Andre Gide reflection

This Frenchman knows a lot it seems about the horrors of Tuberculosis. This is seen in his opening of his book, "The Immoralist." The whole section read like a person revealing to his friends about the horrors of what was happening to him. I can see why, in his journals, he was scared of having a large amount of books being published. Tuberculosis is a scary thing to write about. I know that if I were writing about a sensitive topic, I would try and have my book limited because of what might happen. I would not want word spread around to the wrong people, whatever topic I am covering, because my work might become banned. I might get thrown into the street and killed. The journal entries for this week were a little better to read because the entries felt like the writer was writing a narrative of his daily routine. He mixed it up with prayers to God. I thought that was really bold of him. It made me want to go and write prayers in my prayer book, for those moments that are especially tough.