Blog Post #3: Chains

Chains

Author: Laurie Halse Anderson

Genre: Historical Young Adult

Pages: 174/300 pages

Summary: This part of the book is Part 2:

After the incident Madam Lockton would not look Isabel in the eye or even speak to her. All her orders went through Becky. Curzon, the boy she met on the first day, would come visit her every day but she would shoo him away. She was furious at everybody especially at Colonel Regan who had promised her freedom and not granted it. Most of she was furious at herself for letting Madam Lockton drug her to sleep then sell her sister. One night there is a huge storm that hits the town and many people were killed by lighting and many houses burnt down as well. When Isabel goes to fetch water the old man everyone calls Grandfather (aka. wise man) The British win the first battle in Brooklyn and many american soldiers are killed or enslaved. Isabel really thinks about what the Grandfather said. She wonders if the British can free her. If they can help her find her sister. The war became serious and may people feared their lives. Madam Lockton makes Isabel go to the market and buy food while the bombs go off. She see's this as a chance to run away and goes for it.

What do you think about what you have read?

I think this story is really catchy but at one point i lost track of what happened and had to start the chapter again.Sometimes it gets confusing. 

Has your recent reading fulfilled your expectations?

Not exactly. They don't find a way out and things get worse.

What do you expect for your continued reading?

I think that Isabel will help the British and that the British will win and she will be free.

How satisfied are you with what you have read?

Yes I am satisfied although the story can get pretty rough. But it's a good book so far.

Passage Section:

"Look hard for you river Jordan, my child. You'll find it." (Anderson167) In this quote I think grandfather is refering to the river Jordan as her freedom. So if she searched hard enough for a way she will find it. "I will run and join the British."(Anderson174) I thought she had gone mad when i read that. She was willing to go out when bombs were going off to find her freedom. She was willing to risk her life to find her sister.