I think A Million Little Pieces would have been much better as fiction based on his experiences. If what you said is true and his agent pushed for it to be a memoir, that's really too bad because I doubt all this controversy would have happened had the book not been published as a memoir.
Wow, I could write a book on your next question. I think any religion can be interpreted as violent, judgemental and intolerant if you only listen to the news and the leaders of those groups. If you want to see what a religion really is (or at least what it should be) you have to look beyond the headlines to the individuals who do little things to make the world a better place. I think a lot of the justification for violence in the name of religion is passages taken out of context.
I'm going to cut myself off there before I write an essay. I took a class on religious fundamentalism in college, so if you want to talk further about that, let me know.
The Kite Runner is really an awesome book. You definitely need to check that out.
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Date: 2006-02-13 06:09 pm (UTC)Wow, I could write a book on your next question. I think any religion can be interpreted as violent, judgemental and intolerant if you only listen to the news and the leaders of those groups. If you want to see what a religion really is (or at least what it should be) you have to look beyond the headlines to the individuals who do little things to make the world a better place. I think a lot of the justification for violence in the name of religion is passages taken out of context.
I'm going to cut myself off there before I write an essay. I took a class on religious fundamentalism in college, so if you want to talk further about that, let me know.
The Kite Runner is really an awesome book. You definitely need to check that out.
~Bethany