One of the saddest days of my young life was the day that I had to leave my friend David, in Waknuk.  I had to leave because I was and still am, a deviation.  If you don’t know a deviation is, it’s a person or thing that is not with in the true image of god, or whatever the thought to be the true image of god. 

Anyways, my family and I were leading a simple life on the outskirts of town when one sunny afternoon my life changed forever.  David and I were playing in a pond with our shoes off, which for me, was a very bad idea.  I have an extra toe on each foot, which is something that could get me killed or exiled because I am not the true image of god.  My toes, which would seem minor to most people, are something that I have been hiding all my life. 

But anyways back to that afternoon. 

Were splashing around catching fish when a boy named Alan walked up.  David was the only one that knew of my toes besides my family and he really didn’t care so I was safe with him, Alan however was not so forgiving.  David and I both knew that we would go right to the authorities if he found out. 

I got away and put my shoes on before Alan could actually see my feet but the wet pond sand got a very good footprint and Alan did manage to see that.  My cover was blown.  David and I went home to tell my parents straight away and the decision was made.  My parents and I would leave right away.  We knew that Alan would tell on me and I was not safe, so we had to go.  We left for an area called the fringes, A place that was just outside Waknuk.  Populated by only deviations and probably not the safest place but my only option.  We made the journey safely without any knowledge of where we were going. All of the sudden an extremely tall man stepped in out path.  He basicly said that if we didn’t go with him in peaceful manner things would get ugly.  Obviously we went willingly because that was the plan all along, to get taken in by the leader if the fringe people and live with them, that is only if they let us.  All went according to plan they treated us well until one day when I was deemed that I could not have children.  I knew that I now had no hope with the man that I love, the leader of the fringe people, Gordon.  For a while after that I lived a life that was largely alone because I was not included in most things.  The day that I finally saw David again, well that day was much more exciting than I was used to.  My people captured David and his friends.  When they asked for my help to free them I gladly agreed to help, even if it meant I have to take one of my own peoples lives.  I did indeed have to take someone’s life that day; it was the man who was guarding David and his friends. I still feel bad about that to this day but I live my on however knowing that I helped a friend who was in need.  

this is the picture that almost ended my life.  At first it seems to simply be a letter.  then as you look closer you see that its crumpled up, like she wanted to not let anyone see it but changed her mind. then you look even closer you can see tear staines on the page as if it pined her greatly  to write the letter.  in the background you see the table that this suiside note as writen on.  in the background you can see the top is ripped off as if she was in a great hurry to get it write, to properly express her feelings.  

Curiosity is dark and unknown until you find the answer when it becomes blue and bright.

Curiosity screams and yells in your head urging you to fine the answer. 

Curiosity had the scent of passion and willingness

Curiosity is a burning in your mouth, with the burning question paused on your tongue.

Curiosity consumes your thoughts until it’s all you see. Until it’s all you think about

It tugs at your gut unit it’s so painful you simply must know the answer, a passion so bright you think it might kill you.     

Only the image of god is man. 

They show many things in the book about being pure and how that it’s bad to be different.  An example of this would be the girl with six toes, Sophie, lives out in the hills and doesn’t talk to anyone but her family.    This is implying that if you’re not normal or not the idea of normal, you get exiled.  I think that in the future they will continue in the same way and they will continue to make people that are “different” suffer.  I also think that a very influential person will come out about being different and they will have to make a really important choice about what they  do.  

I feel that if our society was like that it would be very bad.  People who are the slightest bit different would be considered freaks and who knows what would happen to them.  They would probably never be talked to and everyone would point and stared at or they would be killed.  I know so many people who don’t act normal or don’t look normal and to think that they would be exiled is crazy to think.

I made the visual connection to a little malnutrition boy because the image really is so sad and it impacted me very strongly in both the story and the image. It connects to the story because when Oteka is walking through his village and the author describes how the other children have malnutrition while Oteka is always hungry, he does not have malnutrition.  The image really impacted me as well as the part in the novel and that is why I made the connection.