The+Uprooted

Macielle Donohue

I really found "Uprooted" to be a great book. It is a lot easier to read and understand compared to the first two books. I found it very intersting that it took a long time for peasants to migrate. The living conditions were unbearable. People were starving, people were dying and the peasants did not want to change or move. It wasnt that the peasants couldnt change, they were afraid to. I would of thought that the peasants would have taken the risk of change or move to improve their lives. It took the peasants to hit rock bottem to finally realized that something needed to be done. From our eyes change would of been done quickly because as Americans we are accustomed to change, but for people that have been living one way for centuries without the slightest change it is something hard to do. I put myselves in thier shoes and I probably would have been just like them.

I have found this book an easy read. I like how the author takes the reader on a journey of a peasants life. The arduous path that the peasants had to take reminds of how life can be a struggle for some people. In chapter 5, Handlin spoke about religion and how the peasants worked hard to hold on to their faith. I found the fact that each race only wanted to follow a religious leader that looked like them very interesting. Immenah Hosin