House of Sand and Fog, Post 3, Period 1, Kortney Mann
Ok, recap of section 1; Kathy losses her house to the county and Behrani buys it. Kathy’s husband left her, and Behrani quit is second job. Behrani finds Kathy talking to his wife, and he threatens her. Lester impersonates a cop to try to get Kathy’s house back. Kathy tries to kill herself, but Behrani finds her.
So in the section we have just read we learn that Behrani takes Kathy to his house and his wife cares for her. They leave her to take a shower and get cleaned up, but after a period of time she still hasn’t come out so they go to check on her. They find her lying in the tub unconscious from overdosing on some pills. Soon after that Lester comes and hold the family hostage in their house because he saw Kathy’s car parked at their house when she was suppose to be at the cabin with Lester. The family gets locked in the bathroom for some time. Kathy wakes-up to find that the family is locked in the bathroom and that Lester is also there. Behrani persuades Lester to let them out to eat, but then Lester makes Behrani call the county so he can sell it back to them in order for Kathy to get the house back.
Questions:
1. Do you think that Kathy will ever stop trying to kill herself because she has already tried 2 times one at her old house with Behrani and his family there?
2. Do you think that Lester should get some type of legal action taken against him for holding the family hostage?
3. Should Behrani sell the house back to the county that is if he wasn’t being forced by Lester?
4. Do you think that after all that has happened Kathy will still love Lester? Should she still love Lester in your opinion?
5. Do you think that Kathy should just forget about that house and find a new one?
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April 12th, 2009 at 2:43 pm
I think Kathy will stop trying to kill herself if she can get her life back together so it will be somewhat like it was before all of this bad stuff happened to her. Well, Lester should have some legal action taken agaisnt him because he took Behrani’s family hostage and he didn’t have to do it. He could have knocked on the door and calmly discussed it with them. To answer questions 3 and 5 in one answer, I would have to say that there should be some kind of compromise in this deal. Behrani did not know the house was unwrongfully sold when he bought it and Kathy should get her house back. So, I think that Behrani should sell the house back to the county for a good price so he gets more money out of it than when he bought it, and Kathy would get her house back. I think Kathy will still love Lester because she knows that she has messed up in the past and that she has overcome it and so can he. I don’t see why Kathy should not love Lester because he truely cares about her and even if he has done some bad things, so has she. They should be able to surpass that and be happy together.
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~Sarah L.
April 13th, 2009 at 3:57 pm
I do think she will stop because things will get better for her. I asked this because the thought of suicide with Kathy has come up twice. Things are really bad for her at the moment and she is just all caught up in everything that is happening.
I do think he should have legal action taken against him because what he did was wrong, and I think it might be illegal. I really don’t like Lester all that much.
I don’t think he should, if he had the choice. He bought the house fairly, and kathy would have known about the auction if she would have read her mail. It is not his fault that happend to her.
I think that Kathy will still love Lester because she is a bit confused lately and he is like her support right now. I don’t think she should love him because he is a loser who needs to get a life.
If I were Kathy I would forget about the house and find a new one. This one is causing nothing but trouble. Even though it was her father’s she would be better off.