Question E:
Do you think Sarah is scared of guns for any other reason?
In this story we read about a young girl growing up feeling like she can not relate to her father because of his life hobbie. She was intruduced to firearms at such a young age that she felt like they over powered her. I think ever seince the say that she fired of her first gun and it flug her back not knowing the power of the firearm she has never truley been open to trying it again.
I also think another huge factor was when kids grow up they try to differ from the siblings and once her sister was getting all the attention from "loving" their dads hobbie she decided to step back and be in the background. Feeling alone of the subject she grew to be a diffrent indivdual than her sister or father. I think a stong factor of that also had to do with Sarah's mother and father were very open to letting her make her own dections and be who she wanted to be. Which i think was very cool.
Then as she grew up relizing that time was running out with bonding with her father she knew that his hobbie dident have to keep them so seperated. So she learned to respect his feelings even though she was agenst firearms. So as they bonded she found out he bulit a small canon all on his own and took her with him to go shoot it. When they did it together she relized the bond that her sister had with him all these years and i think thats why she liked the canon so much. Otherwise that is just hipocritical of her to hate guns and shoot canons? They ending of this story was so briliantly brought together i really enjoyed it.
Hi Samantha-
ReplyDeleteI liked reading your blog, I never really looked at the story this way, and I think you are right. Maybe when she was young and shot the gun for the first time and since she did not like it, she forever thought that this hobby was not going to be for her, and since her sister and father bonded with his passion, she decided to go the other way a pursue her own passion. Then when she found respect later on in life for her fathers passion, I think it gave her a since of closure and somewhat happiness that her and her father got to experience what he has loved for so many years.
Emily-
Hi Samantha,
ReplyDeleteThe author and I have a similar background growing up. My dad is a gun enthusiast, and while my dad wasn't a gunsmith, the house was very similar in regards to there literally being guns everywhere! I grew up with guns, and I respect and appreciate them, but I personally think 6 years old is too young to allow a child to shoot a pistol. I think if the authors dad had started her out on a BB gun, or pellet rifle, something with less kick, and noise, and wouldn't physically throw her back, she might not have not seen the firearm as Satanic and evil, and possibly seen it as an inanimate object.
Samantha,
ReplyDeleteI believe she understood that making up for lost time is a impossible. By the time she realized this she decided to go the mountains with him with a good attitude and no regrets from the past. She very much matured by this time even though the shooting of the pistol when she was little probably was still fresh on her mind. Guns are very very powerful and can be scary. The first time I shot a gun it was 44 magnum revolver and that moment I will never forget. It was insanely powerful and startling. Is this too much power for one person to have?