"Special Topics" Post 6b

The death of Hannah was a completely surprising event. You could see something was mentally imbalanced with her, but she has really been the focus of the book. Even though Blue has been speaking about her death since the beginning, it was hard to imagine her truly being gone. Blue doesn’t seem to have a lot of remorse for her death, but more puzzlement, anger, surprise, and confusion. I’m not sure if the rest of the book will focus on her recovery and her relationship with her father, which seems to be fraying, or her examination of the circumstances regarding Hannah’s death. Based on the events so far, which consist of her downplaying her role and focusing solely on the plight of her friends, I think it will be the latter. Also interesting was her extreme desire not to arise any sympathy from anyone. Instead of feeling lucky to have been rescued but worried for her friends, she wants to be back up on the mountain with them. This seems to be taking it a little far; her anger at her father is another thing that one hasn’t seen before and this obsession regarding the outcome of her friends appears to have sparked it. I’m not sure if she wants them to be rescued truly; it almost seems as if she is worried about it, that they will be angry with her that she was rescued first. One can imagine that a drama queen such as Jade would wish the spotlight on her. However, perhaps this is Blue’s bid for her spotlight time, as if she does not want to be the one who took the easy route but struggled through traumatic events and survived; as if she feels the need to be interesting, unique, like the stories that Hannah fed her regarding the backgrounds of her friends.