Cameron Blog Entry #4: A Personal Choice On The Book So Far:
I have reading around ¾ of the entire book, and I really do enjoy what I have read. I believe that Nancy Farmer has introduced each of the characters very well, and introduce each and every other non-main character little by little. By doing this, this raises the suspense and also makes the book all the more mysterious. Matt is a very courageous and curious person, and because of this, he is constantly endangering himself, and also nearly suffers from severe consequences.
At the part that Matt is going to leave Opium and seek refugee in the country of Aztlan. t first, he seems at the point to manage well and is a great new exposure to the world outside of the country, Opium. However, from there, things seems to go downhill from there. First of all, he becomes fatigued from climbing the large cliff in his way, and then he is nearly caught from the farm patrol. If he was in fact caught by the farm patrol, then that would likely result in him being turned into an eejit. He needs to be much more careful, but he wouldnt know any better, since he has only ever been in Opium up until this point.
I am the most curious to what happens next in the book. I am wondering if he will eventually get caught, or if he will get away, and pursue to his place of interest, the location of Esperanza Mendoza, the former wife of the powerful US senator, Senator Mendoza. Will he even also return to Opium ever again? This is what I will find out the next time I read. Many more secrets lie with this book, and the ending of the book will decide what exactly happens in this tale of a dystopic society.
Great blog post, I think that its great how you talk about the book so far, I think you could even go into a bit on El Patrón's death also and how Tam Lin acted as he was betraying Matt infront of the others, that would be pretty interesting.
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