incidents 2

Reading pages 87-107 I found it really interesting that Brent always talks about how she wishes her children were dead, "I thought how well it would be for her if she never waked up"(89). If her child never woke up Brent would have no reason to run away since she ran away for her children. She does not want something like this too happen but she wants a better life for them by any means necessary. She is devoted to her a children to the point were she will take the chance of not being able to see them just so they can be free. One thing I noticed during this reading is that the childrens' father is not mentioned when it comes to helping them. After many unsuccessful attempts at freeing them it is as if they have lost trust in him, "don't trust too much too him. Stand by your own children, and suffer with them till death"(93). Brent does just that but doesn't suffer with them but for them she takes matter into her own hands. She is not there for them but does everything in her power to help them even though she leaves them behind. She does not consider taking her children with her because even though they have to live the rest of their lives without a mother she knows it is better then having to constantly hide just to be free.