Dave Han > Recent Status Updates

Wesley refusing Julian’s demand to release Frank really stood out to me, because it’s one of the first times he openly goes against his father. It shows how serious the situation became. The house feels tense, and David can sense the fear and anger building. Wesley’s choice makes it clear that doing the right thing is starting to break the family apart, and I realized that Wesley chose justice over family royalty.

I felt sympathy toward Wesley’s situation. He arrested Frank to protect him from being embarrassed in front of other people, but Julian doesn’t care and demands that Wes let Frank go free. Julian refers to Frank as “my son,” which excludes Wes, and this was shocking to me because I also have two brothers. It made me think how Wesley felt when his father referred to Frank as “my son,” as if he only had one son.

I think Frank might have killed Marie because she is an Indian woman, and Frank molests Indian women to show his authority over others. Frank killed Marie to hide the cruel truth and maintain his power and perfect image. The story gives more hints, like Frank acting too calm. David also starts to notice the difficult situation Wesley faces between justice and loyalty.

David’s view of his family changes as he learns the truth. He must choose between justice and loyalty, and he chooses justice. When David kills the magpie with the gun Julian gave him, it symbolizes his transition from boy to man. The mix of power, sadness, exhilaration, and fear he feels shows adult emotions, showing that he is changing. Why did Julian give the gun to David? Does he want David to be the next Wes?

This part really shows how heavy silence can be in a family. David’s father struggles between justice and loyalty, and you can feel how painful that choice is. I’m starting to see how doing the right thing isn’t always clean or simple, it can hurt people you care about. The atmosphere feels tense and quiet, like everyone knows the truth but is scared to face it. Why is the mother hiding what Wesley is doing?

It’s wild how appearances completely flip in this section. Frank is seen as this perfect, heroic figure, but underneath that “perfect” image, he’s capable of awful things. Meanwhile, Len McAuley, who seemed weak and quiet, turns out to have real courage. This shocked me. It really shows how we never truly know what people carry inside. I wonder why the author talked about Len McAuley right after talking about Frank?

I was captivated on the father's reaction on his grandfather and Frank's speech. My guess is that he was jealous or angry about how the grandfather called Frank which caused the father to bend and pick up trash, demonstrating lack of care about a important celebration where everyone in the county is participating. I was interested that David is describing Frank as almost close to perfection, which made me wonder why?

Reading the start, the town feels super quiet and closed, like everyone knows something but no one says it. When David talks about how “nothing ever happens” in Bentrock, it actually makes the place feel more suspicious. The book shows the pressure from family and community to act “right". I was surprised by the fact that the father usually leaves his gun at his house.

The friendship between Cal and Possum started. Possum brings Cal to his safe place. He impressed Possum by saying the word"Mu-to".Possum tells Cal to hide his France victory medal that he got from his dad. Possum was interested.My reaction after this part was that Possum believes in Cal and trusts him He wants to be friends.My guess for next Is that Possum will purloin Cal's France victory medal.Possum looked jealous

Chapter 13 was short.After reading chapter 13, I felt that Indian schools should change because Cal and Pop saw the discipline of a student at challagi. The student is locked in a small dark room for several days. I was kind of surprised and also curious when Cal finally decided to go to Indian school even though he witnessed some bad events. I think Cal will fight for justice and equality for other Indian students.

I felt very excited to read the rest of the book. Chapter seven started as people were making a mulligan stew. Then, Pop and Cal has a conversation about their great-great-grandparents. Pop tells Cal that They were full-blood Creek.They were forced to leave the farm they owned. Then, suddenly they hear gunshots. After this part, I was very surprised and curious what happened to them. My guess is someone got shot.

In chapter 6, Cal Black and Pop goes to a town called Fairville, Arkansaws. Then Pop tells Cal that Arkansaw is a town that hates hobo people. He tells that Hoboes will be arrested immediately if they are caught. After Reading Chapter 6, I've learned that Pop is knows well about Arkansaw.

Older polish couple with no children adopted Cal's mom. However she was never able to meet her grandparents because they died due to the influenza of 1918. After that event, she was working in the hospital, Pop- who'd been riding a train that crashed was brought. They fell in love at first sight. After I read chapter four, I could feel that Cal's family was caring each other. When Cal's mom dying, she missedherfamily

After I finished chapter 2, one thing I was surprised was how Pop handled the snake when It was about to attack Cal. I was also surprised when Pop met Edith.

I am surprised that Cal Black is only 12 years old and he is very mature.
In page 8,Pop talks about the war. He says "I'm no longer walking down a southern road in here and now of 1932. It's years ago.--over there."
One thing that stood out to me about Pop was that he is war vet