post from Mideya

I really like this book so far. I love the authors use of language and how it is told through this obviously uneducated 12 year old girl. I also really like how the text seems to almost skip around and be repetitive at points because it makes the reader believe the narrator is a 12 year old girl even more. One quote in particular struck me though. When she says, "Thanks to him, I am not a virgin anymore." This just shows how deeply naive the main character/ narrator really is. She whole-heartedly believes that this random stranger did her a favor by basically raping her. It almost makes me dislike Rose just for the simple fact that she didn't teach Mellie any better before she left her.