AMST 3700 post #5

Today I am writing about the beautifully written book "Bombingham". One of the main themes that I enjoyed seeing in the book was how their was a constant juxtaposition between the war Walter Burke was fighting in Vietnam and his memories of the violence he witnessed in his childhood in Birmingham, Alabama. Both times ending with him learning a little bit more about himself and his place in the world. I felt like even though I do not live in the world he did, I can relate.

I can relate because all kids at the age of Walter think the same. The little things he would pick up on such as the way he would explain how big adults were is very reminiscent to how I thought adults were. He always mentioned his father as being this very large man but in reality he probably was not that big. When I grew up past 15 I did not think that my dad was that big.

Also in "Bombingham" Walter and Lamar got into trouble very similar to the kind of trouble that I got in as a kid. Of course I never really experienced the racial prejudice that they did growing up I can remember getting into petty trouble as a youngster.

Overall, to me, I enjoyed the book because it acted as a collage to my own life. Showing me things that I have not done in a while or people I have not seen in a while.