This quote and part of the story shows that there is a right and wrong time to alert people of certain truths. In the case of Brom and Ichy, when they were trying to start their life anew at the orphanage was not the time to alert them of their mothers' suicide, there is a possibility that Ren was bieng a little bit selfish here. He might have wanted Brom and Ichy to stay with him instead of leaving, so he had to pull out all the stops in order to accomplish his goal. Later, Tom, who is the twins father, interrupts the fight. Tinti writes, "A flood of icy water splached over Ten's head and clogged his ears...Tom was leaning over them with a rain bucket, and he swung it now over his head and knocked Ren on the side of the face as Brom and Ichy crawled away, soaked and dripping. "Leave them be!" Tom shouted. "Just stay away from them!" (Tinti 280). A father obviously always takes the side of his children, and in this case it was no different. We as humans must not think of only ourselves, we have to consider other people as well.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Final Blog post OR
We learn in the last seciton of the book that Brom and Ichy are really the sons of Tom, and Ren is the nephew of Tom. This development is interesting because it gives a new meaning to all three characters, who before this, were pretty much alone in the world. But even with their newfound relations, there was still trouble between the twins and Ren. One day, Brom and Ichy were thinking of traveling back to St. Josephs in the hopes of bieng adopted. Ren, because he thought that it was his duty to tell them, told the twins that no one would adopt them because their mother killed herself. Tinti describes the fight and the aftermath as, "Brom threw himself forward with a cry, He hit Rens stomach and the two went falling back into the house, a jumble of legs and arms. The jar slipped and smashed on the floor. Ren landed hard, sprawled next to Mrs. Sand's money, and something broke loose inside him, and he began to fight with all his strength- kicking; punching with his good hand, elbowing with the other- then felt his ankles yanked from underneath, and Ichy was on top and pummeling him, and the boy was strong, much stronger then Ren ever thought he could be" (Tinti 280).
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There is a right and a wrong time to tell people certain things. But I also think that there are some things you just shouldn't tell people. It seems really wrong and selfish to tell a couple of orphans that they have no chance of being adopted because their mother had commited suicide. I think it would have been better if he hadn't said anything and let the twins go with some hope of being adopted.
I agree with Narah that sometimes the truth isn't the right thing to give to people, especially when the knowledge of something like your own mother's suicide can do nothing to change your situation positively or negatively. It is just a fact of the past. This book seems to be rather dark, especially to have ended on such a note. It is encouraging though to see the father of the children intervening to some degree, and you hope that such guidance would continue into their future.
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