Ben+Franklin

Benjamin Franklin The Whistle Summary: The story begins when a young boy is **mesmerized** **Great Word!** by the sound of another boy’s whistle. So with the money the young boy had he went and purchased a whistle for himself from the toy store. He used all the money he had to purcha**se it bu**t he thought it was well worth it. He came home from the store and was pleased by the sounds of his whistle; it did disturb his family to say the least. He informed his brothers and sisters of the bargain he made that day. Then they told him he had given four times as much as it was worth. They then laughed at him. This day was in the little **boys** mind for the rest of his life. He learned a lesson from this day. So from that day forward every time he was tempted to purchase an unnecessary thin**g h**e said to himself “don’t give too much for the whistle”; and he saved money. As his life went on he noticed many people giving “too much for the whistle”. For example he said “when I see a beautiful sweet-tempered girl married to an-natured brute of a husband, what a pity”. He meant she is giving up too much for what she has. This story is about a boy who learns a lesson about life just from buying a whistle. Then he starts noticing other people paying too much for the whistle, not just in the sense of money but life in general.

Reflection: For the reader to truly understand this story you must read between the lines. This story is about more than buying a whistle. If you read caref**ully yo**u understand the true meaning of the story. But if you read the story **fast you m**ight think it is about a young boy who pays too much for a whistle and he annoys his family with it. This story relates to its time period in a very simple way. It is much different than today. In the story the boy buys a whistle from the toy store and just thinks it is the coolest thing in the world. He has been saving his money for it and he just loves it. Just by reading that part of the story you can tell it dates back a couple hundred years ago. You know this because a young boy in today’s society would not save his money to go to the toy store and buy a whistle. Why? But back in the late 1700’s a boy would have. A young boy in modern day would save his money to go buy a new video game. Just by reading the first paragraph you know roughly about what time period this story takes place. That is what I mean by read between the lines. And that is how the story relates to its time period.

Levi, Just because the items are different because the time period changes isn't a good validation