After reading this section, my biggest question was did the Garfield's do the right thing to go work at Olivar? It makes me think... what would have happened to Lauren's family had they left as well? Would everyone still be alive? Would the town be the was Lauren's father pictured it? Or would they actually have been able to have gotten on their feet and start a better life? All of these questions I wish I had answers to. While reading the section where the intruders came in and burnt down the city, I felt very uncomfortable. I cannot imagine seeing friends you've known your whole life being raped and then brutally murdered. Seeing all of the houses you've grown up around just burnt to the ground and lifeless bodies lying around. Also, I see Lauren as being very mature. When she was talking to Curtis about marriage, she could not let herself say yes until she saw her family back on her feet. To me, that is a very mature and respectful thing to do. Because even though she does love Curtis and wants to make a better life with him, she needs to do whats right first.
Another thing that taunts my mind while reading is thinking what happened to Lauren's father? How could someone just disappear without a trace being left behind. To me, it is so strange to fathom that this is what someone imagine our future to be like. Houses being burnt down, people dying left and right, burglars, not being safe in your own home. In my vision of the future I see something totally opposite. I imagine our economy prospering, along with jobs and peoples quality of life. I am very anxious to see what is going to happen now that Lauren, Zahra and Harry are finally heading north. I am eager to see if they are going to make it there alive and be able to start a new successful life, or if they will be murdered on the way.
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