Overall this book was extremely depressing. Even though it was sad and heart wrenching it did give us a interesting view of the war. I had never heard of the story about the American soldiers killing four escaped lions and for a while during the story I thought it was not a true story. Then as we talked about it in class I understood that this was a true story which kind of made it interesting. What made it interesting was that it is such a clear comparison of the Iraqi people and the lions. Like stated in previous posts the lions showed us what other stories of the war do not. They show us what can happen to even a smaller portion of the population, the animals.
It's sad that in order to get this point across the author had to use animals. If the author had used actually Iraqi people then the book would be even more depressing and even more controversial.
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