breaking through..reading journal two

Hi. Warning:do not read unless you have read the end of the book!

I just got my copy of reading through yesterday and I started reading the moment I got and now one day later I am done with it. one of the things that I loved about this book was that even though its non fiction it reads like I had been scammed. I wanted two no the end of his story and then it occurred to me that this was just the end of his young adulthood and it got me thinking to myself about when I get older and I look back and if the life I am living right now will be something I back on with a smile or with a frown.

His story is really inspiring to me because its like a wake up call. By this I mean that lately when I think about how things are going and my life and I feel sad I give myself a slap on the head and think "stop complaining because at least your life doesn't include a chapter about I include in it. I wrote a mini memoir last year that is some of best writing and I am thinking about posting it along with a play I wrote that is in a contest as we speak based on my memoir.

In the end I am taking away two main things from Breaking Through. One is that we all have stories, including me, and that you should always tell yours because if not its a dishonor to yourself. The second is that my perspective on immigration has been altered because i used to think that it did not apply to me and it doesn't but if it did I would want the chance of a new life regardless if I had the papers and how could I deny me or any one else what I would not want myself to be denied. Bottom line, people deserve happiness and freedom regardless of what rules need to be broken but perhaps they would not have to if we as human beings would just
mend them.

PS. This book was awesome