Left Behind

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Left Behind by Tim Lahaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
ISBN: 0-8423-2912-9

This book is about the rapture. It is about what it would be like when people suddenly dissapear from earth. The main characters, Rayford Steele (a pilot) and Buck Williams (a magazine writer) both strive to find out what happened to the people who dissapeared, leaving their clothes and accessories behind. Rayford believes that the rapture had happened, and tries to convince his daughter, because Rayford believed that there was a second chance into going to heavan. While Buck was searching for the truth of what had happened, he finds out that someone was trying to murdur him. Rayford searches for his second chance into heavan, while Buck searches for the truth.

Left Behind is a realistic fiction book because it is possible that the story can happen, but really hasn't. Yes, Left Behind is based on the Bible, but the Bible never gives specific stories about people or characters and happenings that are in Left Behind. 3 specific examples that prove Left Behind is a realistic fiction are (1) in the plane where Rayford and Buck were flying in, people start to dissapear, (2) Alan Tompkins is murdured [there is no real 'Alan Tompkins' that has been murdured in real life] and (3) because the name of the president [of the United States] was Gerald Fitzhugh.

I think that Left Behind is a very interesting, fun, and touching book. Left Behind is a touching book because it shows how much Rayford loves his daughter. It is also very interesting because the authors wrote the book in a very modernized fashion, such as bombings, car crashes, and chaos. I also liked it because I can imagine the whole story in my head. Left Behind is the first book of the Left Behind Series. Because I enjoyed the first book, I would like to read the second book.

Citations:
Lahaye, Tim. Jenkins, Jerry B. Left Behind. Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers, 1995.

By Rebecca Yoo