Miles mentioned that he wishes that he could go to school with others like him. The nanny jokes that Flora is the only one she has ever met that is anything like Miles. But I don't think she caught on to what he was saying. I think that it has been obvious to us (or so we think) that these children are not human. So it makes me wonder, what exactly are they? Is it like Escape to Witch Mountain? Are they really aliens? Probably not...but could they be demons...or ghosts themselves? I'm not sure yet...four chapters to go, but its driving me crazy. What do you guys think they are?
And also, Quint and Jessel....good or evil? I still can't decide who is the protagonist in this plot. The ghosts? The children? The narrator? It's so cryptic. I have to say, its a little annoying because I have no clue who to root for...Maybe it will be the uncle.
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There was a protagonist?
ReplyDeleteAlso, I was just thinking that maybe Miles simply wanted to play with other boys. That's the way it read to me.
(Hahahaha, play with other boys. You know, 'cause he has experience with Quint!)
Oh ok. And apparently there wasn't a protagonist. That bugs me. A lot.
ReplyDeleteHa ha...pedophilia.
ReplyDeleteSo as I am behind you all in the reading, I am wondering about chapter 15 and the reluctance of the narrator to inform the uncle about Miles's lack of formal education. He doesn't know that the boy is NOT back in school! And she doesn't want him to find out.
ReplyDeleteThis also makes me question her motives!
Well, I'm not entirely sure why she didn't look for a new school for him in the first place. She must have known that she couldn't possibly give the children a proper education for long. By the end of the novel, she's already exausted all the lessons she can give them--BELL
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