(Chapter 2, page 18) ...he couldn't help looking around as if he expected his aunt to be lurking in the crowd, just waiting for her chance to grab Bo. Hornet noticed the look on Prosper's face. "You're thinking about your aunt again, aren't you?" she whispered, although Bo had wandered out of earshot. "Forget her! She's not looking for you anymore..."
This was emotionally jerking when I read it for a few different reasons.
1) Why could someone be SO AFRAID of their family member snatching them up?--- It was unbelieveable to imagine the fear of Prosper not knowing where his aunt was, or whether or not she really knew where he was.
2) The idea of someone lurking in a crowd is rather CREEPY. They are aware of where YOU are, but you don't know they are watching you. This gave me an uneasy feeling.
3) Hornet tells Prosper to forget about his aunt, that she isn't looking for him anymore. When I FIRST read this, I wondered why he WOULDN'T want a family member to be looking for them. As I read more, I understood more of why they were running away and why Prosper wanted to protect his little brother, Bo.
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yeah, I think that this passage shows how much Prosper cares about his brother. He wants to protect Bo so personally, he wouldn't even let Esther take care of him.
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