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Emily MIckelson

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Unbroken Laura Hillenbrand pg. 473

I loved this book. It has been one of my favorite books that I have read this year. At first it was hard to get into, but after a while I couldn’t put the book down. Laura Hillenbrand wrote an amazing book and I hope I can find another book like this one. I have found that I love historical books!

I cried a few times in this book because of the hardships Louie Zamperini went through. There are many facts about World War II that I did not know before this book. I can not imagine being captured by the opposing side. Louie gave me a new hope and I new way to look at life. Louie was in the olympics and survived war and was even lost at sea for a bit. Putting myself into this character I would not have done any of it. Throughout the book, I had to go back and make sure I read some of it correctly. I also think that this shows how much courage soldiers have to fight for their country.

I would recommend this book to people who are looking for a leader to follow. Also if you like fictional historical books I would choose this book.

After I read the book, I watched the movie. It was phenomenal. I am kind of mad that a few things were changed, but overall I loved the overall picture it represented. My favorite part in the movie was when he defied the Japanese solider by not dropping the log. Without reading the book I wouldn’t have understood the movie as much as I did.

Let me know what you thought of this book, did you see the movie, do you agree with me about anything I said and what and why, would you recommend this book to other people and who and why. Did you have a favorite character, who and why. What was your favorite part of the book and why, what do you think the worst part of the book was and why. Let me know what you think and why. I will read it all, thanks, Emily.

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Emily MIckelson

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Life of Pi Yann Martel pg. 352

This was not my favorite book I have read this year. It took me a while to get into the book and the really goos parts didn’t start until almost half way through the book. I thought that when Pi was first on the boat with the multiple animals it represented his family and other people from the sip. In the end I finally realized that the tiger, Richard Parker, was him all along. They were both courageous and strong in hard times and survived. 

I thought that this book was very similar to Unbroken in ways because first both boys were courageous and had to survive hard times and they both had hope though and thought that they could survive through it also. I am afraid of sharks and being stuck out at sea would scare me. I don’t think that I would be able to survive after the first week. At least Pi had the companion of Richard Parker. I also think that without Richard Parker, Pi would have died sooner. Pi had to take care of someone else's life as well as his own. As Pi was going through some of the things he didI thought that some of it may have been delusions too. What really scares me is how old Pi was. He lost his family and still survived. 

I probably wouldn’t recommend this book to most people because it takes a while to get into it and it is still a pretty slow book throughout the rest of the book too. So if that person doesn’t like slow books this book is for you. 

If you have read this book let me know what you think of it, what was your favorite part, what did you not like out of the whole book, who was your favorite character, do you agree with me on somethings, like how the tiger and Pi are the same character. Who would you recommend this book to and why. Thanks, let me know what you would do please and thank you. 

Thanks, Emily.