Monday, December 3, 2007

Messenger: Chapter 5 and 6

Matty went over to his school teacher's house to visit his flirtatious daughter, Jean. Jean promised Matty that he could have one of her dog's puppies. When he went over, though, he found that they were all very ill. When he bent down to pet one, he found pain shooting through his arm to the rest of his body. When he touched the puppy again, it still hurt, but as he kept his hand on the dog, the puppy was healing. Soon, he cured all the sick puppies. However, the problem was that the process took energy out of him. He felt so tired, he could barely walk home. This reminded him of the frog. I found that the frog was injured and was going to die. When he picked the frog up, he unintentionally healed it . He also felt weak after that.
In chapter six, new ones arrived at Village. New ones are what they call people who first come to Village. When they came to the entrance, people from Village gathered around them and welcomed them, like they usually do. However, this time, a group of protesters, led by mentor the teacher. They were saying not to let them in. Leader quieted them.
When Matty saw Mentor, he looked different. He thought about what Leader said to him about the trading and Mentor. Matty thought Mentors scar was lighter and he was taller. He soon came to the conclusion that Mentor just got tanner so his scar was less noticeable and he did not slouch, then, which made him look taller.
Matty decided that he would go to the next Trade Mart. Seer let him so long as he did not trade anything; he would just watch and listen. Seer also said that the Trade Mart used to not hold any secrets. Now, from listening t gossip, they do.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

hey erin!,
im the first--um--commenter of this thing! well, anyways, this book sounds extraordinarily interesting and capturing. im really thinking of reading this and so far, with just reading your blog, i have a few questions that i pondered. i wonder, instead of memory giving, the new reciever of memory would be the people that HEAL. i wonder..!!
danielle b