Out of the dust- Blog #3

I have finally finished reading Out of The Dust. In the ending her father gets remarried to a woman named Louise. Billy Jo really likes her and looks up to her. A miricole happens, it finally rains for three days straight. She finally realizes that you can't run away from life, except to get thru it and push foward. She was very determined to find herself and who she was and I think she's very phenominal. I loved this book a lot! I couldn't stop reading it. Great read for anyone.
          I really enjoy reading this book, its very exciting and suspending onto what will come next. This book isn't normal like regular books with chapters, it is set up in poem form with titles to each event. That's another reason why I find it interesting.
          A reason why she wrote this book was because she took a trip to Alabama and really enjoyed it and thought she would write about her and experience and ended up writing a book.
         I think that the theme of this book or what she was trying to portray was how bad it can get during the Dust Bowl, and the limited amount of things they had, like food and shelter. Especially during these years the number of doctors and medicine wasn't very high so things sometimes could take a toll for the worst. I also think forgiveness was another theme she was going for-the relationships between the people and not only the people but also the land.
        So far my favorite character in the book is Billy Jo, she's just very strong and willing to do whatever it takes to get back on track without her mom. You can tell she definitely loves the piano more then ever. I find her very inspirational. Throughout the book you can tell she’s grown and changed, very strong as a person in the end and helped her father as much as possible.
        “It almost rained Saturday.The clouds hung low over the farm.The air felt thick.It smelled like rain. In town,the sidewalks got damp, that was all.”- This was one of the quotes I liked out of the book that Billy Jo said. I think what she was trying to get at was that they hope and pray for it to rain there but when something does come its not enough or just sprinkles. All they want is it to rain there.
       I have no questions about the book, loved it all.