The book is a very enjoyable read for me. I really do like that it is a story and from the perspective of an Afghan American who is around college age. I feel like I can almost relate to Said through his experience because it's written in almost present time.
I do agree with Meghan that it has opened my eyes to a whole new and different world. I'm sure that it would be interesting to visit, however the picture I have in my mind while reading is what I believe to be very accurate. While reading I'm thinking of a vast dry yellow dessert and its seems to Said talks about how it really is like that. It isn't the same as it was when he was growing up. Back then it was portrayed as green and beautiful to vacation,but all he sees now is a discombobulated mess of trash and dessert.
The one thing I don't really understand is how he is not the least bit frightened by visiting. In the part where the books talks about the massacre he seems almost dis attached to the moment. Maybe he just isn't talking about his emotions because it might be biased but he seems very calm throughout the whole book so far.
I never truly established that there was so much going on over there that was brutal and horrible, almost inconceivable. It seems as though they have just given up and people live in so much fear that they don't care about the country and what will happen in the future.
Another thought while I was reading was that I never really established there were "good" people over there. I just assumed that everyone was linked with either the Taliban or the Al Queda. Who would have thought there were people just like us, when the media portrays everything so one sided. It is very intriguing and refreshing to get another perspective of the War on Terror, especially because I personally can in a way relate to Said.
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