I find the structure of Full Body Burden a bit weird. In a span
of one chapter, the plot continues to jump from Rocky Flats to Kris and her
family. It gets really confusing and I had to reread a few parts in order to
understand what is going on. Also, it covers about three years in forty-seven
pages because in the beginning, Kurt, isn’t even born and now he is three. Besides
that, this book seems like it is going to be really sad. An eleven year old
girl has already died because of the plutonium in the air and soil. As I read
about the plant I wondered, would people still work there if they really knew
what was going on? If they knew death could be a daily occurrence, would they
risk their lives for the money? I sure wouldn’t.
Kris’s family seems to have a good
head on their shoulders beside her father. He’s constantly drunk or on tobacco.
Will his addictions effect his family or his relationship with them? When he
isn’t drunk, he seems to really care about his family and makes sure they have
the best that they can. He even buys Kris a horse just to make her happy. I think
Kris is really lucky with the family she has and lucky that her parents do not
work within the Rocky Flats.
As I was reading about the fire and
what the guards, Bill and Stan, went through, I feared their lives for
them. Working in a nuclear power plant
is a scary thing and the fact that innocent people living around the plant
could be contaminated is horrible. If Kris’s parents knew about the true harm
they may be in, would they have reconsidered their move to a new house? Lastly,
will anyone in Kris’s family be harmed by the plutonium?
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