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Monday, March 9, 2015
Breaking Night (ch. 1-3)
Throughout the first three chapters of Breaking Night, there is an apparent theme of survival. Liz and her sister Lisa, struggle to survive in a household where her parents are both addicted to drugs. Drugs have taken over the parents lives so much that they immediately spend their check on buying more drugs while leaving hardly any money for food. The girls are then left to eat eggs everyday and at one point even a tube of toothpaste and Chapstick. The thought of having to live with such adversity breaks my heart. One thing that I found interesting was when Liz had decided to take matters in her own hands and find a job at the age of ten so that she could eat. She worked in a supermarket where she would bag the items and then receive tips from the costumers. To me this is an act of overcoming adversity because Liz wanted to be able to eat and not starve to death.
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I was so happy for Liz when she started working -- she got to spend time out of the apartment and was able to start providing for herself. I thought she was going to start taking more steps to turning her life around . . . but then she stole that lunchable, and I was so disappointed and upset with her. I understand why she did it but I was really hoping she would've stopped herself from taking it. I think that if she continues to change and try to make things better for herself, we're going to see it's something that doesn't come easily for her.
ReplyDeleteI understand what you mean. While reading these chapters I wanted her to face adversity by doing the right thing, which is to stop stealing. Hopefully as the book progresses she doesn't go down the same road as her parents did.
DeleteIt's interesting how many different forms adversity can show itself in. This seems like an especially bad type of adversity that many people would characterize as extreme. It is obvious here that the character is going through something very difficult, whereas in other situations it may not be as physically extreme but the toll it takes on the person enduring can be nearly equivalent.
ReplyDeleteYes, Liz is in a very difficult situation. It is both physically and mentally painful for her. But she responds to her adversity in a much more positive way, than her sister.
DeleteIt's interesting to compare the responses to adversity between Liz and her sister. I am curious of her sister's state of mind, being the older and therefore more responsible sibling. Interestingly, the adversity does not bring them together, but actually pushes them away from each other.
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