"Special Topics" Post 3b

I am becoming slightly disturbed by Blue’s behavior. First of all, she doesn’t see it strange that the Bluebloods practically stalk Hannah. This behavior goes directly against her wishes, so I’m not really sure if they respect her or not. I think there’s just a lot of conflict as to the role of Hannah. On one hand, she is an adult and a teacher at their school, so one should think of her as an authority figure. On the other hand, she acts sometimes less like a mentor and more of a simple friend. I think that it is hard for the Bluebloods to reconcile these two roles, and are therefore acting as if they are Hannah’s friends. Unfortunately, I don’t think that she views them this way. Plus, Blue is being dragged into this as well. She seems content with the changes she has been making to herself to fit in with the group, but her writing suggests otherwise, as it is an odd mixture of talk of the Bluebloods and references to her father. I think that she is still torn between the two. Ordinarily, I would say that it is natural for Blue to grow away from her father and find her own group, but in all the towns they have been to this doesn’t seem to have been the case. This change is so unexpected I feel it’s not quite natural. Hopefully Blue will find which side she wishes to be on in the remainder of the book.