Dialectical Journal #23: The Blind Assassin

Passages From The Text	Pg #	Comments & Questions
“Ten days after the war ended, my sister Laura drove a car off a bridge. The bridge was being repaired: she went right through the Danger sign. The car fell a hundred feet into the ravine smashing through the treetops feathery with new leaves, then burst into flames and rolled down into the shallowly creek at the bottom. Chunks of bridge fell on top of it. Nothing was left of her but charred smithereens.”	1	(R) When I first opened this book, I was apprehensive because all the other books I had read from the AP Lit list of “Books-It-Would-Be-Good-To-Read” had bored me right out of my mind. Then I read this book< and I’m hooked from the first sentence. Teachers (Well, English Teachers) are always telling students to write a great “hook”.  Whenever I hear that I always think, ‘There’s no way a writer can pull someone in with just one sentence! You need to at least read the first paragraph.’ Margaret Atwood, I’m pleased to say, has proved me wrong. I’ve barely started the book, but already I have all these questions in my head that make me want to hide away somewhere and devour this book until I discover the answers.