Journal 6 reading response using chapters- Bailee Patton

      Esther has become my favorite character. She has helped Beah surely but slowly overcome his problems.She helped Beah become a kid again and always put him first. I bet even though we never found out she actually loved him to. She told him that she would be his sister and she felt it necessary to give him rap music to help connect with him.Who else would go through so much trouble to make one child happy.

      I think Beah is doing so much better and learning to become a kid again. I would let him live near me.He made it to New York with no problems or out burst.If he was freaking out a noises and people and started lashing out then i would say no he probably shouldn't be out on his own, but i think he is doing really well. If he is having problems he can always live in the country away from civilization.

     My favorite quote is when Beah's uncle says "You are my son. I don't have much,but i will give you food and a place to sleep and my love."He owes Beah nothing but still would accept him into his family after all he had been through. Love is a powerful thing.Maybe he feels guilty after all those years of not talking to him. We don't really know, but it was still very kind of his uncle to take him in regardless of his past.

     "It must have been tough,living with so many war stories. I was just living with one; mine. And it was as difficult as the nightmares about what had happened continued to torment me. Why does she do it?Why do they all do it?" I thought as we went our separate ways. it was the last time i saw her. i never told her but i loved her. This makes me so emotional. I just want one thing to go his way because not a lot has. Its likes he loses everyone close to him. It would be nice to see him truly happy because a majority of the book he has not been. I really do think she would have kept in touch if she could, something must have happened and maybe she read this book years later and finally met up with Beah. That would be a very happy ending.