Reflection: Chapters 15 16 & 17

The capter immediately starts with David finding Sophie who was living out her banishment in the Fringes. Sophie helps David save Rosalind and Petra from Gordon's tent and they all try to escape. Sophie and Rosalind don't exactly hit it off and it almost turns into a cat fight. The Fringe's people and the Waknuk party end up fighting in a massive battle. In the midst of the battle David's uncle Gordon kills his father in glorious battle with an arrow through his chest. Immediately after he tries to escape but is struck down with multiple arrows and dies (also in glorious battle). Sophie, who was by his side, continues to run but is killed by arrows in her arm and neck (not in glorious battle because she wasn't fighting and she was retreating). Then out of the sky some sort of helicopter from Zealand, drops a cob-web substance that subdues and eventually kills everyone included in the battle but Michael, David, Rosalind, and Petra are saved. Right before the vessel leaves Michael decides to go back and meet with Rachel who recently fell in love with <3 amd says they will find their own way to Zealand which is a near impossible task because of all of the radiation. David, Rosalind, and Petra continue on without Michael and they find the city of David's dreams. For the most part it was a happy ending except for Anne, Alan, Gordon, Sophie, Joseph, David's mother, David's family, Sally, Katherine, and all the people that died by goop... but they don't count. The ending was odd because it just seemed overkill in a short amount of time between Gordon dying ( in glorious battle), covering an army in cob webs, and being flown out in a helicopter. It was only missing a giant firey explosion. Either that or someone has been on LSD. There were two main questions left unanswered: What happened to the telepaths in Waknuk? In the last chapter it says Rachel is the last telepath in Waknuk and she is lonely. Then what happened to Mark, one of the telepaths mentioned earlier. The other question is did Michael and Rachel make it to Zealand or did they even bother? That would make an awesome sequel... but under any circumstances no prequels allowed.

Reflection: Chapters 13 & 14

David, Rosalind, and Petra continue running away from Waknuk to avoid their friends and family from interrogating and possibly killing them and at the same time they are Labrador's most wanted. The group decides that since they don't know that Michael is one of the telepaths he joins the group hunting them and keeps them updated. They get out of the Wild Country and enter the Fringes where they are jumped and David loses consciousness when he wakes up they are being taken prisoner by the Fringes people. He gets into an interesting with one of the escorts bringing him to their camp. He says that the pure people are the tools of devil instead of being the righteous defenders of God they depict themselves as. David ends up meeting his defective uncle who was exiled when he was a child. Gordon, the uncle, decides to kick David out but keeps Rosalind and Petra for 'breeding purposes'. I think David will stop at nothing to save them and try to meet the Sealand people. There still has been nothing said about the whereabouts of Joseph Strorm or if he is in the pursuit force, I'm guessing he is following them with the party because of his hatred for deviations.

Reflection: Chapters 11 & 12

In these chapters, Petra grows up and becomes more adventurous. She rides out on her pony into a forbidden forests. All of the telepaths are drawn to Petra's location like an urge and find that she is being attacked by some sort of a deviation. They kill the deviation and save her. A man sees the telepaths all run to the exact spot and is highly suspicious. Days later Sally and Katherine are captured and interrogated and Katherine gives away that David, Rosalind, and Petra are telepaths and they become Labrador's most wanted. They flee from Waknuk and head towards the Fringes. I think that they have to get away because of course they are the main characters and then the story would end too quickly. They are now 'criminals' on the run from their own friends and family.

Reflection: Chapters 9 & 10

The chapter begins by showing that Petra is a much stronger telepath than the others in the group. She is able to summon the other telepaths when she is in danger or frightened. I am guessing that her powers will eventually become uncontrollable and I'm also guessing they will all get massive headaches. Now a six year old girl can control people with her mind... sounds like a Jedi. Anne, one of the telepaths,tries to ignore her abilities and become normal. She marries, but her husband is mysteriously killed and she blames the group. Anne is found dead hanging from her ceiling. David also indicates that he plans to marry Rosalind <3 which is creepy because they are cousins. Now that they have challenges other than hiding themselves they have to train a youngling. The group now has to overcome their own neighbours and survive.

Reflection: Chapters 7 & 8

These chapters begin with the birth of Petra. What is odd about this is that the family ignored the mother's pregnancy until they were certain that the baby was not a deviation. This was probably for the best because if it was meant to be killed the family might be heartbroken or rebel. Then again, rebelling doesn't seem to be such a bad idea in the post-nuclear age. David gets a new baby sister and everyone including David likes her. After Petra is approved one of David's aunt, Harriet, comes just a little while after giving birth to a deviation. Harriet tries to get David's mother to swap their babies to get her's approved. David's mother and father are outraged at the suggestion and they call the baby filth. Harriet leaves and is found dead, but no one mentions a baby. This could mean a few things, the people might have not mentioned the baby because they did not want to acknowledge the existence of the deviation or the baby was taken. Because of these events David is wishing more and more that he was more normal and is questioning his own safety. I think that it is just a matter of time until David will have to run for his life and Petra will come with him.

Reflection: Chapters 5 & 6

Finally, some light is shed on how the post-nuclear world look. Uncle Axel explains to David that there are very hostile lands that are full of deviations that have their own standards and are not ashamed of being mutants. All over the world the different groups of people all believe that what they think is right and some will fight for their causes. This can be related to today by all of the religions in this world all saying that they are right. Both us as Christians and the people of Waknuk are both constantly looking for proof so they can say that they are the truth. I look forward to reading how they will prove their claims and how far they would go to defend it. 'Let us not seek the Republican answer of the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future' - John F. Kennedy. The people of Waknuk will believe what they think is right until it is challenged.