Book Quotes:
"Prosper looked across the water nervously. He and Bo had never been out here, although the others had told them a lot about the lagoon and its islands. Little specks of land hemmed with reeds. Here were the ruins of long-abandoned villages and fortresses, and the fruit and vegetable fields that supplies the city. Some were home to the monasteries and hospitals where the city's sick used to be brought." (page 208)
"Isola Segreta?" Mosca stared at the distant lights. "That's the island where nobody ever goes." (page 209)
"The island's supposed to be bewitched. Terrible things happen there. It's said nobody who's ever visited the Isola Segreta has lived to tell about it." Ida stated. (page 209)
My Notes:
I can't understand why anyone would take three kids out into an island that is considered to be so dangerous. I understand why Ida Spavento wanted to see if she could see a glimpse of the merry-go-round or a glimpse of the Conte. But, I think she should have went by herself and then let the kids know what she found out, instead of taking them with her and risking their lives. I enjoyed reading this part because it kept my attention the whole time, wondering what was going to be the outcome of them going to the island. Even the kids themselves were nervous of going to the island because of the stories they had heard about people not returning once they went. However, I do believe in the end when the gunshot sounds, Ida realizes she should have never brought three kids to such a dangerous place. This part, in the book, was meaningful to me because it made me think of times when I've been faced with situations I was nervous about, just like the boys were.
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Brittney - I agree that Ida was acting a little irresponsibly. However, she had been curious about the story of the merry-go-round for many, many years, and personally, when I am very, very interested in something, that object tends to take over my mind until I have found out an answer. Common sense doesn't always register in those situations.
ReplyDeleteI thought the same thing about Ida. How on earth could she put children in harms way? But when i look back, many of Ida's characteristics were very childlike in the book. Maybe it was because she was brought up in the orphanage and missed so many of the adventures of childhood. She exhibited some childish gestures like the costumes in her studio, and the misrepresentation that she was a head nun at the orpahanage where the Hartlieb's nephews were to be housed.
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