Blindness

Despite the fact that Blindness scared me half to death, I have to say that I enjoyed this book more than any other this semester. The writing style was extremely different than any other book I have read before, and it took a while to get used to, but once I did it added to the beauty of the literature.

This book made me completely rethink the way that I looked at the world and how I looked at my actions. Even though I have never experienced anything remotely close to the happenings in this book, it made me think a lot about what I would do in a situation like this and honestly take a look at my morals. The part of the book that really made me second guess my perspective on things was when I realized that if I were the one person who was able to see, I think that more than likely I would not tell anyone of my capabilities, and sadly, I think I think I would do this out of fear for not being able to help everyone, not because I would think that that's what's best for the group.

I think that the other part of this book that is enthralling is that it may be a book written about a nonexistent blindness epidemic, but it is really a writing about the workings of the human mind and how we interact with one another. It amazed me that this book wasn't originally written in English, yet the diction and syntax in the book were incredibly powerful and made the messages even more clear and important in the book.

Overall, I think that this book should be included not as a "choice" book, but as a required course reading. In my opinion, I believe that this book had more of an impact than Life as We Knew It. Although that book  also presented a dystopian view of the world, I think that Blindness created a more realistic, important, and introspective view of the world.