Can you relate to, and understand the main character's thoughts and decisions in your book? (Abduction) 8-16-15

Prompt:  Can you relate to, and understand the main character's thoughts and decisions in your book?

Date:  8-16-15

          One of the books that I finished over the summer, was one called "Abduction."  This book is about a girl named Bonnie who ends up having to unravel the mystery of the kidnapping of her younger brother Matt.  Throughout this novel, she has to make several decisions that could possibly mean the difference between life and death for herself, and her brother as well.  With this blog, I plan to break down Bonnie's thoughts and decisions to see what I would have done in a certain situation in comparison to Bonnie.

          An example of a situation where Bonnie had to make an extremely important decision, was when Bonnie sees Denny Thurman, (Matt's kidnapper) and Matt heading down an escalator at a Mariners game, and has a very short amount of time to decide whether she should call the police, or chase after them.  The book quotes, "She had only a moment to decide:  run to a phone and call the police - or follow Matt and Denny down the escalator."  In my opinion, calling the police is most likely the best decision in this scenario, and many others similar to it.  However, my natural instinct would be to immediately run for my younger sibling and do whatever I could to get him away from the kidnapper, and that would be hard to overcome.  Later in the book, Bonnie reflects on her final decision and how everything might've played out differently if she hadn't done what she did.  I'm not going to quote her though, as to not spoil the story for future readers.

            After Bonnie and Matt escaped from Denny at a restaurant, they had to choose whether to hide or run, and that decision did affect how the rest of the story played out.  Personally, I would hide, considering I would have a younger child who would most definitely slow us down, and have us caught.  Again, I'm not going to actually quote the book so I don't spoil the story.

          Decisions are very important in life, even the ones that aren't nearly as big as some of the choices in the book.  They're also interesting to think about and to analyze the consequences of them.  Therefore, make sure you carefully think out every decision you make, if you have the time.