Connections

In Beautiful Creatures, there is a couple of brief paragraphs talking about a flashback. The flashback took place in the south, during a war. The confederates and Union soldiers are fighting to the death in the town of Gatlin. It talks about how many soldiers deserted and ran away from their commanders. Garcia writes, “‘Ethan Carter Wate was one of ‘em’. All three of them lowered their heads as if the shame was just too much for them.”

            In history class I learned how many soldiers could not bear the war and deserted their position. Normally this was not honorable for a soldier to do and was frowned upon. They were considering traitors. This directly connects to how the 3 aunts were ashamed because of Ethan. The women even neglected to place him on the family tree.

            So far I have liked this book, oddly enough. This really just isn’t my normal genre. I’m not into fantasy stuff; I used to be though when I was younger. But the fact that I’m starting to enjoy reading this makes me happy that I can expand my palate once in a while. Im really looking forward to finishing the book, as it is rather rrrrreeallly long. Its super long which does worry me a little bit, I hope it will be engaging throughout.