Reader's Journal #10

Dear Dana,
This week was to read a short story and I read The Praying Hands. The author was Phylameana Lila Desy. She wrote an inspirational story and I loved it. Even though it was a short story, it has the same reading steps we do for all our journals!
I wanna tell you what happened in the 5 paragraph scene I read.
The characters in the story are are Albrecht and Albert Durer. They are brothers and they both want to go to Nuremberg to study at a Academy for art.
The setting takes place in the fifteenth century in a tiny village called Nuremberg where a family with eighteen children live.
The plot of the story is about a family with eighteen children that lived in a tiny village called Nuremberg. Two brothers named Albrecht and Albert Durer shared the same passion, they both want to go study at a Academy for art. Two of them though can't go at the same time and be together. One of them can go and the other one will work in Nuremberg at the mines for 4 years and then they will switch. In order to decide, the 2 brothers decided to toss a coin and who ever wins, will go to the Academy first. Despite the fact that Albert lost,  his going to support his  brother with money and everything he needs and after 4 years Albert will go next. When finally Albrecht returned from the great experience of his life, everyone at the village celebrated his great accomplishment and they also honored Albert for going next in the great adventure of his life. All the hard work Albert did for 4 years, ruined his chance to go to that art college. His hands were bruised and his bones were showing at his palm of hands. Sadly, Albert couldn't go to the Academy, and because he sacrificed that great opportunity for his brother, Albrecht decided to paint a masterpiece of his brother's hands to honor of how hard he worked at the mines. He chose to call that sculpture - The Praying Hands.
The conflict of this story is that after Albrecht came back from his college,and his brother couldn't go because he worked so hard at the mines, that his hands were sore that he barely had any energy to use them. That is a very sad ending, but Albert was turned out be the best brother Albrecht could ever ask for!
The conflict resolution was that Albrecht decided to make a painting of Albert's hands for all that he sacrificed for him and how all the work he did was basically for nothing. I think that he really is a true, loyal brother and I hope my brother will be willing to do something so major like that for me!:)
My opinion about this short story is that it's a great story and that it also has a great lesson, any sibling can learn from. I this the author published  a great story and I would love to read more short stories by this phenomenal author!
My favorite part of this book is that Albert had really sacrificed his chance of a lifetime for his brother. I liked that part because I honestly don't think any sibling would do that for their sister or brother! If someone is willing to do that, you're one ROCKIN' sibling and you will be thanked for that!
My least favorite part is that Albert couldn't share his dreams with his brother. I disliked that part the most because they wanted to share that passion together and sadly, they didn't. I don't know if that story will be continued but if I was to continue it, I would put that 3 months later Albert was healed and now he could work with Albrecht!!!:)
Dana, I hoped you liked my blog and truly, it is a great story and I LOVED it very much!!! If you read it, it will change your thought about Maya or Tal because in the future, you will never know what a great thing they can do for you!!!!! LOVE YOU DANA!<3
Love,
Adi<3