End of Behind the Beautiful Forever's

              The most important thing I would have to say that I learned was how much different Abdul’s lifestyle was compared to the one I grew up in as well as the one’s my friends grew up in. I know that I live a very privileged life and what sucks is that I take a lot of what I have for granted. Learning about these families and how hard it is to get by was just scary and even uncomfortable for me because I haven’t lived like that and I don’t see that lifestyle here on campus. Katherine Boo did a great job with the sensory detail and explaining to the readers how different these people live and what they have to do to just get by every single day. Boo explains that Abdul has to work in recycling trash while his father just sits at home, sick and worthless, while Abdul provides for the family (14, 23-24). She shows us that we have so much to live for while others such as Abdul and his family really don’t have much at all.

                Sadly I will have to say that even though Katherine Boo’s book was very eye opening I thought it was fairly slow and dry at some points. I know it’s hard to take interviews and turn them into a chapter book but every once in a while I would get lost and eventually would get bored. I know that’s harsh to say but I honestly wouldn’t want to read the book again. Once I was done reading the book I didn’t want to have much to do with it again.