What If?

In April Morning by Howard Fast a young boy named Adam is struggling to get along with his dad and he is trying to make up his mind to go into the war or not. The book April Morning is in Adam Cooper's point of view, but if the story was in Levi, Adam’s little brother's point of view the story would be very much so different. The story April Morning would be better if the story was written in Levi’s point of view.

Even though April Morning is in the point of view of Adam, it would be better in the perspective of Levi. Levi has more emotion than Adam because Levi would have to live alone with and be an only child if anything happened to Adam. I know it’s Adam’s life that its depending upon but Levi’s whole life would change significantly too. Levi’s life would change by not having a brother anymore, worried he’s going to lose someone he loves, and being alone and worried about his brother 24/7. That would be more interesting to read about then about how he is doing in the war. One example would be when Adam was at the well. Wouldn't it of been interesting if it was in Levi's point of view. Howard Fast could have written I was walking in my yard toward the well having a great time. Then I see my brother at the well and he is mouthing words to himself. Then I remembered a couple months ago Adam got yelled at for saying a spell while pumping water out of the well. Well let me go talk to him, I’m thirsty anyway. I can use me seeing him saying that spell again against him for me to get a drink. And so on and so on.

From a different perspective people might think something totally different. Just like in the book Kiss and Blog by Alyson Noel, Winter is a geek at her school but is trying to become popular but maybe her best friend Rey thinks she is really cool. This story would be different in Levi’s perspective because people would see what the point of view would be of a sibling of somebody going to war. I believe I would like the book more if Levi was telling the story because I could relate to it better. I also think other people would like it better because other people can relate to a sibling leaving to go to war; than they could relate to themselves going to the war. Not just would it be different because more people could relate to it, instead of reading about an annoying little brother you could read about a heroic big brother who changes his little brothers life. In the book Levi said “A redcoat soldier” saying what he can hit with a rifle. And we get the perspective that Adam thinks Levi is a little kid that doesn’t know much, but in Levi’s mind he might be trying to prove to Adam that he knows more than he thinks he does. Back in this time period if you talked about red coats it was like swearing now. As you can see the Story would be different but more interesting in the point of view of Levi instead of Adam.

How would you feel if your brother went out to war? I know I would be very devastated. To me my brother is a role model, a mentor and a best friend. Even though April Morning is in the perspective of Adam, the story would be better in the perspective of Levi. In Adam’s point of view Levi is a annoying nuisance and in Levi’s perspective Adam is a role model who he loves more than anything and happy that he is his older brother. If Levi was telling the story it would have more emotion and let people relate to it better. People really don’t know how people would feel if they went to the war, but they do know how they would feel if a sibling went to war. This story is good even though in my mind it would be better in the point of view of Levi rather than Adam.