Uncle+Jed's+Barbershop

===We read __Uncle Jed's Barbershop__ on February 4, 2010. We discovered that Uncle Jed was a generous, perseverant and considerate dreamer because he had a dream to open a barbershop and make it fancy, and he made that happen even though he lost all of his money more than once.===

We noticed that Uncle Jed had many admirable qualities. He was fun, loving, caring, considerate, loyal generous, hopeful, self confident, helpful and an overall great man!

One theme of this book is that it is more important to help people in need than have money. I know this because Uncle Jed gave away his savings to help his niece so that she could have the operation and be well.

Another theme of this book is the importance of never giving up even when situations become really difficult. I know this because in the story it talked about how Uncle Jed saved his money and got more than three thousand dollars. The banks closed and he lost all of his money. He did not give up on his dream but started saving money all over again.

We also feel that another theme is to never give up on your dreams no matter what. We know this because in the story it seemed impossible for a black man to open a barbershop. Even though things kept on getting in his way, he stuck to his dream and opened his barbershop at the age of 79. Also he kept his dream even though nobody believed that it would ever happen.