Interesting

Interesting - Discuss something about the story that you find particularly interesting. It could be a character, an incident, something you are learning, or something you are feeling. Isaac again, something i found interesting was the Union soldiers invading the south. In fact, just last period I learned about that in Mrs. McKivison's class. After the Union won the Battle of Gettysburg, they invaded the south. On there way, they burned anything that might have been useful to the Confederates. That must be why the soldiers were burning Waller's plantation and that woman's store.

I found it interesting that the Union were setting slaves free. I never really knew that they did that. I just kind of figured that the Union and Confederacy fought. I really liked how kind they were to the former slaves. They really helped them. To be honest, I'm pretty happy they killed Waller. He was a horrible person. -Riley 

What I think is that the Union didn't care so much about the slaves' freedom but what they did care about was that the Confederacy couldn't use the slaves to their advantage. I wonder if any slaves went and fought for the Union after that... -Isaac

One thing I am thinking on right now is what Miss Laura does for a living. My best guess right now is that she is a prostitute. I know it sounds crazy but I think this for two reasons. One reason is that when Sarny first met Miss Laura, Sarny said something like "She seemed like the kindest person in the world, but I did not know then what I know now." That raised some suspicion as to what was up with her. The second reason is that Miss Laura said herself that she knew Chivington because it was her business to know men. That certainly raised my suspicions even more. I will keep reading to know if my suspicions are correct.

-Isaac Porter

You have some really good points. Another thing is when Miss Laura was introducing the girls to the apartment. "One bedroom for me, one for you too, and two for... other things." I hadn't even thought about the other clues, especially when she was talking about that her job was to know men. I was really wondering what she did to be so rich. I mean, she doesn't have much of a family around, so it's not because of a rich family. So she must do //something.// I'm just not sure what. -Riley 