It is important for the company because they don’t want to lose business and if they had to close, many people would lose their jobs. Think about Garrett’s mother and what she does for a living. This could launch a discussion about the history of the teenager and talk about the increase in responsibility given (being tried as adults for crimes committed underage, selective service) and the decrease in rights (smoking, drinking, movies, voting, video games, driving, owning property, privacy especially for health choices). This would be a wonderful book to talk about rights and responsibilities and which ones apply to what population. “It’s for your own good!” How often do we hear that and when is it time for us to decide what is good for ourselves? One thing almost every dictator in history has had in common was trying to limit people’s access to knowledge, to books, newspapers, free speech, any news from the outside world.” (Strasser, p.109-110) Garrett sums up the point of defending the first amendment (hooray for libraries!), “You know, they say knowledge is a dangerous thing,” I go on. This book may even spur people into action. With this book on library shelves, this cruelty is being read about and hopefully, talked about. As I’ve stated throughout this class and in my life, keeping the secret or pretending something doesn’t exist only perpetuates the abuse – whatever it is. These juvenile boot camps are a heartbreaking reality and a well-kept secret. I think this is one of the most important books I’ve read, because it is based in reality and lists references for where the author took some of the ideas he presented in the story. The subject matter was difficult for me to read about because A) I feel very strongly about treating people kindly especially when the ratio of power is uneven and B) I also feel strongly about free will and making good choices or owing the consequences for making poor choices.
This book was painful to read, not because it was poorly written, on the contrary, it was very well written and the characters were vividly portrayed. Garrett is sent to Lake Harmony, a boot camp that uses unorthodox and brutal methods to train students to obey their parents. summary of the plot and content of the title.
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