Post # 10 Maps To Anywhere Cont.

For this post, I will continue my evaluation of Bernard Cooper's Maps To Anywhere. In my earlier post, I stated how I had mixed feelings about the book. After reading through about half way, I couldn't determine whether or not I liked the book. However, after reading through the rest of the book I can now say that I enjoyed reading Maps To Anywhere.

One of my favorite passages from the second half of the book is Don't Think About Breathing. It starts off calm and peaceful talking about the air. The writer goes into great detail describing the air and its contents and a got a feeling of tranquility from it. That's when things change dramatically. The writer continues describing the air, but in a much different light. He begins talking about plague and war within the air and all the toxins that can be found. I think this approach is very interesting and ultimately, the writer's intention was to describe life by comparing it to breathing. He wanted to show that there is good and bad and you go through it all, just like taking in a breath of air.

Another one of my favorite passages from the second half is Under Water. In this passage the writer talks about a family a the summertime. The family consist of a mother, a father, and their child. He never states the gender of the child, but based on the dialog in the passage, I get the feeling that the child is a girl. Throughout the passage the writer describes everything in great detail, especially in the beginning when the writer describes what the child is seeing under water. Throughout the passage I get the sense that the writer is promoting relaxation and the importance of family. The family in the passage do nothing but play in their pool and enjoy themselves all day, and even go into the night.

In closing, I didn't care too much for Maps To Anywhere at first. There were a few passages I liked, however, there was pretty much an equal number of passages I didn't like. After reading the rest of book, I've come to like it a lot. There are many passages I like and they far out number the ones I didn't care for. Overall, Bernard Cooper's Maps To Anywhere is definitely worth reading.