Maybe the barriers around Tally's pretty world weren't as obvious as the little men hanging in the trees, but they were just as hard to escape. She remembered how Peris had chickened out as he'd looked down on the wild from the balloon, suddenly unwilling to jump and leave behind everything he'd known. Everyone in the world was programmed by the place they were born, hemmed in by their beliefs, but you had to at least try to grown your own brain. Otherwise, you might as well be living on a reservation, worshipping a bunch of bogus gods.
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Thank you for that. I've read the book, I even own it although my friend borrowed it over a year ago and I've yet to get it back...
ReplyDeleteI do feel as though my conversion to Islam was like "jumping and leaving behind everything I've known." This passage actually makes me feel less guilty for hurting my family by converting, because it's my responsibility to find my own beliefs.
Nikki: There are a lot of parallels in Pretties to the idea of trying to find your own way. Glad it made you feel better :)
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