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Book Review of The Whipping Boy

Basic Elements: 

Characters: Prince Brat, The Whipping Boy, The King, Petunia 

Setting: The forest, one night 

Plot: Jemmy is Prince Brat’s Whipping Boy, Jemmy has been Whipped for no reason, but he can’t do anything. 

Genre: Novel

Perspective: Third person viewpoint 


The book The Whipping Boy written by Sid Fleischman which talk about Jemmy studies and know how to write, but the Prince doesn’t, Jemmy is the Prince’s Whipping Boy, and one night, they get off, and they’re been catch, the robber who catch them think Jemmy is the Prince because the real Prince doesn’t knows how to read and write. They write a letter to the King, the Prince can’t write, and they don't want to eat such disgusting things, and sleep on the floor. Jemmy wants to go home, he is scared of the King, he run, and Prince Brat run after him, CutWater is running after them, then, a bear is on the road, a girl named Petunia saved them, they go home, Prince Brat is been Whipped and he makes friends with Jemmy. 


Education is something we learned and can help us when we need it. We learned many thing in school like math 67+89, English vocabulary,grammar, history, science… Somepeople will think that the things we learned canr help us, something like cooking, sewing may can help us in life, but if you wants to tell somepeople far away from you and the place he or she lives can’t use smart-phone, you can only write a letter, but you find you doesn’t know how to write, this is a big problem. And people who studies can make a solution of a problem and will be more polite. In the story, Prince Brat doesn’t knows how to write and can’t write letter to the King, but Jemmy can. Jemmy can write and can call on letter, but the Prince can’t. Believe Education, it can help you. 


Sometime you will not make Empathy with someone, but after you taste him or her’s lives, you ill understand and make Empathy. We will think eat some yummy food is very popular, but someone think that is very difficult to do that, maybe you will think Why? But after you have an expeirence of their lives, you might be clear. Something if you don’t try it, you may not understand, but after you try, you will understand. Maybe the thing you think that is very very popular like clothes, food, house, is very precious to someone. In the story, Prince Brat doesn’t makes Empathy with Jemmy on been Whipped, but after he is been Whipped, he understand him, he makes Empathy with him. Prince Brat changed after been whipped, he akes Empathy with Jemmy and they becomes friend. Try some people’s life can make you make Empathy with them. 


Don’t use Social classes as reason to make a different treatment. Social classes is you have money or not, or you are nobles or king, princess, prince or poor people who doesn’t has anymoney ad sleep on the street and eat ugly things. You can’t say that I’m nobles and the poor peoples HAVE TO work for me for no reason, and have a little little money that can’t buy anything. You might say I have money, I buy some very precious things, and maybe I will share a part with the poor people, but don’t use your Social classes to bully someone. In the story, the King make Jemmy to been Whipped for Prince Brat, his son, for no reason. Jemmy is Prince Brat’s Whipping Boy, but then, the king knows that he can’t uses social classes to bully people. Your are noble is good, but if you use your social classes to make others work for you, thats not good. 


In conclusion, this book which has a Prince that has a Whipping Boy, and one night they get off, they’re been catch by two strong men, they doesn’t belive that the Prince is the Prince because he can’t read and write, he can’t write letter to his papa, but Jemmy can. Jemmy the Whipping Boy and the Prince doesn’t eat and sleep good, they decide to go home, but the Prince doesn’t want, they see a bear but Petunia, a girl helps them, when they go home, the King Whipped the Prince, and the Prince make Empathy with Jemmy. This book tell us Education is something we learned and can help us when we need it, Sometime you will not make Empathy with someone, but after you taste him or her’s lives, you ill understand and make Empathy, Don’t use Social classes as reason to make a different treatment. This is a good book, read it. 


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