Hey! It’s Natasha and Ryan again. Thank you for visiting the book club.  Today we are going to focus on section three, pages 101- 143.

Summary:

In the third section, Declaration gets incredibly mean.  She showed up at Comforts house with two other girls named Kristen and Tiffany who always teased Comfort about living in a funeral home.  When Comfort admits to Peach that she had a very bad day, she sort of apologizes for yelling at him by telling him she will let Peach into her room and show him her bottle cap collection that Great Uncle Edisto willed to her. Declaration comes to help with the funeral, against her will, and is not acting like her old self. She is very mean and angry toward Comfort, and when they get into an argument, they throw insults, slaps, and pushes at one another. Their tussle ends and Comfort and Declaration are left with their emotions in ruins. A little bit before the funeral for Great-Great-Aunt Florentine, Comfort and Declaration walk instead of drive. Peach insists on walking with them, and Comfort and Declaration have to go with him, causing them to be very irritated with each other and Peach.

Respond – If you had to walk a long ways with an unbearably annoying person, how would you deal with this? Would you make an effort to be nice to the person, or would you walk with the person scowling the whole way?
Read – Section 4