The first mistake I made was trusting you. The second mistake I made was standing up for you. I betrayed someone else to protect you. I shouldn't have. I should have kept my mouth shut. I should have never vented to you. I should have never stood up for you and protected you. I valued our friendship too much. You didn't. I can't go back and change it. I can't fix it. You feel the way you do. I feel the way I do. I'm uncomfortable being around you. I can barely look at you. But it's my mistake.
I just recently finished "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak. I had no idea what this novel was going to be about going into it; all I knew was that our 10th grade English class study it. Right off the bat I noticed that our narrator was not your average Joe. The narrator is death. When I realized this I said to myself, "Oh this is going to be good." The novel is all about the Holocaust and it is shown from a German point of view. Leisel Meminger's mother gives her away to a foster German family. On the trip to this new family, Leisel's brother dies. So right from the start death is there. I'm not going to give you a synopsis of it, because I think you should read it for yourself. Just know that a German family hides a Jew in their basement for a while, and death is around every corner. That last line of the novel really got me though..."I am haunted by humans."
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