Learn Wisdom in Enzo

Wisdom we can get from anywhere. No exception from various animals. We can learn from the ants that always worked together, loyal to the queen bee, a clever chameleon adaptability, and others. So it is with dogs.

Enzo Books: The Art of Racing in the Rain is a book that can teach the wisdom of life from a dog named Enzo. Dogs who can think and have feelings like humans. He was able to think philosophically and obsessed with TV and race cars (F1). Here, the narrator Enzo into which not only reveals his life as a dog, but also life and family conflicts that maintain it.

The story begins with Enzo that is sick, and knowing he would soon die. On a night in bed, she turned back her life's journey from childhood to old age. When Enzo was a child, she was adopted by Dennis Swift, a professional race car driver. When met, they felt was destined to be together. From there began the friendship between the two intertwined. They love each other and protect.

Enzo learned a lot from Danny about anything, including love racing cars. Denny's likes, preferably also by Enzo. In addition to the Speed ​​Channel that broadcast the race, Enzo also watch various TV channels like Discovery Channel, National Geographic, and the channels that play movies that played his favorite actors, that is Steve McQueen, Al Pacino, Paul Newman, George Clooney, Dustin Hoffman, and Peter Falk.

As time went on, Enzo aware that he is different from other dogs: a philosopher who is similar to the human spirit, able to educate himself by watching television a lot, and by listening to the words of his owner, Denny Swift.

Through Denny, Enzo gain extensive knowledge of the human condition, and he saw life as a race, which is not easy to drive fast and techniques needed on the track racing for someone to succeed through all the trials of life. The Art of Racing in the Rain was immediately pull the reader into the world of Enzo.

When Eve is married to Denny, Enzo was so jealous. Because attention Denny becomes broken, not like before. However, Enzo gradually to accept the presence of Eve that turned out so well. Even more than that, she loved him also like to Dennis.When they have children who are named Zoe, Enzo also pleased and so protect their children.

Enzo instinct devastated when she can feel that something is wrong with Eve. Enzo can smell brain cancer long before anyone knew of the family. However, he was unable to provide warnings to Denny.

After her brain cancer appear, and medical treatment began, she was brought home to her family to get through last month, and the instigation of her parents, Zoe still along with his mother and his grandparents, leaving Denny and Enzo himself. After she died, start a conflict between Danny and her parents regarding the custody of Zoe. Her parents insisted on caring for Zoe in full. Danny and Enzo without the slightest right to communicate or visit to her daughter. The other hand, Denny experiencing financial difficulties to pay the lawyer, to feed her daughter, and caring for the sick Enzo. His work as drivers, employees, and teachers are not driving enough to finance all of them.Through all cobaannya, Denny always bring Enzo at his side, which provides support and unconditional love.

As a reader, certainly easy to sympathize with the stricken Danny trials. However, Enzo wisely asserted that at a time when someone is losing an opportunity, then all that happens for a reason. And what was destined to happen it will happen. This story is delivering the right dose of spiritual, beautifully balanced between many races with dog humor, among others.

Throughout this book spread of certain chapters that reveal Enzo analysis about race tactics or techniques. Often times these explanations are emotionally aligned with the struggle against cancer passed Denny suffered his wife, and custody battle with his son-in-law. Denny and Enzo always see race footage Denny, learn from the mistakes that are always presented Denny about mental endurance of a racer. And it can be practiced at the time of life to get into trouble.

Because the story is told through the point of view of Enzo, we only see pendangan glimpse of human communication. We can only see a sharp sense of Enzo. It may be a natural instinct of a dog is much more advanced than humans. They are more familiar with the unspoken emotions and more sensitive to the environment is unbalanced and unhealthy.

This story is a story that we can not ignore because the tale of the dog. Precisely through Enzo view, we can see and learn more about human nature, instinct and morality. The story of Enzo was so gentle, the characters also cause a sense of sympathy. Enzo is a wonderful narrator, who makes a referral and relationship with pop culture, making assessments of psychological and philosophical sharp on humans in the vicinity.

Who's the author of this book, Garth Stein, also deserves thumbs up. He was able to tell this story in a way that touches the heart. Simple and elegant narrative style, flowing beautiful lap race car that traveled well.

Readers will be impressed with the way he combines the symbolism in this novel.Readers will provide appreciation of how he was able to connect the art of driving a racing car (F1) to go through life with all the fun and sadness. "Life, like race, is not easy to drive fast. By using the techniques needed on the race track before one can successfully drive all the trials of life "says Enzo.

This story has a beautiful and satisfying end. However, the importance lies not in situ.Enzo story is rather about the process - the race - rather than the finish line. That do what we like in this life really is a victory.

On the night of his death, Enzo uses the rest of his life, considering all that she and Denny have been through: the sacrifices Denny has made to gain professional success; loss of Denny's wife, Eve, who was not expected, for three-year battle against Danny's daughter, Zoe, the grandfather and maternal grandmother tried to regain custody.

Enzo present heroically to maintain Denny Swift family, holding his dreams in my heart that Denny will become a racing champion with Zoe at his side. After learning what he must pass to be a compassionate and successful, such a wise dog can hardly wait for his next life, when he was sure would return to live as a human.

This book is a story about family, love, loyalty and hope that very evocative, funny but open your heart. Art of Racing in the Rain composed with beautiful and captivating, seeing the wonders and absurdities of human life. Enzo story implies a reflective question, "why now many people who become animals when the animals themselves want to be human ?"