Free the Children: by Craig Kielburger

Free the Children by Craig Kielburger is written by Kielburger himself about his journey throughout creating the widely known charity "Free the Children". When Craig first read the headline of the Toronto Star "Battled child labor, boy, 12, murdered." he knew he wanted to look beyond only the community he lived in but try his best to change the world . Craig felt thought about how this could be him too seeing as Craig was only 12 at the time. Kielburger then slowly made his way from traveling to cities around the world and spending his time with children working for only a small amount of money almost every day. The charity "Free the Children" was created in 1995 and has now created over 500 schools around the world for less fortunate children.

The theme of this book was how less fortunate children around the world are able to be helped by even one fortunate child. Kielburger expressed throughout the book that one person can change the world and help many people if they tried their best too, just like he did. The main purpose of the charity "Free the Children" is to let children help children throughout the world and change lives very easily.

I feel there were many issues throughout the book that pertain to me and others my age. These issues were that children my age are suffering in parts of the world and some are working very tough jobs just to earn enough money to feed their family. I have never imagined having to work to feed my family and I until I read this book and thought that there are people just like me who have to provide for their family by working every day and never attending school and getting an education.

I think Craig Kielburger could have written this book without trying to have people donate to the charity. I realize that the book is about the charity and his adventure creating the charity but throughout the book it is almost as if he is hinting to donate to "Free the Children" rather than other charities that have the same values and concerns.

I would recommend this book to others who enjoy reading about foreign countries. I would also recommend this book to anyone who is eager to change the world in their own way and do their part to help others in local communities and larger communities around the world. Somebody who is debating starting their own charity would also enjoy this book because it shows the work that Craig Kielburger did to start his charity which is now very successful.

One rhetorical device I found while reading was the theme of children helping children. "Free the Children" is about children donating to the charity to help other children and throughout the novel, I found that Craig Kielburger tried to point out that children can always help children easily. Free the Children was very pathetic while reading because I felt horrible for the children suffering in other countries. I take the things I have for granted such as my education, family, and house while some children would never be able to have things such as a good education, a house, or a family that you do not have to work for without the help of charities like "Free the Children".