In these chapters we have met new characters, like Penda, and are getting closer to meeting the famous Bakayoko. I am usually not open to the introduction of characters as a novel goes on but Penda is an exception. She is a lot like a modern day teenager. She reads trashy magazines, has posters of actors on her walls, and does not care what people think of her. She is very independent and knows what she wants. I always love a strong woman character in novels and in God's Bits of Wood the author incorporates a lot of them.
I also think that Bakayoko will appear later in the novel. He is a major discussion topic with the characters and it has left the audience confused as to why this major character is not involved with the other characters. I am interested in meeting Bakayoko and understanding why he is such a praised character.
I also am looking forward to meeting Bakayoko. Is he really the man everyone thinks he is? He's this mysterious person, traveling from village to village, spreading word of the strike. He's almost like a God or Jesus figure in the way he's described by the others. When we finally meet him, I wonder what he will be like.
ReplyDeleteI think that Penda is way more complex than a regular teenager. There seems to be contradiction with her character because she doesn’t like men or the strike and ends up helping them distribute the rice. I am also looking forward to meeting Bakayoko because I think that it will be interesting to see how the dynamics in the strike committee plays out. Like Nicole said I am so eager to see if he is the man that everyone thinks he is or if he is the complete opposite of that.
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