Wiki #3

(Pg. 208-361)

Summary:

Gaia figured out that Leon’s (Captain Grey) parents are Derek Vlatir and Mary Walsh. She was shocked because Derek was the baker in Wharfton who helped her go over to the Enclave. She was curious to know what Derek would have thought of what his son has become. A few minutes later, Sgt. Bartlett came into the room with a tray of food for Gaia. He was asking her if she found the name of his birth parents and she said that she wasn't going to help him until he found a way to get her out of there. He went in the bathroom and wrote something on his hand then came back out and showed Gaia and the message said “Camera à”. Gaia then realized that Mabrother Iris was watching her this entire time and also knew about Leon secretly helping her. Sgt. Bartlett left and then Gaia went to the bathroom to get some water. When she got in there, she saw a note on the mirror that said “1 Chance…October 24, 2390”. She left the bathroom and looked at the code and found out that Sgt. Bartlett is her brother Odin that her parents had to advance. Sgt. Bartlett came back and said that he had a way to get her out and they left. He told her the way to go but before she left she told him that he was her brother and he was happy about it. Then she went the he told her and reached the road where she was found by a baker. The baker took her into his shop and the rest of his family was there and they were going to help Gaia. These people were the Jackson family and explained to Gaia that they have made it their duty to help anyone outside of the Enclave because their daughter died of the disease that the people from outside of the Enclave can fix. Gaia is now staying with the Jackson family. Mace Jackson, the baker who saved Gaia, told her that he knew where her mother was and now they are trying to come up with a plan her. Meanwhile, Leon shows up at the bakery and said that he was sent by his father Derek. He starts to explain to Gaia and the Jackson family that the Enclave soldiers are going to go over to Wharfton to swab everyone who lives there to get the cure for hemophilia. Leon also said that he came back because he needed to know that Gaia was safe. They made a plan to save Gaia’s mother. They were going to disguise Gaia as a guy and go into the tower that they were keeping her mother in and bring her out. Then they would take her back to the bakery that they are currently staying in and find a way to get back to Wharfton. Gaia got inside the tower with Masister Khol and saw that her mother was pregnant and weak. Sephie was also found in the tower and she noticed that it was Gaia. She didn't say anything until everyone was asleep then she told Gaia to take her mother and leave. After she left, her mother was going into labour so she had to bring her into a room. She helped her mother give birth to a baby girl who her mother named Maya. Shortly after, her mother was losing too much blood and realized she was going to die. Gaia’s mom apologized to Gaia for purposely putting that scar on her face and Gaia forgave her. Gaia rested her head on her mother and listened as she took her last breath. In the end, Gaia and Leon were trying to escape from the Enclave but Leon pushed Gaia through instead and allowed himself to be a target for the other soldiers trying to kill the both of them. Gaia did make it back to Wharfton but the soldiers were still looking for her so she had leave with her little sister to go to the Dead Forest.

Questioner:

1. How did the Jackson family know to help Gaia?
2. Is it possible for the Jackson family to be using Gaia and setting her up? Why?
3. Why would the author have only one possible cure for hemophilia considering is harms so many?
4.  What would have happened if the author wrote the book as Gaia and her family living in the rich Enclave society instead of poor in Wharfton?

Connector:

After the Jackson family told Gaia about how the Enclave was starting to take people, that had the “freckles” on their ankle, away to a different school, she wanted to stop them. She told the Jackson family that the Enclave was starting to control everything and that had to be stopped. She wanted to find a way to break the wall between Wharfton and the Enclave so everyone can roam free and the Enclave could stop having control over everything.

-  This part of the story reminds of the novel “Catching Fire”. During the games, Katniss realized that they only way she would be able to stop President Snow from controlling everything going on in the games is by breaking the atmosphere wall. Both Katniss and Gaia were being controlled by people they weren't fond of and they figured out the only way to break them is to destroy the one thing that was helping them control everyone and everything.

In order for Gaia to save her mother from the tower she had to disguise herself as a boy. If she went as herself, she would have been caught and possibly killed.

- This part in the story reminds me of a scene from “The Twelfth Night” by Shakespeare. Viola has to disguise herself as a man in order to work for Duke Orsino. He didn't hire women to work for him so the only way for Viola to get the job was to disguise herself as a man.  Gaia and Viola both had to disguise themselves as men to get what they wanted.

Word Wizard:

Word	Pg. # & Paragraph	Definition	Reason for Discussion
Altruistic	Pg. 221 Paragraph 8	Unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others	“As Gaia pondered Pearl’s altruistic explanation…” I didn't know what this word meant and I wanted to know what kind of explanation.
Disheveled	Pg. 235 Paragraph 7	Untidy; disordered	I liked this word and thought it was used interestingly so I wanted to know the meaning of it.
Inchoate	Pg. 249 Paragraph 3	Just begun and not so fully formed or developed	I was curious to know why the author chose this word instead of a simpler one such as starting, beginning, undeveloped, etc.
Percolating	Pg. 256 Paragraph 6	Permeate or penetrate gradually.	I am trying to expand my vocabulary and I wanted to know what this word meant to I could possibly use it when I speak or when I am writing assignments.