"She lay against him. Their bodies slick with sweat. She felt his body drop away from her. Hisbreath become more regular. She saw his eyes clear. He stroked her hair, sensing that the knot thathad eased in him was still tight and quivering in her. Gently he turned her over on her back. He wiped the sweat and grit from her with his wet cloth." http://www.scribd.com/doc/76998294/21/Chapter-21-The-Cost-of-Living#page=149
When I chose this book, I was expecting a story about showing God's glory through the little stuff. I waned to find something that may be a good book that would help me read about the power in the small things God has created, but in this chapter: Chapter 21, "The Cost of Living", I was appauled! All the expectations relating to God that I had in this novel were gone. This book isn't even fit to read with God, much less does it praise him like I expected.
It is absolutely rediculous to even think that this book could be in schools. This passage isn't just about sex, it's about what's going on during sex. That's very awkward to say, but that's what it is. The book is not at all a book that pulls you in and makes you want to read it. Reading this passage was very uncomfortable for me, honestly. I felt like this passage is too vulgar and too explicit for school.
I can see how this passgae can make you feel this way. This passage is very out there. Even me at my age reading this with my past makes me feel unconfterable. You did a great job explaining how you felt about this passage.
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