Mr_Shank

I chose the a passage from page 284-290 which is chapter 16:Soundness of Mind and Freedom of Will. So in this few pages The 4 of them go to The Offices of Jonas Wilford Armistead, in Oklahoma City. Here they go through the paperwork and Esperanza and Estevan put on a good show like Turtle was actually their daughter. They cry and tell a very convincing story about why they cant keep Turtle anymore, so they are giving her to Taylor.

I choose this becasue all throught the blogging we were asking questions about if Taylor would keep Tutle, or if she would be a good parent to Turtle, and now she is legally adopting Tutle. Yes, Estavan and Esperanza are not her real parents and they posed as her parents, but the paperwork is done and Turtle is now Taylors. So what some of thought about Taylor keeping Turtle is true. With everything that has Happpend to Taylor including leaving hime, meeting Mattie, Lou Ann, Dwayne Ray, Estevan, and Esperanza. Also with Turtle getting attacked at the park while she way with Edna, and the whole situation with Estevan and Esperanza.

Do you think that Taylor Made the right desicion to adopt Turtle and help Estevan and Esperanza? Should Taylor have done things differently with everyhting that she has been through?

The passage I chose is on page 97. Taylor is talking to Lou Ann.
They were talking about Taylor and her little baby Turtle. Lou Ann kept asking Taylor questions about the baby and Taylor just had to tell her that she was just given to her. Lou Ann thought that that Taylor adopted her but Taylor told her that that’s not really what had happend.
My question is do you think that Taylor has any real motives of adopting Turtle or is she just going to keep taking care of her? Do you think that when Turtle gets older Taylor will tell her the truth about what had happend the night she was given to her?

Brittany Miller

[Brittany couldn't post this so I copied it out of the comment so we could find it]

The passage I chose from the first 4 chapters is on pages 23-24. This is when Taylor first recieves the child from the mystery woman at the bar. I chose this passage because she left her hometown to not have a child but now, here she is, with a child even though it is not her own. So, she will now have to be more responsible since recieving the child.

Do teenagers have enough responsibility to take care of a child on their own? Explain why or why not.

~ Sarah L.