Requiem...

I really enjoyed reading Reqieum. I was pleasantly surprised with how it kept my attention without being divided into chapters or sections. I feel that Sender has so much to say in this story and through each of the characters that are presented. What really interested me was how Paco became so interested, and also deeply shaken, by the idea that there were people like those living in the cuevas that had no money and very poor means of living. For such a young boy simply tagging along with a priest, he seemed to consider the plight of not only the couple that he witnessed, but also all of the poor in his community, with great thought. He seemed truly interested in finding ways to help them, and truly bothered that no one had done so already. I think today's society would have a lot to learn from Paco's attitude. I hate to say it but I fear that too many young children of around Paco's age would have no concept of helping others nor such a profound understanding of their surrounding as Paco demonstrated. A little compassion can co a long way. And, even if children didn't or couldn't do anything to help, it would be at great start if they at least noticed the situations of other people and thought beyond their own lives to see the bigger picture of the world.