Thursday, April 8, 2010
After reading chapter 3, I was very disappointed in Obed. I could not believe the way he was acting in the meeting with the sorority girl he harassed, acting like he did not touch her and did not care if he went to jail. I thought it was very ironic that the mediator had caught Obed in trouble before and still let him off free. I also was disappointed because while I knew Obed was trouble, I did not think he was capable of rape, which he was bragging about to his friend at the end of the chapter. Chapter 4 was interesting to me, but it was also sad how the boys had to survive through the freezing cold and were missing their mom. I thought they were very naive in certain parts of their escape, they were very trusting of everyone, which actually lead to them killing a man to get out of trouble.
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I agree, I didn't expect Obed to be so stupid. Though i did like how Toloki kept calling him a 'scoundrel'. It's a word not commonly used, and i thought it helped remind me that he DOES come from a different kind of society. When preparing for their escape they were intelligent to prepare lots of supplies and while traveling north to change their path randomly to make it harder to track, but it was shortsighted to be so trusting of those they met.
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