Sunday, May 19, 2013
Yany 2
In the next three chapter we read, many events and stories are told about that left me quite baffled. First off, Chess and Thomas fall in love. I suppose the time was much more simplistic back then, or at least in the reservation areas, because she had no problem inviting a strange, grown man back to her house. She practically begged him to the point where he couldn't say no. In order to please her, he quickly states, Well,... I'll stay for a little while. Maybe drink some coffee. How does that sounds," (p.61). It was actually an important factor to the book, for me, that Thomas went over Chess's house. When he went over, we were able to learn about the men from reservations, her father and Thomas's father. "Thomas's father still drank quietly, never raising his voice once in all of his life, just staggering around the reservation, usually covered in piss and shit," (p.57). I was completely repulsed and quite confused by this quote. How on earth did Thomas just allow his father to be the town drunk? Doesn't that give him a bad name, as well as his father? I don't know about you, but if my father was ever in a point in his life as bad as that I wouldn't just ignore it, I would force him to become a man and face his fears. The only way to fix what is wrong is to go up against your fears. Now Chess's father, on the other hand, showed the controlling stereotype of a man. "If drunk, however, he forced himself on his wife," (p. 68). This quote clarified how most men in the reservations spent their days, drunk. But Chess's father was the kind of drunk who would push around his wife and children to show that he was superior towards them. He forced his wife to have sex with him when the time was convenient for him and didn't care what she had to say about it. When men think they are that superior towards women, I become filled with hatred, especially these men. How can they just run around town all day doing whatever they please, while getting piss drunk? Then after their done playing around they come home and boss the women and children around? Honestly, how is that fair whatsoever? These chapters showed me about Thomas and Chess's love life and the arrogant men in reservations.
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I agree with you on the arrogance of the men in this book. I was surprised to learn that most of the men on the reservation were drunks. Although Thomas's father is a well known drunk on the reservation I don't blame it on Thomas. It's not his responsibility to take care of an adult. He has helped his dad get out of many tough situations numerous times and I think Thomas is at his breaking point. He shouldn't have to take the burden for his dad. Although that is his father it doesn't mean that Thomas is going to be like him. Thomas cares deeply about his father which is superseded he cries but there's nothing he can do. He can't change a man's bad habits.
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DeleteI understandyour anger and indignation at some of the passages in this book. There were actually points in the story were I had to put the book down and breathe because I would get so insulted. Honestly, I don't think it should matter how drunk you are, if your are treating your family that way, something has to be done. I can understand how this could be difficult to do because you're supposed to always stand by your family, but how can you do that when certain members of your family don't care about how their actions affect the family or the rest of the community?
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