Book Report on Gods of Manhattan - Part I

   

  
    This week I read the first half of Gods of Manhattan. The book was about a boy named Rory and his sister. In the beginning, we found out that Rory didn't fall for any magic tricks untill Hex, a new  magician did an impossible trick. After seeing Hex, he went to his house to try to see how he did the trick. On the way there, they ran into a stranger. The stranger was only about six years old but then out of the blue the stranger came and attacked Rory. The stranger bit Rory with his razor sharp teeth, making him unconscious. When he woke up, he was with Hex and he told Rory that there was a place called Mannahatta where if you were remembered enough, you were reborn there. Right now in the book Rory is trying to set Indian spirits free in Mannahatta. I think the main idea so far is that you can't trust everyone.

    One example of this is when they met the stranger. He kept saying "come" and he looked so harmless, but Rory learned that if you followed him he will bite you with his razor sharp teeth and eat you. If Rory had followed him or if Toy, Hex's son didn't save him he would have died. If Rory trusted the stranger he would have died. This shows that a main idea of the book is not to trust everyone.

    Another piece of evidence from the book is when the Munsee Indians made a deal with the mayor in Mannahatta. The deal was that they wouldn't fight if the Indians had lived in Central park. When the Indians stepped into Central park, a blue force field came up and trapped the Indians in forever. If the Indians hadn't trusted the mayor then they wouldn't be stuck in Central Park for eternity. This is more evidence from the first half of the book that the main idea is that you shouldn't trust everyone.

     In conclusion, Gods of Manhattan has been a great book so far. It gave me lots of examples of the book's thesis which is that you should never trust everyone. If Rory trusted the stranger he would have died. The Indians already trusted the mayor and got stuck in Central park for an eternity. This is why I think the main idea is that you shouldn't trust everyone.