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A review by wizardsharks
All the Right Stuff by Walter Dean Myers
3.0
I won my copy through Goodreads First Reads.
This is a quick read that will hopefully inspire you to push yourself in future endeavors. In the book, Paul lands a job in a soup kitchen working for Elijah. Through Paul’s discussions with Elijah we are introduced to philosophy of the “social contract.” With his new understanding Paul looks at how the social contract is affecting the people in his life and whether he believes it is better to live within or without these rules.
Elijah is awesome. I love the wise, no-nonsense character that Myers has given us.
“Sit down right there and start slicing up some of those onions while I talk to you, son,” Elijah said. “And please don’t cut your fingers up into the onions, because blood makes the soup salty.”
Thinking about Elijah makes me laugh and thinking about this book makes me hungry. Every soup mentioned within sounds great. If I wasn’t currently dealing with the Texas heat I would be very tempted to knock out an oyster gumbo or a collard greens and ham soup.
This is a quick read that will hopefully inspire you to push yourself in future endeavors. In the book, Paul lands a job in a soup kitchen working for Elijah. Through Paul’s discussions with Elijah we are introduced to philosophy of the “social contract.” With his new understanding Paul looks at how the social contract is affecting the people in his life and whether he believes it is better to live within or without these rules.
Elijah is awesome. I love the wise, no-nonsense character that Myers has given us.
“Sit down right there and start slicing up some of those onions while I talk to you, son,” Elijah said. “And please don’t cut your fingers up into the onions, because blood makes the soup salty.”
Thinking about Elijah makes me laugh and thinking about this book makes me hungry. Every soup mentioned within sounds great. If I wasn’t currently dealing with the Texas heat I would be very tempted to knock out an oyster gumbo or a collard greens and ham soup.