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What are the pros and cons of Girl Meets God?

When you say "pros and cons of the book" it is hard to know if you mean the pros and cons to reading the book or pros and cons for the person in the book. 


If you are looking at the pros and cons of reading the book itself, you might consider what the purpose of the book is. It is a Christian memoir, essentially. Although the main character begins the book as a Jew,...

When you say "pros and cons of the book" it is hard to know if you mean the pros and cons to reading the book or pros and cons for the person in the book. 


If you are looking at the pros and cons of reading the book itself, you might consider what the purpose of the book is. It is a Christian memoir, essentially. Although the main character begins the book as a Jew, she converts to Christianity and this book explores the struggles and joys she found as she did that. You might examine the pros of reading the book for someone with similar religious identities. What value might this memoir have for those considering Christianity? For Jews considering Christianity? In terms of cons, what might the book leave out about her journey? What part of her story could have used more development? Is this a book whose audience is quite narrow or does it speak to a larger audience? All of these things can be looked at as you consider the pros and cons of reading the book.


As far as the story itself goes, you can also examine the decisions that Lauren Winner had to make as a Jew and then as someone converting to Christianity. You might want to think about how she presents both religions. Were there pros to remaining in one and not the other? Were there pros to converting? Were there cons as she converted? For example, how her conversion might affect her family relationships, as her family was Orthodox Jew. This was not a decision she came to lightly or quickly, which tells us that she saw several pros and cons to her decision to convert. Look back to the areas she seemed to consider the most. All of this will help you to determine what her pros and cons were in deciding to become a Christian.

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