The red apple review

I liked The Red Apple. It was a bit confusing at first , but the information that we learned in class about the Janissaries helped me a lot. The story was very touching and sentimental.The final chapters of the book were frustrating to read because Jonathan Levitan could have made a better ending. He could have talked about what happened to Manuel after the war and what were his plans for the future. He could have also talked about Manuel’s mother or what happened when Mahmut’s wife found out about Mahmut’s death. The book was interesting for the most part. It was interesting to learn about the Janissaries in a less boring way. It was interesting to read about the life of the boy who turned into a man and fought for what he wanted. Even though he fought for what his dreams we cannot be sure that those were actually his dreams and not Manhmut’s dreams. In one of the chapters Mahmut told Ibrahim about the battles that he fought when he was younger. He also told him to focus on the red apple which was Constantinople because it had always been his dream to obtain it. Manny people might say that it was unfair for the young boys to be taken away from their parents and turned into a Janissary, but in Manuel’s case it was not. When Manuel was living with his mother he was very thin; he did not eat much. When he became a Janissary he began to eat fancy foods. He learned Arabic and he became educated. It might sound harsh, but if Manuel had stayed with his mom he would not have any type of education and would not know more than what the other kids in the village knew. In the end, he became the man that he is now because he became a respected Janissary.