Illusions : The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
by Richard Bach
For my homework project, I read a book called Illusions. It`s by Richard Bach.
What the story is about, is 2 men, who meet each other for the first time, act as if they`d been friends all along. The two men are named Don and Richard. Don is the reluctant messiah, as said by in the title. Both men are airplane ride givers. They ride village people for 10 minutes and get 3 dollars a ride.
When Richard first meets Don, Richard hears a bit of Don`s story, and wonders how come Don hasn`t any bugs on the windshield or oil or hay on the seats. He soon finds out. Soon, Don starts teaching Richard to do what Richard first believes to be miracles: walking on water, swimming in the land, making things float ¡¦(»ý·«)
the end, Richard says something, the one thing that Don lived his life for. And then Richard mentions that it was obvious. The bottom line goes roughly like this: "It doesn`t matter whether I communicate or not." Don seems sad, then.
Soon, Richard "graduates", as a messiah. In about a week, Don is shot in the side by a man that once listened to Don on a radio show. Richard is sad to see him go, and knows that Don needn`t die, but realizes that he does. The very ending of this story is slightly surprising. It is something that no one would`ve expected. In the Messiah`s handbook that Don gave to Richard, the handbook that Richard believed in entirely, says, "Everything in this book may be wrong."
I personally think it`s a great story, with inspirational quotations that really gets me thinking. I also start thinking of the unnatural, about making things float and swimming in earth and going through walls. I realized, that though it was only in my fantasy that this was possible, I could do those things, too. Richard Bach`s book, Illusions, really taught me another way to look at life. A messiah`s way.
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