Last Leaves Falling: Book Review

Running head: ENGLISH ASSIGNMENTS
English Assignments
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

1ENGLISH ASSIGNMENTS
In the book, the main protagonist is Sora who has ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease. The
author of the book is Sarah Benwell (Benwell 234). Some of the things that have been depicted
in this book through its storyline are really depressing. The beautiful plot development of the
author has been one of the most impressive things of the book.
It will be much important to develop an idea about the plot of the story in a better way.
This would give an insight into the matter indeed. The protagonist of the book Sora is a Japanese
teenager boy and she has become much lonely and isolated for her disease. Being so much lonely
and isolated (Benwell 234). Sora wanted to take the help of the ancient Samurai so he could be
guided and given comfort. However, he is able to find some comfort in the present times and he
is desperate to get the healing. The story develops with the friendship and acceptance of Sora by
the other people. As the future of Sora is quite uncertain, he tries to find some comfort through
some means indeed.
The author has shown her exquisite brilliance in weaving the plot of the book and mixing
it with the theme. The theme of the story deals with the fact how Sora would be able to live the
few days he has left with him (Benwell 234). The novel by Benwell has evolved with the
sparseness of haiku. In the novel, the author has shown that Sora always wants to live a
meaningful and happy life that has been taken away because of the disease he has been suffering
from. The motivation to live well had become a huge challenge for Sora indeed. The friendship
of Sora with Mai and Kaito had been very much influential for the group indeed. The mood
fluctuations of Sora and his good and bad days can be considered as the integral parts of the
scenario. The counselor of Sora, Dr. Kobayashi has been shown only from the point of view of
Sora. Thus it is completely a biased one indeed (Benwell 234). The narrative style of Sora has
been much introspective and it has led to the understanding of the situation of the readers. The