Tuesday, May 15, 2012
When you believe... How far would you go???
When reading this book it immediately reminded me of movies such as: Blind Side, Lean On Me and the Power of One. All of these movies portray people taking a risk so that another person can have the opportunity to succeed. Antoine is an character who notices Victor's potential. She knows that her Godson can succeed if he is given the right tools and the opportunity. When Victor gets into trouble Antoine takes it upon herself to help him. She sacrifices her time and energy to help someone that may not even accept it.
This is a huge risk. I often wonder to myself, "If I were in Antoine's position would I do the same thing?" My answer always comes back as, "it depends." However, I am reminded that that if I really want to make a difference...sometimes you have to take a risk. This is the beauty of truly believing in something. Dr. Martin Luther King once said, "If you haven't found something worth dying for... You aren't fit to live." What if believing meant dying? What if dying meant really living? How far would we go to risk everything that we have for something that we believe in?
- Felicia Tonga
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The theme of the book is much better than the actual writing of the book. Antoine is a portrayed as a Jesus like character because she puts her life at risk to help her godson. This is an example we should all follow, but must of us don't. When you asked yourself if you could and always came up with the answer as "it depends," I thought that maybe Antoine asked herself the same thing. I guess Victor was important enough to her to go "rescue." But then I questioned under what pretense. If Victor had no potential and was headed for the streets anyways, would she have embarked in such a mission?
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