Summary Of Brain By Brian Robeson

The main character in the book is a 13-year-old boy from New York City, named Brian Robeson. What I admired most about Brain was his ability to persevere alone in the Canadian wilderness and surviving the blistering cold of winter. One thing I disliked about Brian is that he always thinks he is going crazy. For example, he heard a popping sound at night and thought he had been alone for too long and that his mind was making things up. Brain’s strengths include, but are not limited to perseverance, intelligence, resourcefulness, and creativity.

The main problem in the book was that Brain was stranded in the Canadian wilderness after a plane crash and must face the winter alone. He resolves the problem by discovering how to survive by making arrowheads to kill large prey and uses their skin to make warm clothing. He also finds ways to make snowshoes, so he can walk in the snow without sinking.

The subject of this book is about the last days leading up to his death of the most reviled and evil man in history: Adolf Hitler.

Most of the book is focused inside the bunker where Hitler is weakened by a failed assassination attempt, while German soldiers were traveling through the Ardennes Forest in Luxembourg in an effort to win the war. It also provides insight into the minds of the men who dared to fight and the generals that led them. Additionally, it gives details about the last desperate attempt of Hitler to turn the tide of the war and keep Germany away from the Americans and the Russians; and, why Hitler thought the Jews were to blame for all of Germany’s

problems.
I found this book to be very interesting and thought provoking. It is filled with numerous fascinating facts that I did not know, for example, Hitler was very sickly and needed cocaine eye drops and methamphetamine injections to get through his day. He also suffered from Idiopathic Parkinson’s disease. It was both perplexing and unforgettable to learn that all the traits Hitler valued, he lacked, and instead of having sympathy and compassion for people he was most like, he instead, persecuted and killed them for not having the very traits he also did not possess. Bill O'Reilly is an excellent writer and his book is very educational.

Three most interesting and unforgettable things I learned are that Hitler was a pathetic weakling, some men truly have evil hearts, and the fate of the world hinged solely on the battle mistakes of an obsessed maniacal dictator bent on total victory or annihilation.