Tuesday, May 12, 2009

it went down in montaña 2

From the beginning, I knew that montana was going to prove to be an entertaining book. The narrator, David did a good job telling the story of how his brother caught his uncle raping and killing indian women. This led me to question whether or not other native american rape cases were similar to that of marie little soldier's. It was very big of Wes to be able to turn Frank in, even after acknowledging the fact that it may destroy his family's good name forever. He knew that doing what was morally right was more important than protecting a family member. What I loved about his book was the way they told of the internal conflict that Wes and David faced. They made it very intriguing, and easy to read along with. Frank ended up committing suicide, not being able to bear the memory of all the sins he committed. The family wishes to cover up the murder cases and shield it all as a suicide, but David's grandfather is stuck on the fact that Wes betrayed the family name. He is focused on the idea that the most important this is loyalty and not justice, so the family is forced out of Mercer County, and they relocate where they try to repatch their lives and start again. i liked the book a lot, and thought it was a great way to end the cycle of books.

lessss gooo.. we done
5 down.. 0 to go

3 comments:

  1. Well Dan, not much more to say. You got pretty much all of the main points here. I definitely agree that a main point in the story was of the internal conflict of David and Wes. I really liked how David finally got to be part of family discussion at the end, especially with the very last talk he had with his dad about Frank saving him one day when they were kids. Glad you liked the book, and thank god its over!

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  2. Yeahh i really think this was the best book too and im glad we ended it on such a good note. If this was another belljar type thing then i might be talking to good ole Frank right now but thankfully that's not the case. It was great sharing this Round Robin reading stuff with you fellas' and maybe we could do again some time but for now im outtie. PEACEE

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  3. Dan--
    Nicely done-- I felt that you took this seriously and you were very honest. At times you did slightly more narrating than analyzing, but you managed to sneak something good in every post! Good choice of links btw: 89.5/100

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