Late Post

I really don't see why the book was wrapped up like this. It seems too perfect. I know it was said over and over again in class, but it just seemed like the entire book was a waste of time. By making the ethnicity of Taylor a Cherokee, it nullified the entire argument of the book. The book was about a white person adopting a Cherokee child. In the end, she had Cherokee blood and the entire thing was simply a misunderstanding. Wtf?! That's how it ends? Four hundred pages and it could have all been solved had Taylor's lineage been traced earlier in the book?

I really think the book could have been better had Taylor NOT had Cherokee blood. Then the Cherokee nation could have removed Turtle from her. Then Taylor could have flipped out and started knocking off the people that stole her child (ok, she doesn't have to kill anyone...), rescuing Turtle and then running from the police in what would end in a sort-of "Thelma and Louise" ending. An ending like this would have shown that no matter what, a mother will protect her children until the end, even if it involves flipping out and breaking the law. It would have shown that family is thicker than blood.

But no, in the end she DOES share blood with Turtle and they all live happily ever after with a big singalong and bunnies and unicorns that shoot rainbows out their asses. What a waste. The conflict of Native American adoption was not solved. Instead, it was simply removed to end the novel. That's a cheap way to solve a conflict... simply remove it!