Blankets

I read "Blankets" for this week and I have to say it was a little girlie. I enjoyed reading it, but at points it was kind of romantic and lovey-dovey. It seemed very much like and autobiography about the author. I looked it up and saw that it actually is an auto biography about the illustrator/writer. I can really feel that he his telling us his story of how things in life happened to him. How he loved this girl and wanted to be with her. And also how he was coming from a very religious family and how he was very instilled with this Christian faith and wanting to go to heaven and to just be happy for the rest of his life. In some fashion I feel that he takes the emotions he was feeling and really forces you to listen to him. He deals with what almost every kid deals with like bullying, sibling rivalry and closeness, parents that drill their opinions into you, etc. But he puts it into a way that you want to know his story and how he deals with it. I love how he goes through all of this time to try and have a strong relationship with someone and almost finds it with this girl Raina, but even that doesn't work. He really goes back to his roots and finally connects to his family and his brother which I really feel is where a lot of people go back to, in my opinion. We really see that we can rely on our family and that the relationships that we have to look for probably aren't the best ones to be in. I feel that after reading this I can understand how a relationship is ment to be and how we can really have strong bonds with people if we let them happen.