason because while I like the book it is on the same path of most Dystopia books I've read were the wise old man gives an idea of freedom to the protagonist. Also how you should be mindful of what you let the people that lead you do and what powers you give them because it asks that age old question of how much your willing to give up for safety and allowing the big bad government regulating every part of your life setting curfews and if you disobey your sent to what they call a Maggot which hasn't been explained what it is but I have guesses based on the route the book has gone so far. Another theme that runs through is breaking the mold because the character while depicted to their world as dumb is quite complex and smart even if he can't read or write but can still function and is smarter then most think, and he thinks differently then everyone.

The way the book is structured is its told from the first person from the point of view of Standish, I like this because in the first person you get to know almost everything about the character versus third person you have to get to know a tone of characters and get in the mood for that character, not to say I don't like third person and in fact when done right it can be enjoyable. The book jumps back and fourth between the present and the past were at a moments notice you jump to a flash back for a while and then back to the present. Another structuring point is that so far each chapter is only 3 pages and the text is medium sized so it makes it more  readable were just after 3 pages you can put it down very easily. Overall I like how the book is structured and I do enjoy the book so far.