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Human Nature In The Book Of Thanksgiving

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The second truth about human nature in this book is that humans easily change, whether for the good or the bad. Different types of events can change a persons perspective on their views. When David went to war, he went from a highschool boy to someone who must become the best man he can be to survive. Penna also thought that David would only be gone a year and nothing would change, but throughout the book she realized everything would be different when he got back. Through this realization, she made new friends and got closer to her family. The third truth about human nature, was that every human has the option of forgiveness. Throughout the whole book there are lots of moments where forgiveness is used throughout Penna’s different relationships. An example of this would be when Linda forgave Justine for leaving her in her early childhood years (pg 172). Although sometimes forgiveness is hard, when these family members forgive each other, they became closer as a whole and are able to withstand any hardship that may come. Choose one relative sentence. …show more content…

It shows how many people will come closer together and learn to overcome their battles. With these characters changing they become stronger and begin to be a better family. Controversial issue. A controversial issue in my book would be if war is necessary or not. Throughout the book Penna often states that she supports the war because of David (pg 129). I believe she supports the war because of David’s decision, otherwise if he was not in it he would not impact her as much. The book also talks about how 9/11 impacted both Ravi and David (pg 65). With how much the situation impacted both of them, I believe it made it easier for David to go to war to protect our country and others from the bad guys that are within (pg 82). Review of the

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