for the bel and the serpent, i did more character analyzing. so here it is:
ORLEANNA-she's such a strong person, mother, and wife. it's tough to lose a child, especially since ruth may was her baby. i think she handled her death in the most impressive way any mother could. personally, i don't know how i would have lived if that happened to me. she kept herself very contained and she didn't complain or make anyone feel sorry for her, and that gives me a lot of respect for her--even more than i had before. she didn't deserve this, and she proved that.
NATHAN-i still don't like nathan that much. but, after i was informed that nathan was planning to baptize ruth may with the congolese children, i felt a little bad for him. ruth may's his baby too, and he was going to baptize her with the congolese children and he had the best intentions for that. even though he doesn't get that the congolese people don't really want him there, he still tries so hard to win them over, so i have to give him at least some credit, right?
RACHEL-she's still wanting so hard to go home, and i don't blame her. their situation isn't exactly the brightest situation, but the other members of the family have learned to make the most of it, and rachel's the only one who hasn't. and since she hasn't, she kind of deserves to be the most unhappy one. i mean, that sounds bad, but since she looks at the situation negatively, she should be the one that gets the negativity, right? maybe not, but i believe in karma and bachi, so she kind of asked for it by not making an effort to be optimistic.
LEAH-she's still growing and growing to me. every book, she gets more and more wise and successful. she knows how to get along in the congo. she knows what to do in certain situations when other people wouldn't know what to do. she really thinks about things a lot, especially about adah and everything that has happened. i like leah and leah more and more each and every book just because she keeps growing and learning...and, teaching. she teaches the reader things, she teaches the congolese things, and she teaches her family things. she's a natural teacher.
ADAH-she's still so wise and practical. she may be disabled, but she's one of my favorite characters because of what she makes of the situations handed to her. she makes decisions that nobody else would make, because she's so smart. everything has a funny way of working out for adah, but this is kind of a karma and bachi thing, too. because adah's the one who deserves the best luck out of everyone. she's asks for it, and cleverly asks for it. she knows what she's doing, and everyone else knows it.
RUTH MAY-ruth may dying caught me off guard. i mean, i had a feeling someone was going to die in this book, but the person being ruth may didn't really make sense to me, to be exact...i mean, she's the only one who gives the reader straight out facts. and, those are vital to the story. nobody else gives the reader the facts straight out. they all are old enough to have their own opinions and stick to them. they don't agree with both their parents and they don't point things so flat out and bluntly. i liked ruth may. and, she somewhat seemed the most genuine to me. she wasn't afraid to talk to the congolese children in the beginning, when everyone else was. she wasn't afraid to play with them. or bluntly state how fat their stomachs were. she was so innocent and willing. so young.
okay, more later.
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