perspectives:

The quote that I chose was from page 302, "I was thrown right into the mud. Before I even realized what had happened, my precious mirror had slipped from my hand and cracked against the side of the boat. I scooped it up quickly from the river's edge, but as I stood up the pieces slid apart and fell like knives into the mud. I stood up in shock as the boat sloshed away from the shore. They left me. And my mirror, strewn all around, reflecting moonlight in crazy shapes. Just left me flat, in the middle of all the bad luck and broken sky." This incident happened when their village got attacked my ants and made everyone evacuate. What Rachel's saying really captures the essence of who she really is. Out of all the objects that she could have saved from her house she chose a hand mirror. A more practical thing to bring would probably be something that could be used for ones benefit for survival such as food. But as we all know, the only thing that Rachel seems to care about is herself and more importantly her appearance. Her mirror is the only way that she can have her daily views of herself. Clearly, Rachel is so consumed with herself and doesn't do what a missionary should be doing. When her mirror broke, you can tell by her reaction that she was devastated. That mirror meant so much to her and when it was destroyed, she was stripped away from her first love. In a way, Rachel is kind of like a mirror, you can only see ones beauty from the outside. You can't see Rachel's good heart because she doesn't really have one. When you look into a mirror, you can't determine what kind of personality or characteristic that a person has. Actually, I can see right through Rachel. I feel like there's really no substance to her and she doesn't care about anything past skin-deep. Perhaps this quote is a foreshadowing too. Rachel says that she was left behind. As the book goes on, I think that she will be on her own and kind of detached from her family. I'm excited to know what is going to happen :]