As I was reading this book I really felt sorry for Betsey and all the pressure her family put her through. For a young girl I felt that she was strong and very brave, the way that she was able to find her own escape sometimes when she couldn’t handle all the pressure and chaos in her house. Before Betsey ran away, I remember while reading the book I was thinking to myself that at her age I don’t know if I would be able to put up with all the pressure her parents put her through. I felt as if she was still a child and her parents had high expectations sometimes because after all she was a young girl.
Since, the period of time this book was written was a historical time, at times I understood Greer side in why he wanted his children to be a part of it. However, I felt as if that there were times he needed some limits. For example, when he took them to a protest, I think he went overboard with that. I thought he was putting the children in danger making them go on a protest which they might not even understand the meaning for it.
I was not very satisfied with the end of the book. Since, this book was during a historical time, I thought they would be more controversy in the book. I was disappointed that I did not get a full story on where Jane went and most of all disappointed that Carrie was not able to come back since she had became like a mother figure to the kids.
Learning in the Age of the Trigger Warning
11 years ago
I really like what you had to say about the novel. I was thinking some of the same things as I read. Parents put a lot of pressure on their kids, and I don't think they see the effect it has on them. I don't understand why they pressure kids, except because they want their kids to do what they couldn't... Which basically leaves the kid with no mind of their own.
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