Book War Response

Living in a world with no books, it would be terrible for some and great for others, at first.  Then it would become more and more miserable as time went on.  The inability to teach children in school, or people to read stories and even history prevents the ability to spread the culture of the people.  I thought it was the cultural revolution, not cultural devolution.  The author’s ability to keep the few books they had, and to share the stories with the children of the area was not only culturally significant allowing people to learn about other cultures and former Chinese culture, but sharing stories gave them an escape from the usual day to day grind.  This was a short story, but a very impacting story.