RAFT

     The novel that I attempted to connect to was "To Kill a Mockingbird". So far Calvin told me that the book was on that took place in the south and so far was about a group of kids Jean, Jen, and Dill. Jan and Jen are brother and sister while dill is there cousin who visits throughout the summer. So far he has told me that the bond between them is very strong and they get into all kinds of mischief together. Calvin and I dissected what we had read of our books and one thing that we found in our books was strong friendships between the main characters.      
     The connection that seemed to be evident in both our books was as i said prior strong friendship. We noticed that these friendships at first seem so strong but one act could change everything as it did in my book. We found that in the future of Calvin's book an event could take place to change Jen, Dill, and jeans friendship for the better or possibly for the worse. And we determined that no friendship is carved in stone and that it can always change. We also explored the possibilities of other text to text connections for example change, and right VS. wrong but since Calvin wasn't that far into the book it was hard to get into further detail.
     The reason this connection about strong friendships and the change that can occur in them is an important in my book is because Matt goes through this with Justin. Both of these two start of as great friends and being partners in the squad along with playing halo together during downtime. After the "Incident" the friendship isn't the same. The two are no longer talking and don't even play halo together anymore.  But then another dramatic change occurs and the two seem to be better friends then when they started of. Which goes to show that Change can affect a friendship for the better and the worst.