What Blog #3

         

                  What is the What had a very bittersweet ending, which the tone in the last part of this book mimicked. The author used some very strong sentences that gave us hope for Valentino, yet sometimes made us feel sorry for him as well. During the last pages of this book Valentino was about to board the plane to take him to america, but at the last minute the 9/11 attack had happened and made all the boys lose hope in going to america. "As I had foreseen, as Maria had foreseen, I was being sent a message from god. I did not belong on this or any plane."(pg. 525). During this Valentino even questions if he wants to go to america because of how awful it looks from the attack on the twin towers. The whole book was leading you up to the freedom of Valentino, but then the author turns it around making it seem like he is just going to have to suffer even more in america. This is the kind of mental mind games the author has been playing on us giving us a little shred of hope for Valentino then crushing that hope only to spark a new one, like a roller coaster with small ups and huge downs. This is not bad, in fact it is really good, and I for one am very appreciative of someone who can write in that kind of tone. It makes the book feel very intense and interesting.


               The book what is the what was a roller coaster of emotions, both for the characters and reader. It truly shows the hardships of the Lost Boys, and what they have endured. It was a harsh tale from start to finish but was expertly written giving tons of feeling and power to the characters in this book. It was very inspirational proving that anybody can do anything if they put their mind to it. The reader can learn so much from this book, their are tons of lessons to be learned, one major on would be gratitude and how Valentino is so grateful/appreciative of what he has and what he receives. Over all the book was very good mixing an interesting and mind boggling tale with great writing, to make a very good book.