The last giant in "Goliath Must Fall" is addiction. Addication comes in many shapes and sizes. It isn't just drugs, alcohol, sex, etc. It is behaviors also. I am addicted to pleasing people. I have to be on good terms with people. I can't say "no." Is this healthy? No. I have to put myself first sometimes. It can't always be about other people, unless it comes to my child. Tackling this giant will finalize my journey in self-care and help me to be the person I want to be. Now that I know what I have to focus on, I'm going to take it and run with it.
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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