Book Report on Forged by Fire

    

    This week I read a depressing but hopeful book called Forged By Fire. The book was about a boy named Gerald whose mom was a drug addict and therefore wasn't a good mom. When their house burned down, he went to live with his aunt who was loving to him and Gerald loved her. But when his real mom got out of jail, he had to live with her because his aunt had a heart attack and died the day after she was released. When he went to his mother's home, he found out that his mother was married. And as he gets used to living in their new house, he finds out the stepdad was abusive. 

    He had a sister whose name was Angel. The stepdad was also a molester, and in the middle of the book Angel tells Gerald about being molested and they get Jordan (the step-dad) arrested. Then Jordan gets out of jail and is trying to be nice and good so he won't be arrested again When Angel is home alone, Jordan comes in and is drunk and tries to molest Angel, but when Gerald comes in, the house is on fire but Angel and Jordan don't know. So  when Gerald tells Jordan that there's a fire, Jordan and Gerald have a fight. In the end, Gerald gets Angel and Jordan burns in the fire. Then it's just Gerald, Angel and Monique (the mom). I think that the main idea of this book is that his life was like fire and he had to live around an abusive step-dad and a drug addict mom and a dead aunt. His life was shaped from all of his family's problems and his personality was forged by fire like the title of the book.

    The theme of this book is that his personality was forged by fire. One example is when his stepdad always was hitting him and he had to stop him from hitting Angel so he had to be strong so Angel wouldn’t get hurt. Another example is when Gerald had to stand up to Jordan in the end and he had to be brave but also he was really angry and he was strong enough to take him on. These two pieces of evidence prove that his personality was forged by fire.

    There are still a lot of examples of how Gerald’s personality was forged by fire. One example of this is when Jordan got out of jail, so Gerald stayed by Angel's side and was protective because he knew that Jordan could hurt her or do even worse things. Another example is when Angel is about to get hit by Jordan and Gerald sees it happening and he gets in between them and takes the punch. That shows that Gerald was brave and strong because he knew that he would take the punch because it happened to him before and he tried to always protect Angel. This proves that Gerald's personality was forged by fire.

    In conclusion, Forged By Fire is a great book and Gerald's personality was the way it was because of the family and environment. His personality was also that way because of his history and loss in his life. But in the end it was looking hopeful for them because there was no Jordan and Angel and Gerald still had their mom who was not a drug addict anymore. I wonder what is going to happen to them and if they actually do have a good rest of their lives.