Heaven Is for Real

Text Name: Heaven is for Real

Author: Todd Burpo

"The fouth of July hollidays calls up memories of patriotic parades, savory scents of smoky barbeque, sweet corn and night skies bursting with showers of light."

I like how descriptive this sentence is. It has the affect of making you feel like fourth of July festivities are right outside the door. The sentence makes the reader go bac to their own fourth of July memories.

"The night spread clear and bright accross the plains, a half moon whtie against a velvet sky."

Again i like how descriptive this semtense is. i especially like the last part of this semtence. The author using the word velvet to describe the sky gives such a rich image. it almost sounds like a piece of poetry. i love hoe the beginning of the sentence states how the night was vlear and bright, and the latter part of the sentence gives an image as to why it appeaars this way.

"Colton braced himself agaist my legs, close enough to see his sister, but trying to bolt at the same time, pushing back against my knees."

This sentence allows us to put ourselves in the characters shoes. i like the verbes used in this sentence. Braced, bolt, push- allow us to feel how the character might be feeling. The cotrast of the verbs is what i like. Bracing against his fathers legs, but trying to bot at the same time gives two different types of feelings from the character, allowing us to deeper understand the emotioin.

"Feeling pretty smug in my martyrdom, i had just reached the top landing when a still, small voice arose in my heart: and what did my son do for you?"

I like this sentence because it almost shows selfishness- or maybe to not be selfish. I like how we are told how this character is feeling and then a voice accures. The voice seems to be a sense of direction for the character. Better yet a reminder.

"Without hesitstion, he looked her in the eye and said, "I want them to know that heaven is for real."

I like this sentence bacause it is so assuring. The first part "without hesitation" and "he looked her in the eye" makes this sentence so bold. I dont think this sentence would have had as much impact if the description of how the statment was made was left out. I also like how this sentence wraps up the insprational story that was just read, and is inspirational in itself.