I am going to start out by saying that i really didn't get too far along with this book cosidering that i just got it yesterday. I already had "The color of Water" and i had a hard time tracking this book down since the girl in the book store siad they sent all their books back. But after reading other blogs i see that i am not the only one in this boat here. I am used to such screw ups in the military, but i don't think i will get this book done on time. Oh well i guess.
This book so far is more my style book. It is history and military in one, right up my ally. lol It is unique, because it gives me a perspective that i never looked at while studying this war. We see the way the mind works with the charecters and what they are facing and thinking. We see the segragation is still a major issue here though the army was one of the first to do away with segregation. The soldiers didn't like to follow their white officers, and the white officers didn't want to lead the blacks.
It is wierd to see the way the minds of the charecters work. The way train wonders what the white people are thinking and how they are thinking. We see the boy lick Train to see if taste like chocolate. Spending time with the boy helped Train to connect with the boy. It seems that he is starting to push the walls of segragation down by this. He is starting to see that there is no difference between people. World War One saw this over the first Christmas. The two sides called a Chrismas Truce and met to play a soccer game and to share conversation. After this, the two sides did not want to fight because they realized the people on the other side were just like them. The soldiers on both fronts were sent back to the rear because they didn't want to fight and becasue they were ruining the propaganda that was put into the soldiers heads to make them fight.
I am looking forward to reading more of this book to see what happens. I hope i get this done by thursday to discuss more but we will see. This only getting the book on Monday evening really delayed the reading process, and i am not the fastest reader by far. I think a snail can read faster then me. Now i think i am just going on so i will stop here.
Posted by ScottClark at April 12, 2005 11:12 PM | TrackBack