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A review by grandpas_farts
Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate
1.0
Gosh! Where do I begin? It has been two months, so I have forgotten a lot, like that I even read this book.
I understand that the book was written in the broken/awkward English it was in to show that this boy is newly immigrated from a terrible event. We are in his head, so we should hear how he thinks. I know that he is not from America, we understand by the events that happen to him while he is here.
The parts of him and the cow are a bit ridiculous, even more so when they bring it to the zoo. I understand that many things in America is foreign to him, but I just cannot imagine a kid will throw dishes into the washing machine and think he is doing something correct. Why not ask anyone for help? Don't think I've ever been in a wash room, or seen a washing machine that did not have pictures of clothes somewhere. Sure, you probably don't understand the language, but you sure as hell can look at a picture!
This is yet another book of a white person giving an unrealistic voice to a person of color. This kid did not receive any blatant racism other than the bus driver and a few people? No one bullied him at school or lunch for having an accent/not knowing English, just being Black in a rural area? It is very hard to write about the Black experience( or any other race religion, demographics) if you never actually sit down and speak to a person of that sec. Highly disappointing.
I understand that the book was written in the broken/awkward English it was in to show that this boy is newly immigrated from a terrible event. We are in his head, so we should hear how he thinks. I know that he is not from America, we understand by the events that happen to him while he is here.
The parts of him and the cow are a bit ridiculous, even more so when they bring it to the zoo. I understand that many things in America is foreign to him, but I just cannot imagine a kid will throw dishes into the washing machine and think he is doing something correct. Why not ask anyone for help? Don't think I've ever been in a wash room, or seen a washing machine that did not have pictures of clothes somewhere. Sure, you probably don't understand the language, but you sure as hell can look at a picture!
This is yet another book of a white person giving an unrealistic voice to a person of color. This kid did not receive any blatant racism other than the bus driver and a few people? No one bullied him at school or lunch for having an accent/not knowing English, just being Black in a rural area? It is very hard to write about the Black experience( or any other race religion, demographics) if you never actually sit down and speak to a person of that sec. Highly disappointing.