Journal Two and Second Earth chapter
- Do you think Bobby will step up to the challenge and help lead the Milago in a revolution?
- What are your feelings about Osa’s death?
- Do you think Bobby will save his uncle? Or will Uncle Press be yet another casualty?
- Do you think Loor will accept Bobby as a Traveler?
- What do you think will happen next?
I do think Bobby will step up to the challenge. Though I’m curious to see how he’s going to convince the Milago (and especially Loor) that he’s the one that can help lead them into a revolution.
I read this book probably 8-10 years ago so I don’t remember much of it, but when the fighting started I had a feeling she was going to die. It’s like I remembered it happening without remembering the details. The scene did make me very teary eyed.
I really hope Bobby saves his uncle, but I think he’s going to need help from Loor and Alder.
I think Bobby returning back to Denduron and helping the Milago will help Loor accept him as a Traveler, but I have a feeling that with her stubborn attitude she won’t be very open about this acceptance and probably scowl at him a lot.
I think what will happen next is that Bobby saves his uncle from Saint Dane.
Something I found interesting, though, was the scene where Mark is removing his childhood keepsakes and putting them in any old cardboard box and replacing them with Bobby’s journals. I think it was a great way to show his change from childhood to adolescence and it made me reflect on my life and that box of trinkets I used to keep under my bed.
I like how you mentioned that Mark and his trinkets scene. It makes sense that it reflects his change from childhood to adolescence, but at first, I was like, “Why can’t you keep all of them?” I thought it would be nice for him to keep it, as a reminder of the past and stability, especially with all the craziness and instability that is going on in his life at the moment. I would think he wanted to hold on to something he understood and felt familiar with.
Maybe the importance of those journals outweigh his past memories. Like the duties and responsibilities of being an adult take over acting like a kid every now and then.
Yeah, true. I like Mark’s character. He seems kind of unexpected, like you wouldn’t expect the basketball champion’s best friend to be him. Another reason why I like Bobby, and I think he’s very real and true to himself.
Bobby will definitely help the Milago in their revolution, because he seems very empathetic to me. He really feels for other people, and he’s also very aware of his own feelings as well. Whether or not they are in conflict, I like Bobby because he won’t be afraid to admit that he’s afraid, or feels stupid, or sad, etc.
That Osa scene surprised me. I thought she would last longer just because she kept popping up in the beginning – Bobby met her before, she gave the ring to Mark, she’s one of the first people that Bobby sees on Denduron… She felt like the bridge between Bobby (what we know / Earth) and Denduron (the unknown, the crazy stuff). But I really don’t think that Bobby should be blamed for her death. If it’s because Loor could have gone out to help Osa instead of taking Bobby away, then there’s a good chance Loor would have been killed, too. To say that Osa died to protect Bobby doesn’t seem quite right. I think she was protecting Bobby, but she was outnumbered in the end, even if Loor was by her side and Bobby was some samurai.
Loor will probably accept Bobby in the end. I feel like it’s one of those relationships where the couple gets off on the wrong foot immediately, but grow to become an “opposites” pair – one complements what the other lacks. Those make the best teams in adventures!
I also like that Bobby isn’t afraid to admit that he cries. It’s nice to see in a young adult book a boy crying and it’s not shameful.
I agree with you about Osa’s death not being Bobby’s fault, but at the same time I do think she died trying to protect him. She could have easily ran with Loor and Bobby but that would have just made the bowmen follow them all. But by Osa staying behind, she gave Loor and Bobby a chance to get away.
Makes sense! I also think about things like, “wrong place, wrong time” or “fate.” For instance, were Kagan’s soldiers specifically after Bobby, or if Bobby had not been there, would they still have fired/shot anyway?