The Color of Water Character Review: Ruth

Hi guys, It has been quite a long time hasn't it? I haven't been really blogging much, but now its time so lets get right to it shall we? This weeks reading blog is going to be about a character in the book, The Color of Water by James McBride. Before I talk about the specific character let me give you a general overview of the book itself.

The book is about how the author James McBride, a black man, goes through life and tries to figure out who he is based off his comparison to his hero/mother him white mom, Ruth McBride. This is a very brief overview and if anyone wants to learn more about the book, I am going to be posting a link at the bottom of this blog so just look there

Moving on to the Character Review of Ruth, James's Mother. When I first started to read the book I got the feeling that
A)She was very strong willed and put up with many things
B)She had a really tough childhood and growing up was hard for her to.
It turned out that both of these feelings were right. Let me give you an example. When Ruth was younger, she was threatened in ways that if had happened to me at that age would have terrified me. I wont got to much in depth because I don't want to spoil the book for anyone but its interesting.

James and his mom Ruth.

Lets move on to when she was older. I think those characteristics that was stated before were there but on a much grander level. I am going to give away something now so if anyone who hasn't read the book i suggest you turn away. Again she is strong willed but I think the tough childhood ended up becoming a tough adult life as well. For example one of these hardships was that her husband died with lung cancer, leaving her with 7 children and an 8th (James) on the way. That would be crazy just to think about it if it happened to you. I mean think about it, you have an okay life with the man you love and 7 children with you but then all of a sudden that man who you have been needing, dies. That would leave anyone, including her even though she was strong, an utter mess. Just thinking about that happening to me hurts. I think this reflects quite a lot on her character though because of the fact that she manages to pull herself together and end up raising 12 children who all go to college. Ruth is my opinion is on helluva mother and really can show that anything can happen and when times get rough you just have to pull through.

Well guys we made it. That's another blog under my belt. If anyone reading this is interested in learning more about the book or just about their lives (which basically is the book) I will be posting a link below. My next blog post is going to be November 2 so a little while away from now. Till then, I will see you later.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Color_of_Water