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Summary: Entertaining, yet depressing
Review: A Patch of Blue is an excellent book, but like almost any book, it has flaws. I really enjoyed this book because of the messages it sent. It teaches us that evil will never conquer a good heart. It teaches us that we are all te same, we are all people, and we all have the capabilities to love each other no matter what race or religion. Besides this, the book is very descriptive. If not for the book's lacking ending, I would have given it five stars.
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Summary: A Blue patch Review from Mike
Review: A Patch of Blue Review: Reviewer: A reader from SouthBend, Indiana. I thoght the book was great because it shows a love to races. It proves the world is not in darkness after all. All people can get along if they chose to. The book has a good meaning and it has a realistic outlook to it. It would seem to give people a certain feeling of goodness that they would carry with them wherever they go. It shows that racism is a bad thing which is good to know. When I read the book I actually felt a new life spark into me and I feel like I changed somehow. I look at life differently now. And like they say, life is not fair but in the end it can turn out to be.
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Summary: Excellent, but a little flat in the end.
Review: Elizabeth Kata's poignant novel, "A Patch of Blue," details the brief relationship of a young white woman from the South who falls in love with a black man in the early 1960s. Selina is a young woman of eighteen years, blinded accidentally by her mother when she was five. She is neglected, mistreated and abused by the miserable people she lives with, her prostitute mother and drunken grandfather. Somehow, Selina is not scarred by these wretches and grows up to be an attractive, sensitive, caring young woman. Her survival over these odds is almost beyond belief, because of the torment this girl endured quietly for eighteen years. At one point, Rose-ann, Selina's mother, returns, violent and wild, from her minimum-wage job of cleaning restrooms. In a frantic rage, she shatters all the kitchenware, which is left on the floor for Selina to fall on later. She then attacks her daughter. Wrenching her by her hair from under a dirty cot that serves as a bed, she brutally beats her until Selina is bruised, bleeding and vomiting. The plot begins to develop when Selina meets Gordon Ralphe, a stranger, in the park. He treats her with respect and is determined to get her away from the two despicable people she lives with. Their neglect has caused her to be illiterate and ignorant to the ways of the world for having been locked up in a one-room apartment for over thirteen years. Gordon sees that it is imperative for her, as a grown woman, to be educated and aware of the world and out of the harm's way at home. It is no wonder that Selina and Gordon fall in love. He is her only friend and the only person she has ever known to treat her kindly. She is sweet, beautiful, tender, affectionate and tolerant of him, qualities he values in a woman. There is one complication: Gordon is black. In the 1960s, a decade often characterized by racial and ethnic discrimination and hate in the South, this difference poses a serious problem. But what does Selina care? She's blind. Except for the fact that for the few colors she remembers from early childhood, she hates the color black, there should be no problem. She feels this way about the color black partly because she lives with her extremely prejudiced mother and grandfather. Mostly, though, this feeling comes from being trapped in black darkness forever because of blindness. Can their brief, but intense, love break such a strong social barrier? Or are they destined to be separated forever? I won't give away the ending, except to say that I was very disappointed. It was a great story, excellently written, but I found it lacking in the end. It ended flatly and without any clear resolution. The reader is left suspended, thirsting for more details and answers. You may feel as I do, annoyed with a weak finish, or you may be slightly surprised, as it takes an unexpected turn.
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Summary: PATCH OF BLUE
Review: I don't like this book because I felt like it was missing apart. It never told how Gordon felt in the end and what all the people did. With they gathered around Selina. How did Ole pa react to it? Do Rose ann and Ole pa ever find out about Gordon? The book never told if she went to the school or not and if she met Alice. The book was not long enough for me. It could of use one more setting. That's why I don't like this book.
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Summary: Patch of Blue
Review: I like the book because it shows how people were back then.They were very racist then.Some people didn't like black at all.At first i thought it was going to be a sad story.But it turned out to be a nice and love story.Rose-ann couldn't accepted who selina was giong out with. This book sent very good messages to young people,to let them know what was going on then. It teaches that beig evil and mean won't get you anywhere. It also teaches us religion shouldn't be a problem and it shouldn't matter what color you are.You're supposed to accepted any person for who he\she is ,not for their color or because they look better than that or this person.
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Summary: A Blue patch
Review: I think that this book was one of the best books I have ever read. Now let me tell you why, it showed how it was in that time and age. One thing that I like is that it shows you how it doesn't matter what color you are its how you act and what you do.
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Summary: A Patch of Blue from Mike
Review: I thought the book was great because is shows a love to all kinds of people. It proves the world is not in darkness after all. All people can get along if they cose to. The book has a good meaning and it also has a realistic outlook to it. It would make people have a feeling of goodness. Show them that racism is bad which is a good thing to know. When I read the book a new life sparked in me and now I look at life differently. I have a change in me. And like they say, life is not fair, but in the end it can be.
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Summary: Colors
Review: Since I am black this book The Patch Of Blue was very interesting. I liked the book. It was a love story about a blind white girl that was in love with a black guy who she never knew was black. I hated the fact that Ole Pa and Roseanne taught her to be racist and that Rosseanne mistreated Selina. I recommend tihs book to those who are in Selina's situation to let them know life is not about color.
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Summary: Colors
Review: Since I am black this book The Patch Of Blue was very interesting. I liked the book. It was a love story about a blind white girl that was in love with a black guy who she never knew was black. I hated the fact that Ole Pa and Roseanne taught her to be racist and that Rosseanne mistreated Selina. I recommend tihs book to those who are in Selina's situation to let them know life is not about color.
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Summary: blue is a patch
Review: The book is original because it has it a meaning of the time it is written (1961.) It had a great plot. The mood of the book doesn't change fast ,but moved in slow and could be felt.Also, it was important to show how blind people can be to think if they don't learn to live with what is around them and in their enviroment.The book is clear and has many different way it can be felt.Finally, in the end it shows how good always triumphs over evil.
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