Everett Lo’s Reviews > Two Roads > Status Update

Cal finds himself introduced to the cruel reality of Challagi. One of his first interactions is with the Nurse. She does the job cruelly giving strict commands and saying insensitive things showing no empathy. Possum however brings Cal to a special place in a tree where he stashes things. This place feels like an escape from the brutal adults. Makin it a place where the two of them can cement friendship and relax.

Everything did happen so fast. Almost as soon as they got there they were given a tour and Cal will be thrown into school. That would be crazy if that happened to me. Things luckily do not seem as bad as they were for Pop so I hope Cal does not have a horrible experience at Challagi. I hope Pop end up successful in the vets march on washington(historically it was in 1936 so 4 years until they got it.

It is amazing how these people work together so well, they are not family, some just barely friends, but work together to feed everyone. It does show how tough times really bring people together. Pop continues explaining the plan of him going to D.C. and Cal going to Challagi. It seems very difficult for Cal having his whole identity or what he thought it was shattered.

A lot happened this chapter, I have noticed most of the hobos we meet are generally considered nicer and kinder than some of the other people such as the sheriff, this dynamic allows you to understand the hobo's complaints more. This chapter feels very repetitive toward the end, we continue to talk about Challagi throughout the end of the chapter, making a pattern of talking about it and Cal questioning his identity.

Wow, a lot is beginning to make sense. I feel really bad for cal, he is struggling with the news about him being a native american. It seems that everything he knew about his identity is being shattered. Now it seems a lot about Pop's odd skillset is explained ie; Tracking, he is really skilled at tracking which is a common skill among native americans.

We met a new character, Miz Euler, She is a war widow whose husband was a friend of Pop. It turn out Pop is good at dealing with snakes, must be from the wartime. They also have our next adventure appearing in front of them, tracking down the tramp who robbed Miz Euler

I have only just met the characters but many interesting things about them have been revealed. Cal is just a 12 year old boy, he is resilient, optimistic, and has a love of learning. Cal's father is a war vet of the 2nd division who has PTSD from Belleau Woods and Soissons. Cal seems much more mature than his age. This makes the first person story capture more of the image.