Free Style-Blog 5

A book I am reading right now, other then the ones for class is Lost Boy by Greg Laurie. This book is about Greg Laurie's journey in finding himself and God. I especially like the fact that he describes the timeline of his life. The fact that he went through the hippy time in America. For example,

"As the hippie scene unfolded in Southern California, a new movement grew out of it. The flower power, be-in thing had started with peace and love, but some people were becoming disillusioned. Many who started on pot and LSD were graduating to mescaline and heroin. Too many of them died, desperate and alone, with dirty needles stuck in their arms. " (Laurie, 76)

I really like the description that he uses because throughout his book he is experiencing things that I will probably never really understand. I wasn't raised through the hippy days and so by doing this he makes the book for a larger crowd then just the one that grew up during those times. He puts you there in the events. I find this book to be pretty amazing because of the things that he did were pretty terrible and he has totally done a 180 degree turn. He makes him more relatable in his journey also because a lot of people do things they are not proud of and he can relate to him. Also, I have heard Greg Laurie talk before, and it was so surprising to find out what kind of life style he came from. I figured he would have been the kind of guy that was always on the straight and narrow path, but he wasn't.