“My trust in Estraven had been more willed than spontaneous; now i believed him completely.” p. 210
As we discussed in class, is Genly really changing his perception of Estraven? i think genly is genuinly changing his view of Estraven. At first, he was very suspicious of him and his actions. Estraven seemed to always hide something. this made genly doubt his actions and made his very skeptical of estraven. i think genly is considering estraven as a friend because, why wouldn’t you trust someone after they saved your life? estraven helped genly escape from prison, and he also is caring for him on the journey back to Karhide. although estraven seems like a typical politician, who is very deceitful, he uses one of those ‘suspicious’ qualities, or ‘skills’, such as stealing food, for their survival. just because he may seem suspicious and very mistrusting, he seems to have his heart in the right place when it comes to the things he does. i think genly will come to conclusion that estraven really isn’t that bad, and he might give him a chance to be his friend, provided that he says he already trusts him completely.
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hi Nicole! At the time of this discussion, I thought that Genly was beginning to trust Estraven, but it was just a slow process. Of course since Genly lost his trust for Estraven earlier in the story, it would be hard for him to trust him again. When Estraven rescued Genly, it obviously proved that Estraven could be trusted again, but I think Genly was still keeping his guard up so he wouldn’t be misled again. but hey, we’re finally done with the story and it seemed like they were very close friends up until the point where Estraven died. =(
By: Shirlyn on March 25, 2009
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