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Although I do agree with a lot of what you are saying about John Book, I believe that Book ultimately belonged with the Amish. From the bits and pieces we are given about Books past, he has always felt a sense of superiority over everyone in Philadelphia. From acting as a parent to his sister’s children because he can’t find a family of his own, to criticizing the whole police department, We get a sense that maybe Book doesn’t belong in the world he has grown up in. Although it does take him some time to get use to Amish lifestyle, understandably for such a dramatic change, we end up getting the sense that he would be happy living there. First, there is his carpentry skills that match all the Amish, especially in the toy he made for Samuel. Then there is the fact that he seems to respect their system of living much more that the police system he has been a part of back in Philadelphia. He gives them his gun without question and follows all of their rules, with the occasional wisecrack. More importantly we can see that over the course of the film the Amish begin to accept him. A significant moment to exemplify this is when Daniel shares his drink with Book when they are building the farm. This shows that Daniel has begun to respect Book and maybe treat him as one of their own. Another significant moment is when Eli risks his life to warn Book the the corrupt cops have come to the farm. He could have easily just let them take Book and keep his family safe, but instead he decided to save an outsider that he has grown to care. Taking all of this into account, it’s safe to say that Book would have been happy living his life with the Amish. He would not be the man who just “drinks a lot of beer” and criticizes all those around him. However, the fact that he made the wrong choice going back to the Philadelphia does not take away from the ending. In fact, it makes the ending a little more realistic in that people don’t always make the right decisions in life.