Inclass writing

MB vs. TM

In page 60, TM wants to leave the village and to find Daniel, and she didn't tell her mother about that. She meets MB, and MB tells her some life philosophies. It is surprised that TM listens to MB’s words so easily because in the book TM is a very stubborn and selfish girl, and she always follows her own wish. But when pay a close attention to the dialogues, “To be tranquil, one must hang one’s hat where one can reach it. Keep one’s heart where one can feel its beat”, where he indicates that people should be wisdom of self-knowledge. “Tranquil” means “good ending”, and “hat” and “heart” are kind of the same thing, which represents TM’s “desire” and her “love”. MB says that TM gives her love to the wrong person, and because of that, she might not have a good ending.  And he believes in “fate”, which TM believes in a lot. “ History has cast our fate in stone.” I believe that’s why TM listens his advice. He is the one TM listens to, rather than her own mother.