The Runner

Ｉ have read the book called “The runner”. This book was written by Cynthia Voigt. I have chosen this book because this story is about working hard in order to achieve your goal. I play football so I was inspired by this book.

The story is about a boy called Bullet. He only believes in himself. He does not trust anyone. This is due how his family treat him especially the way his father tries to treat him. His father always tried to box him. He wanted control Bullet; however Bullet did not like that. That why he never listened to his father. This is reason why Bullet started to think that it only himself that he should trust. He is a runner and his is one of the best in school. The only way to calm him down and get away from his father was running. He worked hard to be the runner of his thought.

His mother understands how Bullet is feeling. However, never said anything this is because she felt there is no need for her to speak. She felt that she did not like the way her husband treated Bullet, but knew there was not much that she could do, so she just kept her feeling inside her. She only helped Bullet whenever, Bullet needed her..

Bullet also had brother and sister. They both went out of house due to his father. His brother was called Johnny. Johnny was clever and smart. Johnny argued a lot with his father because there were a lot of things that he did not like about his father. He did not like the way his father tries to box him. He obviously could not stand his father and got out of house. His sister Liza went out of the house for same reason. Liza was kind person but she was slow or some people might call it stupid. That why her father did not like her, so his father tried to do everything he can to drive her away and finally she went away with her boyfriend. Bullet thinks that both of them have made right choice of getting out of the house. He misses both of them, but especially Liza because her kind personality influenced him a lot. All of child does not like his father.

In school, there are his coach and his friends. Obviously because of the way he thinks he does not have much friend. Some people might say he does not have friend at all. He did not need in fact, because he believed only himself. He thought that it is only himself that he can trust. His running coach wanted him to work with Tamer Shipp. However, Bullet did not want to. The coach thought because both of them are good runners by working them together they will both improve. Bullet did not like it, so he only worked by himself. He did not listen to the coach. However, Tamer did not understand why Bullet did not want to work with him. At start there are a lot of conflicts between the two, but as the story goes on they start to understand each other. They get influenced by good side of each other.

There is one more important person in this story and that is Patrice. She is very important. This is because she did not mind the way the bullet was she liked the bullet as he was. She was just about only person bullet trusted beside Liza. She was the only person that Bullet showed weak side of him.

In this story, Bullet never changes. From the start till the end. It shows that he has strong mind. There are many cases that people might think that there are something wrong with him because of way he thinks, however, he attained his mind and never let in what other people said. If I were him I could not have done it. Important thing is that just do what people believe in. never let anyone else disturb you from what you like.

I liked this book very much because it taught me the importance of trusting yourself.　This book is much recommended. This is because in a way this influences people a lot especially people who play sports. It does not matter how good oneself is. People need to train hard in order to achieve the goal. People need to understand that sometimes it is only ones self that people can trust and nobody else. It is not saying that other people should not be trusted. It is saying that people need to believe themselves because that will read to one’s confidence. In other word, people only need to accept the people that will understand them. No matter whom they are. As long as they understand how one is thinking and feeling. People only need few people who understand them.