Genesis

Ahhhhh, my first entry! Its exciting... yet tiring. I've been putting this post off for awhile, and I can't quite figure out why. Oh well.

Today I had work from 9-4, but then my ride meso-flaked, and I was stuck there til 5 =( I'm finally home now, and was excited to either read or sleep... of course I'm doing neither. I'd feel too lazy doing such things. But I'm not too lazy to review this marvelous book :P

I'm going to be honest here. When my teacher (Mr. Raymond Obstfeld, a NY Times Bestseller; look it up! I don’t lie!) recommended this book, I was initially a bit skeptical. All I really knew about it was that it related the plights of the African Americans (I had overheard Oprah raving about it). Not to be racist in the slightest, this was a bit of a put off for me.I’ve been forced throughout the years to read such books and, while I feel bad that such things happened in the past, I had nothing to do with it and it’s a little... disconcerting to hear about it over and over again when I really shouldn’t have to feel guilty at all about it. I mean, I heard a quote on television one time where one African American said to his friend “Yeah man, we get them crackers so scared they’re whipped to our beck and call!”.That bugs me a bit. What I found interesting is that when I emailed him back about my enthusiastic review, he told me he had initially felt the same way.

But... I loved it. LOVED IT.Definitely going down as one of my favorite books. Perfect timing, too. Lately I’ve been questioning everything... wondering about religion, men, sex, purpose, education, etc.This book is like, a solution guide to all of my problems.The first page is a tear jerker, the writing throughout is brilliant, and never once did I feel bored; on the contrary, I was enthralled. Despite my busy schedule, I finished the book in only a couple days because I couldn’t put it down!

It gives me hope to think that I don’t have to follow the orthodox way of the world.Rather, I can set my own path and, as long as I’m happy with myself, screw the rest of ‘em.My life is lived for me, after all.

I have concluded that this book is a Naturalistic Drama due to its likeable protagonist, conflict and leap of faith towards naturalism, and the boon in the end. I would lovelovelove to discuss this book deeper with anybody interested.