The book that taught me a lot…
To tell the truth that is the most difficult subject for me to write about as I’m not fond of reading and even if I start reading a book there are no guarantees that I will continue reading it in two weeks. Moreover, during the term it’s very hard to find time for reading books that don’t refer to our study.
Anyway, four or five years ago I had to read a lot of books from the huge list for school or for entrance examination, I can’t remember exactly now. There in the list I saw the book which is called “Dawns are quiet here” by Vasiliev. It attracted my attention as lately I had watched the film with the same name. I started reading and the book took my breath away to such an extend that I couldn’t stop reading. I can’t say that it taught me something as, hopefully, the actions in the book had nothing in common with the reality of that days, but that is, probably, the only serious book that made me empathise with the lives of the main characters, wait for the further developments of the plot and cry for the hard lives of the brave women. That book showed me the other side of the life during the war, it showed the emotions and hopes of the young women that dreamt of surviving after the war and being happy each of them in her own way. But the fate was too cruel to them and all of the young women died. The last passage where the regiment commander after the final battle wished all of them good-night made me cry a lot.
This book showed me how important the life is and how it should be appreciated. It also revealed such human qualities of nature as friendship: no matter how hard the situation is, no matter how difficult the life is it’s important to have a real, faithful friend, a person who you can rely on. Moreover, I think that the memory is very important thing and until we remember the person, he or she is alive.