Review for Monday, Feb 12, 2007

Wow! We covered a lot today! Let's see...I read the blog I posted with the Silverstein lyrics and Lindsey reviewed her review. There was a little bit more discussion on the Meyers-Briggs results and a couple of us mentioned that we noticed the character traits in ourselves and our families more this weekend. We then delved into the murky water of The Power and The Glory.

We talked about the things that changed the whiskey priest into a real priest. The fact that before, he didn't really care about the people; it was just a job for him. Later in the story, he realizes that the people really do need him and the gift he offers.

Ms. Hillestad mentioned a few times about the way Greene writes. We agreed that we like the way he makes the characters seem human. They have their good, but they have their bad, and Greene continues to write in a style that surprises us.

In case Zach missed it, we talked about the part where Coral, Captain Fellows' daughter, gets her first period. That lead, much to Zach's dismay, to a discussion about all the girls' first period. Then we talked about how our parents try to protect us from the world and everything in it.

THEN, Dom and I explained a little bit more about confession, because we talked about the part where the whiskey priest goes to the little hut in the woods and the family has confession with him.

And that was our day. We should have the book finished by Wednesday and our discussion will continue...