"Faithful Elephants" by Yukio Tsuchiya

        War effects more than Just the soldiers on the battlefield. In the story "Faithful Elephants" by Yukio Tsuchiya, the three elephants at the Ueno Zoo payed with their life at the war's expense. Their trainer suffered because of the elephant's pain. And the people in the zoo lost three close friends.
        The elephants, John, Tonkey, and Wonley, all suffered greatly because of the war. "'By and by, it came time for the elephants to be killed.'" John was first, the elephant keeps tried to poison him; but when that didn't work, they starved him to death. Tonkey and Wonley were then, also starved to death.
        The trainer who trained the elephants, did not physically suffer. But he had to watch 3 things he loved, die. "'You poor,poor, pitiful elephants!'" These elephants were killed because the army thought they were dangerous. So the trainer had to watch these elephants die over a thought.
        Finally, the people in the zoo suffered just like the trainer. They had to watch 3 innocent elephants, die. But the people had to also watch a person who loved them very much, mourn over them as the died, everyday."'...then stroked the elephants' legs and trunks in sorrow.'"
        "Faithful Elephants" encourages the reader to see the deaths of civilian animals, and also to show how war affects soldiers as well as innocence.

"City of Bones" by Cassandra Clare

                Over the summer, I read "City of Bones" by Cassandra Clare, again. Clary Fray, the main character, is thrown into a world of monsters and death but is still able to appear steady. She finds out she was never who she thought she was. Inside she feels scared and overwhelmed, but outside she stays cool. This happens throughout all parts of the book in different ways.
                On page 12, it says "'I'm not going anywhere,' Clary said. 'If i do you'll kill him.'" This shows that even though she is in the middle of three killers, and might be really scared, she'll still stand up to them. She is raging with emotion inside, but cool and collected on the out side. Also, on page 167, "She said nothing, biting the inside of her lip. She hated the idea of someone reaching inside her head..." This sentence shows that on the inside she hates an idea, but on the outside, she only expresses nervousness because of biting her lip. Two different emotions at the same time.
               The book was great. So much detail put into the character's emotions makes it seem like you are Clary inside the book. Clary's emotions really helps the reader understand how she really feels about things. Even though her emotion is totally different on the outside.