We Are the Ants: Shaun David Hutchinson

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Ich bin ja ein großer Fan von Geschichten, in denen nicht alles Schwarz-Weiß ist und das ist hier wieder der Fall.

We may not get to choose how we die, but we can choose how we live. The universe may forget us, but it doesn't matter. Because we are the ants, and we'll keep marching on.” Every character was purposeful. Everyone was developed. Every. One. Henry’s jerktastic brother, Charlie. Their grandmother. Charlie’s pregnant girlfriend, Zooey. The school bully, Marcus. Audrey. Deigo. All of the character’s were allowed faults and insecurities, in addition to their personality quirks. They all feel real.

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I didn’t waste time thinking about the future until the night the sluggers abducted me and told me the world was going to end.

Empty your trash regularly, and wash your trash cans and recycling bins. Store food in hard sealed containers, and store sugary foods in the refrigerator. If ants are attracted to your house plants, put them on an elevated platform in a shallow dish of soapy water to create a moat around them. Also, can we talk about how therapy and proper medical assistance were highlighted as essential for the recovery on mental health issues? It means so much to me as someone who was saved and was taken care of by my psychiatrist and therapist. ( All The... *coughs* Bright... *coughs* can't relate.) Consider your life for a moment. Think about all those little rituals that sustain you throughout your day—from the moment you wake up until that last, lonely midnight hour when you guzzle a gallon of NyQuil to drown out the persistent voice in your head. The one that whispers you should give up, give in, that tomorrow won’t be better than today. Think about the absurdity of brushing your teeth, of arguing with your mother over the appropriateness of what you’re wearing to school, of homework, of grade-point averages and boyfriends and hot school lunches. We Are the Ants is a difficult book to read at times, emotionally. It seems incredible that Henry would allow himself to be treated the way he is by so many people, and that no one would put a stop to it, but the truth is, this type of thing happens more often than not in real life. He is such an incredible character—as are many of the supporting characters—that you root for them to be happy even as you begin to understand that maybe Henry's pain is too much for anyone to bear.The Horn Book Magazine provided a mixed review that complimented the character development but called the plot "lagging" and "issue-laden." This book has some messages. They're not obvious or loud, but they're subtle. It made me so happy. There was no coming out scene. In an ideal world nobody has to "come out". The baby's room wasn't painted in pink just because it was a girl. In an ideal world nobody forces colours to be gender-specified. The principal, physics teacher and police officer weren't all white and male. In an ideal world positions of power are equally represented by all genders and races. Henry fragt im Laufe der Geschichte immer wieder andere Charaktere, ob sie die Welt retten würden und bekommt unterschiedliche Antworten. The only thing that bugged me was the aliens, the abductions and every single time I stumbled on the word slugger. It made me cringe. Henry really had enough problems, vanishing for days and the turning up in strange places, without clothes or memories of how he got there, was something he could have done without.

Also, I found all of these resources from The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan, which is another amazing book that I completely recommend for anyone looking for more books that center around mental illness. And I’m obvious not a therapist, but my DMs will always be open for anyone who just needs a friend to talk to. You are deserving of love and happiness, sometimes it just takes a little while to find those things, but I promise you are worthy of them. And I promise that you matter. Extraterrestrials offer depressed, acerbic Henry Denton the chance to save the Earth from certain destruction by pressing a red button. At one point, Henry says that Jesse was “definitely the best of me.” Why would he think that? What do you think is the best part of Henry? What would his friends and family say is his best quality?

This is, my friends - without any doubt - the most unexpected and remarkable book I've read this year (and the year before, if I'm being honest), soothing and yet poignant at the same time. I feel as if I should wait and write a better review because let's face it, my midnight thoughts hardly come close to what this book deserves but I can't. I'm ecstatic and barely thinking straight as huge is its impact on me, and honestly? I need to vent. Thank you for this incredibly honest novel. I'm looking forward to S. H. Hutchinson's future projects. But the real joke isn’t that the sluggers revealed to me the date of Earth’s demise; it’s that they offered me the choice to prevent it. Curriculum & Instruction / Current Book Challenges". Keller Independent School District . Retrieved 2022-08-19. As the story unfolds, readers learn that Henry has lost his boyfriend, Jesse, to suicide, has an extremely complicated and dysfunctional home life, is having a secret affair with his most vengeful bully, and has had the fate of the world placed in his hands. The aliens, that Henry calls sluggers, have revealed that the world will end on January 29, 2016, and he has the power to stop it by simply pushing a button. Condemned to daily suffering, will Henry save the world? …show more content…

Discuss your thoughts on the book’s ending. Were the sluggers real? Did Henry have a chance to change the world? What do you make of the document that Henry turned in for his Chemistry extra credit assignment? Why did he turn that in? Is this what Ms. Faraci had in mind for the assignment? Was Henry emotionally ready at the beginning of the story to share his thoughts and experiences with his teacher?The material "is patently offensive in the description or depiction of nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, sadomasochistic abuse, or excretion" [18] I really "enjoyed" (weird in this context but you know) the storyline between Charlie and Zooey. Only time I cried while reading this book was because of something that happened to them. This book talks about life in the most honest and beautiful way in my opinion. It really makes you question why we do the things we do and whether it's all worth it. What do we do it all for? He constantly explains how the universe won't remember us and even when we die everything will carry on eventually. We're all going to die one way or another and we probably won' be remembered long after we die. It's just the reality, and I this book really dives deep into this idea of why we even bother living and doing the things we do. "We remember the past, live in the present, and write the future." In the wrong hands, it could have been unbearably cheesy, but the tone is just right. Dark, but often comical. Sad, but full of heart-warming moments too. As the deadline draws closer, Henry searches for evidence that the world is worth saving—in the bully who wants to be with Henry in secret but terrorizes him in public; in Audrey, his former best friend, who used to be an enormous part of his life; in the new student who adds some mystery into Henry's life; and Henry's family members, each dealing with their own struggles. Sure, there are moments when life isn't so bad, but Henry has to decide whether humanity is worth saving or if letting the world end would also end his own emotional anguish.