The first thing I would like to talk about is Serge and Babettes relationship, in this part of the novel we got to see a side of Bebbetes that I never expected. When Babette first saw her Dame Blanch she started complaining about her dessert, at this point I did not expect that much from her since I saw her as a person who does not like to trouble other people. But then she called the waiter and told him to take back the dessert, they argued for a while but when Babette told him she would call the manager he took the plate back. I thought that was reasonable in the beginning, but then she started laughing at him, she said how "quickly he backed down when he heard his boss name? His master ha" (Knock 221). Although what she did was wrong I think Serge had a part in this too, since he shows Babette little attention and is really demanding I think Babette did this because for the first time in her life she was the one in control. This reminds of that one kid in primary school who would tell the teacher everything, especially when he promises you that he wouldn't..But it happens so much more often with siblings. My question for you guys is what do you think about Babette did she get enough character development or was she left aside?
That face you make when your brother/sister starts calling moms
I would also like to talk about the side affects of medicine, since it plays a major role in the novel. We know that Paul has some type of mental illness (never got the exact diagnoses), when Paul went to the doctor then prescribes him some pills. At first I did not really think it was important, but as I kept reading they revealed a lot of interesting information. We learn that the pill has some side affects these include "Nausea, decreased appetite ....feeling of fear, hyperventilation and memory loss"(Knock 191), now it all makes sense it explains..why he forgot he had his sons phone in his pocket, why he was so scared in the coffee shop in the beginning and why he took extreme measures when he was protecting his son (was about to hit the manager with a pump). This all raises an important question, is it really all worth it ? Many medications have sever side affects, many children have died from these side affects. After I saw all these unsolved problems I deiced to watch Generation RX, which I read about in Conner's blog, after I watched the documentary I had a hole new perspective about the issue. It also talked about the lack information given about the drug, it made me think about how little we know about the medications we take and why do these death still happen today. What do you think about medications and why do you think people still die from them, is it their parents fault or the government etc?
So what do I think about the novel, I personally liked the plot of the novel but I did not like the rest. I personally think that it was too slow paced, we also did not get any one else perspective. I personally think that it would have been more effective if the novel was told from a 3rd person perspective since you would see everyone opinion. But one of the things that I dislikes the most was how distracted Paul gets, it could have been his mental disorder but we do not even know what that it. I Also think that the ending was not a proper ending, like non of the important issues got in the novel, what I am trying to say is do not choose this book :) (but that is just my opinion). What do you think about the novel, the things you liked and the things you didn't.
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