favorite

The favorite thing that I read in this class hands down had to be the Sunflower. I really liked the story of the whole book and setting of it. I think one of the main reasons that I liked this book was because I have always been interested with World War 2. The horrible things that Simon had to go through and then even thinking about forgiving really stood out to me. If a person like Simon can even think about forgiveness after his whole life was taken away from him, I think almost anyone can forgive anyone after that. I think it showed a lot of character that he was able to do this and that was one of the main reasons I liked this book.
Another reason why I really liked this book was because of the writing style. I was able to read this very easy and actually enjoyed reading it. Many of the other readings we had to do I had to force myself to just read the assignment but in this book I just kept reading and always went past the assignment reading. I found that most of the other reading we did were to descriptive to me. They seemed to go into way to many details to describe these minute things that just seemed like a waste to me. I know the author tries to give you a picture in your head but I feel something they go too far. This book seemed to just have enough detail compared to actual events that were happening in a story.
I also really liked the ending of the book and how the author asked what you would do. At first I really didn’t think it was fair for the author to ask this but then I realized that he wanted to be in his shoes. Not many people put themselves in the shoes of a holocaust victim and this forced you to do that. I also liked how it a personal story of the author and not a second hand account or a made up story. I don’t think the story would have had such an impact if wasn’t a real story.