The second chapter begins to tie the parts of the stories together. During the first chaper, the only tie we saw between Kristens life, and the Rocky Flats story was a child Kristens age who died of cancer. Kristen mentions that many of the people in her very neighborhood and school are dying or sick from cancer. It is unfortunate because nobody will admit that it is from Rocky Flats, although it sees obvious to me.
All of the efforts from scientists to tell the people and the government that there is a harmful amount of radiation in the surrounding area of Rocky Flats is brushed off. I cant help but wondering what the community was thinking. There are many instances where scientists do certain experiments and outright say that the government is 100% wrong about their predictions, only to be batted down by officials claiming that the experiments are inaccurate.
I noticed a big change in the family dynamics during chapter two. In the beginning of this memoir, I thought they had a good family who does productive things such as going to church, and taking Sunday drives. Now I have noticed that the family has really fell apart. The father and mother do not sleep together, and rarely talk. The father drinks his bourbon, and works. Her mother mentions that she is even afraid of him. Any problems that they have they keep a secret. Secrets are a big dynamic in Kristens story which ties in with Rocky Flats. All of the problems in both aspects of the stories must be kept secret. In Kristens family her fathers alcoholic problems, her mothers unhappiness, the car crash, and much more are strictly forbidden, just like all of the radiation from Rocky Flats.
I think that Kristen or someone in her family will be seriously affected by the radiation. They are living in a lottery of radioactive air, earth, and water. Kristen keeps going near the irrigation water which we already learned is radioactive, and it is only a matter of time before she, her family, or her horse is affected.
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