Q4 Blog Post 2

"The Host"
Stephenie Meyer

Brief summary.
I have just made it to page 255 in this book. So far Wanda (Wanderer) is still in the humans hide out that Melanie reviled to her. The humans did not take her presence lightly because she was a soul that is part of the "aliens" race trying to take over the planet. most of the humans have warmed up to her and some now see her as a friend.

Quotes.
"Perhaps without the lows, the highs could not be reached"(Pg.141)Wanda is describing to Melanie some of the horrors and good things about the planets and she realizes that the most amazing things in life could not seem so amazing and enjoyable if it weren't for the bad things to give you a comparison and show you how good they really are.

"Jared was keeping me prisoner. It seemed a beautiful word under the circumstances"(Pg.144). This quote shows that some things as bad as they may seem to the average person, are actually soothing to the person in the situation. Being a prisoner may seem bad because it implies being held not able to go any were or be in contact with anything. But this is what Wanda wanted. To stay away from contact with anyone because most of the humans at this point in the story wanted to kill her. Another thing this quote brings up is that Jared is the one keeping her imprisoned. Wanda is very in love with Jared and Jared is very in love with Melanie the host body for Wanda. So Jared is like her guardian/parole officer.

"Ive been getting them used to seeing you around, getting them to accept you without realizing it. It's like boiling a frog"(Pg.240). The other humans living in the hide out start out by hating Wanda and all her kind stands for but Jared looks passed WHAT she is and looks into WHO she is. He realizes she is not a threat so he slowly gets them used to her by bringing her around the place to eat, do chores and help Jamie. Slowly they just get used to the fact that shes there and lose there hostility towards her. just like boiling a frog. If u throw a frog in boiling water hell immediately jump out but if u put him in normal water and slowly heat it up by the time he realizes it, its to late.