Second Quarter SSR

Lincoln’s Last Days by Bill O’Reilly

For the second quarter of the school year, I read Lincoln’s Last Days by Bill O’Reilly. If I was given a choice between a nonfiction book and a fiction book, I would probably pick the fiction one because I prefer reading fiction. However, this book is a nonfiction book but it really got me hooked. By reading the title, Lincoln’s Last Days you would think that it would center around Lincoln but it actually focuses on his killer, John Wilkes Booth. As I was reading, the fact that Lincoln wasn't supposed to be killed caught my attention because as we all know he was killed. Lincoln was only supposed to be kidnapped but Booth went too far and ended up killing Lincoln and becoming the most wanted at the time. The main character which is John Wilkes Booth is a static character because throughout the whole book he is cold hearted and doesn't regret his actions against the president. This shows the type of person Booth is since he changed his mind dramatically from a kidnap to an assassination. I don't think I connect to Booth in any ways, mainly because i'm not a killer, more specifically a president killer. The only interaction we see between Lincoln and Booth is when Lincoln is killed by booth while he was watching a play. This book goes into a lot of detail from the events leading up to Lincoln's assassination and further on when Booth is being hunted for the killing of Lincoln.