“A river runs through it” published May 15, 1989. Written by Norman Mcalester as almost an autobiography except the story is fluffed a little bit. The story is about a man and his life, how he grows up his life at home and his life in the real world. THe main points in his life are religion, fly fishing, and his family. The choosing of this book for this course was perfect for myself. A big reason for me coming to college was the ability to fish so close to school and experience the outdoors. Through reading the book and interacting in class with it, watching the movie, the workshop experience, and my personal field experience I would say this class is the ideal class for brevard college’s mission statement.
The book itself appealed so much to me because the beginning of the book focuses so much on fly fishing itself. The stories of fishing with his brother and father make me wish i had that kind of relationship with my own family. But also the struggles his family goes through relates partly to my own. His brother is a very heavy drinker and my sister is also. But the difference I see is that my sister can control hers Jim can not control his urges and has to be constantly drinking. He goes on rages ad gets arrested multiple times and in the end it leads to his own death. This is very powerful as a reader to see what his consequences are for his …show more content…
I went just yesterday in the morning fishing then after my exam I went back I was drinking with my buddies and catching fish then last night we cleaned all the fish and fixed them up. That story alone relates so much to the book and I was able to do that because of the friends I have made here and the location itself. Opportunities like this don't come from other colleges especially so the ones near the big cities. While we may not have the nightlife of these places we make up for in the beauties you can experience in the
The book itself appealed so much to me because the beginning of the book focuses so much on fly fishing itself. The stories of fishing with his brother and father make me wish i had that kind of relationship with my own family. But also the struggles his family goes through relates partly to my own. His brother is a very heavy drinker and my sister is also. But the difference I see is that my sister can control hers Jim can not control his urges and has to be constantly drinking. He goes on rages ad gets arrested multiple times and in the end it leads to his own death. This is very powerful as a reader to see what his consequences are for his …show more content…
I went just yesterday in the morning fishing then after my exam I went back I was drinking with my buddies and catching fish then last night we cleaned all the fish and fixed them up. That story alone relates so much to the book and I was able to do that because of the friends I have made here and the location itself. Opportunities like this don't come from other colleges especially so the ones near the big cities. While we may not have the nightlife of these places we make up for in the beauties you can experience in the