Chapters 5-6

I read 27 pages.

"No I'm not!" she cried. "Please take me with you, Willum. Please! I love you. I'll do anything for you!" (page 39) The little scene between the doctor and Rosa amused me quite a bit. I found it funny how Rosa suddenly started acting desperate to go with him. On page 38, she is acting like she doesn't even want to be in the same room as him, but then she instantly goes hysterical when she finds out he's leaving. Then she blames Matt for the doctor leaving and becomes really angry at him. I couldn't tell if she was being crazy because Willum was leaving, or if she just acts like that in certain situations.

Chapter 5 Summary: In chapter 5, Matt definitely has to get used to being alone in a small space without anyone or anything with him. The only people he has seen are the doctor, Willum, and Rosa. Rosa stills acts rude towards him and sometimes makes rude remarks, like on page 39, "Bleating won't save you, you good-for-nothing animal. No one can hear you. This whole wing of the house is empty because you are in it! They don't even put pigs down here!" After a little while, Matt befriends bugs and keeps food from his meals to attract them. When Maria and Celia come to visit him, he just sits there, barely even acknowledging their presence.

Chapter 6 Summary: Matt is sent to meet himself, El Patrón. The older man instantly liked Matt, and was shocked when he found out Matt had been staying in a room full of sawdust and chicken litter. The doctor acts surprised, as if he had no idea what Matt's recent living conditions had been like. Rosa, of course, goes crazy at this, and begins yelling and trying to go after him. "You're lying! Tell them, Willum! You thought if was funny. You said the beast---the boy---was in good condition!" (page 55) Willum then continues to tell El Patrón that Rosa had been suffering from delusions. It seems like Matt may still be in shock about everything that has recently happened, because he is still refusing to speak to anyone. El Patrón makes sure to tell everyone that Matt is to be treated with respect, just as if he was still there.