Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
skip to main |
skip to sidebar
Information about Useful Fools
Author: C.A. Schmidt
Published: August 1, 2007
Pages: 262
Pubisher: Dutton Books
Synopsis: Fifteen year old Alonso lives in the poor shantytown of Salvador, Peru. He helps his mom at the health clinic she opened with Dr. Pablo, Rosa's father. Rosa is wealthy, beautiful, and Alonso likes her. Magda, Alonso's mother, is murdered by The Shining Path, a terrorist group. This destroys Alonso's life. His family is forced to move and his father beats him. This sends Alonso into a downward spiral which leads him into joining The Shining Path. This is a story of courage and finding oneself through hardships. C.A. Schmidt makes the story come alive as she weaves fiction into a real life scenario.
Published: August 1, 2007
Pages: 262
Pubisher: Dutton Books
Synopsis: Fifteen year old Alonso lives in the poor shantytown of Salvador, Peru. He helps his mom at the health clinic she opened with Dr. Pablo, Rosa's father. Rosa is wealthy, beautiful, and Alonso likes her. Magda, Alonso's mother, is murdered by The Shining Path, a terrorist group. This destroys Alonso's life. His family is forced to move and his father beats him. This sends Alonso into a downward spiral which leads him into joining The Shining Path. This is a story of courage and finding oneself through hardships. C.A. Schmidt makes the story come alive as she weaves fiction into a real life scenario.
3 comments:
No, I don't think the Shining Path was working for the people. If they had, they wouldn't have ruthlessly killed the people or force them to join their terrorist group. During this time in Peru, the cities and government were extremely corrupt. If they truly wanted to help them, they would have used peace not violence to solve the problems that destroyed the community.
I don't think the Shining Path was working for the people because they used violence to make changes but that only made things worse. They were cruel and killed innocent people for no reason so I don't think that by using terror that they did anything. Because of the Shining Path's activites there were soldiers stationed everywhere which only added to the violence and problems within Peru.
This book sounds really interesting! I believe the Shining Path is still active in Peru today. I'll have to put this book on my list!
Post a Comment