A Northern LIght-Week 3, Post B

Dear Mattie,
Your story is very interesting, and I am having trouble putting the book down. I really admire your determination and hope, and was fascinated when I read this, “I remained on the ladder, looking at the figurine in my hand. You’re wrong, Aunt Josie, I thought. It’s not pride I’m feeling. It’s another sin. Worse than all the other ones, which are immediate, violent, and hot. This one sits inside you quietly and eats you from the inside out like the trichina worms the pigs get. It’s the Eighth Deadly Sin. The one God left out. Hope.” (114). Hope is all you can do when you are in the situation you are in. In the story you really rebel against your family and the town, and though people look down on you for it, but I think someone will eventually understand and it will all be worth it. I think that the reason you are so smart is because of how much you put into it no matter what anyone tells you. Even when a boy like Royal likes you, you don’t fall into everyone’s trap, and you keep your eye on the prize. If I was you, I probably couldn’t handle the pressure, and would end up staying home and helping my dad and marrying Royal. Obviously we know you do go to Glenmore because we’ve read about it, but I am still excited to learn how you convinced your dad. Especially after he hit you for buying a notebook, which was horrible, I am surprised he ever let you go. Overall I think you are very courageous to face people how you do, and I think you truly deserve to make enough money to go to New York. Good Luck!

-Annabel