"People called them broken homes, didn't they? But there was nothing broken about his home, except that his dad just happened to be in jail for a bit. Broken homes happened to other people. In broken homes parents fought about visiting rights and money. Kids from broken homes had two frantic Christmases spent elbowing for space and attention with half brothers and step-sisters. Some people called them single families as if they were special, but Danny knew he had two parents and he wanted them both. Together. At the same time. When Dad got out everything would be okay again." (Rosemarie Boll,11)
I think that this quote shows how clueless Danny in the book "The Second Trial" is. Even though everyone is basically spelling out what is happening to his family, he still isn't believing it. I think that a big part of this is that he doesn’t want to believe it to be true. By Danny not accepting this fact, I think he is thinking that he won't have to face the fact.
I think that later in the book when Danny finally does come to realize what is happening, he is going to be in a state of shock and panic and possibly do something that threatens his family.
The video I related Danny to was the song "Roll away your stone" by Mumford and Sons. I think this relates well to this because of the sentence from the song "Don’t leave me alone at this time, for I am afraid of what I will discover inside." I think that this sums up what Danny is feeling well because he isn't accepting the fact of his parents divorce because he doesn’t want it to happen.
The song you put with your blog post goes really well with it.
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