One City One Book Analysis

One City/ One Book project has been very popular in cities all around the United States because it really brings reading alive and gets everyone involved. The concept of a project like this is to really bring everyone together and help show other sides of cultures and ways of life. The project has done more good than bad because most cities have adopted it as a tradition. But, that wasn’t the case in New York because in an online article on the New York Times website it told how the city couldn’t decide on a book, and also that there was limited participation.The community of Fort Morgan would benefit from Enrique’s Journey for One City/ One Book project more than it wouldn’t because the project helps to bring the community together, shows …show more content…
One the website www.Enrique’sjourney.com it told how the book helps to put a human face on immigration as well as shows the unbreakable bond between Mother and Son. The people of Fort Morgan should read this because it would help open people’s minds to new cultures, which would be beneficial because of how diverse Fort Morgan is. Another reason people would benefit by reading this book is because immigration may be seen differently by people throughout the community. This book would help to capture the struggle that immigrants have experienced before arriving in Fort Morgan and also show a side to how the people feel leaving their old home. The last reason that people of Fort Morgan would benefit from reading this book is because it may help to show children to respect their parents and everything that they have because in the book Enrique has very few things, and also is without a …show more content…
The first reason I think this is because children tend to live how they see things. For example, if a child lives with hostility, they learn how to fight. So if a child lives with love and reading a child learns to be more opened minded. One the website city-data.com/city/Fort-Morgan it told how the family household in Fort Morgan is about 67.7 percent. This shows how most houses have children in them so they could easily be influenced to read if their parents decided to participate. Another reason that the project encourages reading in younger people is that if it is made a big deal in the community Children will want to be involved too so they will want to read as well. I know this because children always have role models and if the majority of the people around them are participating they will want to do it as