Dialectical Journal #31: The Blind Assassin

Passages From The Text	Pg #	Comments & Questions
·         “’All right,’ I said to Laura, once they were gone. ‘I know you’ve got him in this house. You’d better tell me where.’ ·         ‘I put him in the cold cellar,’ said Laura, her bottom lip trembling. ·         ‘The cold cellar!’ I said, ‘What a stupid place! Why there?’ ·         ‘So he would have enough to eat, in an emergency,’ said Laura, and burst into tears. I wrapped my arms around her, and she snuffled against my shoulder… ·         ‘We’ve got to get him out of there. What if Reenie goes down for a jar of jam or something and comes across him by mistake? She’d have a heart attack.’… ·         Then I said the attic would be better, because nobody ever went up there. I would arrange it all, I said… ·         Was it my belief that I was doing this only to spare her- to help her, take care of her, as I had always done? ·         Yes. That is what I did believe."	211	(R) I was happy about Laura finding a man to love her but now i'm a bit leery about the whole thing. First of all, the guy is at least six years older than her and she is currently 14 or 15. That is not OK Margret Atwood! Secondly , this dude allowed a young girl to stow him away in her house. That guy is either very desperate or very crazy. Most likely both  considering the way he's portrayed in 'The Blind Assassin' book that Laura wrote. I'm very curious as to how this whole thing will play out though. When Alex was over for dinner, Iris was acting kind of jealous!