The beginning of the book was a real struggle. I had a hard time getting into it and the language barrier was difficult for me to get past. I spent a lot of time looking up Spanish words when I first started reading. There were many words that I could not find, so eventually I just gave up on the words and kept reading. I realized the book was better when I wasn't trying to find out the meaning of the Spanish words. Although the book was depressing I actually really liked it and I am thinking that when I have time I will go back and read the book again. Once I finished the book I was relieved to be done, but at the same time I felt there was some closure. We knew exactly what happened to Oscar and the other characters in the book.
I felt horrible for Oscar through the entire book, it seemed as though no matter what he did something bad was always bound to happen to him. I was glad to find out that he was able to get what he wanted most out of life, to have sex with a woman, and that it was with someone he really cared about. I felt bad for him when he would make friends with these beautiful women and they would end up dating these horrible guys that would beat them and treat them like dirt when there is this really nice guy that just wants to fall in love and care for his woman. It saddened me that he was killed over a woman, I wish he would have just taken her back to America with him and they could have lived happily ever after. Even though it would have been nice to see Oscar be able to live his life out with a woman I was okay with how the book ended. I really enjoyed this book and I hope I get a chance to sit down and read it again because I know that there are so many things I missed.
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I agree that it would be a good idea to go back and read the book again this time trying not to focus on remembering the spanish or looking it up and then not understanding it. I think now that we have discussed that it is supposed to make us feel like outisders I think I apperciate it a little more and im not going to worry about it next time unless its something I really do remember. I also totally agree that it sucks Oscar got killed over a woman. I know he brought it on himself but I don't know if she really deserved to have someone die for her.
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