Critical thinking question #2

           Critical thinking question: How does this book help you to think about social issues you care about or causes you are committed to?

    The book that I am currently reading called Purple Heart helps me to think about and appreciate the fact that there are soldiers fighting so that I can do things other kids around the world don't get to. In this book I actually read the things that soldiers do for their country and it helps me be more appreciative about this social issue that there are people fighting for my life. Even though this book is fiction, I know that it has real feelings in it and soldiers do go through these things. Reading this book every day also makes me more committed to chasing my dreams and doing good in whatever I do because I know that I should not take it for granted. In the story, The main character Matt gets frustrated because he has a mental breakdown in his mind about how he wishes sometimes instead of looking at his loved ones in pictures, he could just be with them. And I get to see my loved ones on a regular basis while someone is fighting for me to be able to do so. And in the story Matt goes through a temporary brain disorder, but still tries to get better in order to go back out and fight. And that deserves a lot of gratefulness and respect.