Dialectical Journal # 29: The Blind Assassin

Passages From The Text	Pg #	Comments & Questions
·         “’ Don’t annoy him,’ I said to Laura. ·         ‘it doesn't matter whether I annoy him or not,’ said Laura. ‘Anyway, he’s not annoyed. He only wants to put his hand up my blouse.’ ·         ‘I’ve never seen him do that,’ I said. ‘Why would he?’ ·         ‘He does it when you’re not looking,’ said Laura. ‘Or under my skirt. What he likes is panties.’ She said it so calmly I thought she must have made it up, or misunderstood. Misunderstood Mr. Erskine’s hands, their intentions. What she described was so implausible. It didn’t seem to me like the sort of thing a grown-up man would do, or be interested in doing at all, because wasn’t Laura only a little girl? ·         ‘Should we tell Reenie?’ I asked tentatively. ·         ‘She might not believe me,’ said Laura. ‘You don’t.’”	165	·         (R) I feel bad for Iris and Laura! I know that when someone makes an accusation like that, that person should be believed! But Laura is just so.. absent-minded and weird that I can understand why Iris would hesitate to believe her. But that's her sister!!! When it comes to a situation like this, Iris should believe her until Laura is proven wrong.