Justin J. Cambaliza October 12.

2018
10A Ms. Trish Castro

Take Control

The Host is a science fiction and romance novel written by Stephenie Meyer.

The novel is all about planet Earth being invaded by parasitic aliens and are called

“Souls”. These aliens go inside a human person’s body and will be able to control the

body fully. However some humans are still alive and are trying to hide from the aliens

just like Melanie Stryder. All aliens report to another alien named Seeker and they report

to her if they have found any humans. The book teaches us to focus on the things we

want to achieve whenever there are obstacles or challenges in life that we have to face.

To be able to solve or face the challenges in our life, we must remember the

purpose of achieving on what you want. We should ask ourselves, why are we doing this?

Every achievement has a story. Just like in the book where Melanie was captured by the

aliens and alien has come inside Melanie. She was fighting with the alien named

Wanderer inside her body. Also, when the Seeker asks Wanderer to remember where

Melanie’s brother is, Melanie got mad and threw away the pencil which Wanderer was

using to draw where his brother were. She was mad at Wanderer because she sacrificed

herself to protect her brother so that he won’t get captured by the aliens. And lastly, while

the Seeker was interviewing Wanderer, Melanie made Wanderer see her moments with

brother to show her that she would do everything to protect her little brother.
 These values can be applied in real life by dedicating yourself to your desired goal.

You can dedicate yourself to your goal like how Melanie protects her brother by

believing in yourself that you can do anything as long as you can think of it and is willing

to work hard on it.

Book’s Lexile: 620L

My Lexile: 570L