rachel.adah.nathan

i was the character analyst for genesis and i was in kristina and leah's group. and, we did very well, may i add rachel: i wrote about her in the reading quiz but i said that she was the character i identify with the least. she's conceited and spoiled and i hate how she talks. she talks about how all the kids in the congo love her hair and they're all staring at her cause they're jealous of her hair. but, of course, there could be other reasons they're staring at her, she's just so self-centered, she thinks they adore her. she always talks about tangible items like her hair product or hand mirror or nice dresses, and that doesn't seem like the most important think in the world to me. she's rude, too, cause in her very first section, she thinks to herself "we got fumigated with the odor of perspirating bodies" (22). but that's not what irritates me...what irritates me is that right after, she says, "hey ade, leah, aren't you glad you use dial? don't you wish everybody did?" (22). that is just so completely rude to me! like, you can say it to yourself, but don't say it out loud, right? adah: she's a genius! i was a little confused about her character in the beginning, cause i wasn't sure if she was retarded or if she was a genius, but once you read her section from page 55-63 about the palindromes and reading backwards, i came to the conclusions that she's a genius. people may look at her and think, poor girl, but really, they don't even know how smart she is cause she chooses not to talk. it's not that she doesn't know how to talk--she chooses not to talk cause she thinks it's a waste of time...and, she's actually quite accurate. i love talking, but many times, it's unnecessary. nathan: we had a huge conversation about him in class today. i think we get to know a lot about him even though he's not one of the narrators. he's not one of my favorite characters because i don't like that fact that he beast his daughters and thinks he's helping the congolese people when he's really just forcing unwanted opinions into their minds. i think he needs to realize what he's really doing for them and he needs to step back and change his approach. he needs to be willing to accept change, and he's not yet, so nothing's really going well for him up to this point. so far, we don't know much about the characters, and i'm sure they'll change throughout the book. so, i'm gonna character analyze throughout the whole book to see how much each character changes and why. em...♥