I’m reading Strength in What Remains, by
Tracy Kidder. And at this point in the book, the author has jumped to the past
to tell us more about the main character, Deo’s childhood. We can see now, how
he came to be and understand better the person Deo is.
And we learn that after being on the run for so
many years, and on the verge of death numerous times, Deo is now, not only a
nice humble guy, but also is an extremely strong man, Deo is definitely a
fighter.
While reading about the harsh life of Deo in
Burundi with his family and while escaping from death, and on top of that
having survived all of it, to later go to America and realize what a different
lifestyle it is, and how blind people are to the reality in other parts of the
world, it made me recall a character, Amir, form a previous reading, The
Kite Runner, by Khaled Houseini. Even though both Amir and Deo have
different backgrounds, stories, and after all, they did end up having different
lives, they started and ended up in similar places. Overall the main
generalizations of both their lives, is that they are pretty similar. Yet
completely different, since they where in complete opposite sides of the
problems faced in Africa. This is how I was able to see how the social status
really makes up a man in those situations such as the ones in parts of Africa
in the 1900's.
I never really liked Amir, I though of him as a
selfish coward, although he did man up at one point. But Deo, I do like, since
the begging of the book he has shown to be extremely hardworking and
perseverant toward all kinds of situation, making up a genuinely good and
strong man.
After all what’s better? Living as a rich kid,
who screwed up gravely and hurt his best friend, to avoid being bullied for
being friends with a poor kid. Or a life where your economic conditions are not
the best, and require constant hard work and various times the need to battle through
life, to end up having a successful life, accomplished only by giving all the
effort one has.
Vocabulary:
Gestation (n): the process of carrying or being
carried in the womb between conception and birth.
Sapling
(n): a young tree.
Doted
(v): be silly or feebleminded.
Ubiquitous (adj.): present, appearing, or found everywhere.
Paramount (adj.): more important than anything else; supreme.
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