New Discoveries

Summary

As I predicted in the last blog, Ethan saves Prenna and together they escape. After a day traveling, they reach a place in Bronx where the old man wanted Prenna and Ethan to go before his death. Once inside a building in Bronx, they find a room full with documents and things that belonged to Prenna in her past life. Prenna and Ethan search through the documents and discover who will be murdered, where the murder will take place, and the killer; the victim is a scientist named Mona Ghali that Ethan knows a lot about, the place is a lab in Teaneck, and the killer is a man that pretends to be called Andrew Baltos. Mona Ghali's research is very important and Andrew wants to steal it, at least that what Ethan and Prenna think. Prenna and Ethan take all the documents and money they need from the room and head to New Jersey where they create a logic plan to avoid the murder.


Quote #1

"I've wanted to ask him about those pants so many times but shield away. When you ask someone a question, it's an invitation for them to ask you a question, and I could never afford that. It was one question of thousands I hadn't let myself ask." (p. 136)


Before Prenna knew about the counselors controlling her actions, she wasn't allowed to say anything that might reveal she's from the future. I realized that many of her rights such as liberty were taken away. Freedom of speech was taken away from her, and this is a very important right everyone must have. Now she feels free to do and says what she wants. Besides, what's the point of life if we can’t do the things we enjoy and say the things we think?

Quote #2

"I come from an awful place and you come from this lovely one. I am so scared of what I brought from there putting you in danger. We've already done too much." (p. 147)


I think that Prenna is very in love with Ethan and she doesn't want to hurt him in any way. Despite this, I think the community counselors have created a big pressure in Prenna and therefore she feels uncertain when doing some things. On the other hand, Ethan says he doesn't care about the diseases Prenna can carry and he wants to be with her anyway. This also puts Prenna in a difficult situation because if something happens to Ethan, she could feel guilty even though she warned him.


Conclusion

I predict that in the next chapters Prenna and Ethan will have to go to the lab in Teaneck in order to warn Mona Ghali of what is going to happen. Maybe they'll meet Andrew Baltos in the way and have a big discussion with him. Something I'm almost one hundred percent sure about is that the community counselors will find Prenna and Ethan and stop them from avoiding the murder. Be sure to read my next blog to find out what's really going to happen next!