Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Chapter 15: The Ultimate Gift
In chapter fifteen, Jason receives one more gift. This gift is given to him because of the skills that he learned throughout the journey which his great uncle sent him on. At the end of the book, Kason is given control over all of the charitable organisations that had previously been owned by Red Stevens. In all they were worth over 1 billion dollars, all of which were going into helping the less fortunate.
Monday, August 1, 2011
Chapter 14: The Ultimate Gift
In chapter fourteen, Jason ends his year-long journey with Mr. Hamilton, Red Stevens, and Ms. Haistings. He learns about the gift of love, which encompasses every other gift he learned. He left almost leaves the conference room when Mr. Hamilton stops him and tells him that there's on more part to the Ultimate Gift…
Chapter 13: The Ultimate Gift
In chapter thirteen, Jason had to think about what he would want to do if he were to die the next day. He thought about doing something for everyone, except himself. He would have tried to help everyone he knew learn the same lesson his uncle, Red Stevens, taught him.
Chapter 12: The Ultimate Gift
In chapter twelve, Jason learns a gift which he and many others with money and possessions didn't have, gratitude. He was amazed when he saw all of the things he could have been grateful for.
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Chapter 11: The Ultimate Gift
In chapter eleven, Jason learned that not every gift had to be monetary. Although everything Jason had came from his uncle, he managed to find some qualities and small gifts like his own time. During the month he helped many people throughout the city by doing everything from giving up a parking spot, to baking cookies to help a school bake sale.
Chapter 10: The Ultimate Gift
In chapter ten, Jason learns how to dream. Inspired by his great-uncle's story of Walt Disney, Jason decides to devote his life to helping deprived children. However, Mr. Hamilton reminds Jason to always stick with his dreams.
Friday, July 29, 2011
Chapter 9: The Ultimate Gift
In chapter nine, Jasonearns the gift of laughter. He ran into a blind man on the commuter who, although he was blind, could still laugh at life, and make everyone around him laugh with him.
Chapter 8: The Ultimate Gift
In chapter eight, Jason learns the value of family through a boys' home that his great uncle had set up. He learned quickly that sometimes, family isn't as much relation by blood so much as it is love.
Chapter 7: The Ultimate Gift
In chapter seven, Jason learns about having to deal with real problems. He was supposed to find four people of different age groups to talk to. He found a young girl surviving a horrible cancer, an old man who lost his wife, a middle aged man who lost his job and was trying to make ends meet, and himself. He learned that no matter how bad life gets, you can't let it make you miserable.
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Chapter 6: The Ultimate Gift
In chapter six, Jason learns the true meaning of education. Mr. Hamilton and Ms. Haistings travel to South America with Jason while he works at a library funded by his great uncle Red Stevens. At his simple library, people came from miles away to check out books. Jason eventually learned that the key to learning is having the drive to learn.
Chapter 5: The Ultimate Gift
In chapter five, Jason learns about the happiness a long-lasting friendship can bring. Through a lot of thinking, Jason remembered the man that he helped in the previous month with the engine problem. The two began to become good friends and Jason hoped they could be as good friends as Red and Mr. Hamilton were.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Chapter 4:The Ultimate Gift
In chapter four, Jason learns how important money really is, and that it may not be as accesable to some people as it for him. Jason was reqired to spend $1,500.00 on five people less fortunate than he. In the end, he spent $1,800.00, which was very generous of him considering it was $300.00 over.
Chapter 3: The Ultimate Gift
In chapter three, Jason learns that you won't get the full pleasurre of wealth if you recieve the money by doing nothing. Red said that if you work and earn the money, you will get more enjoyment out of having that money. Jason learned this by working with one of Red's closest friends, Guss Caldwell, on his ranch.
Monday, July 25, 2011
Chapters 1 and 2: The Ultimate Gift
I have only begun reading the book, and I have already started seeing and understanding lessons by Mr. "Red" Stevens to a happy and succesful life. It will be interesting to see what tasks Jason has in store.
Saturday, July 23, 2011
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