Varsity's Play

Woah!

     I have to admit that I never saw that one coming, but I was thrilled that the story ended that way. The whole time while Bishop was contemplating if he was a puppy or not, I was totally convinced that that was the Kimonians’ plan all along. It made perfect sense…. Until he contradicted it…. And then his new explanation made even more sense.

     But, Dr. C asked us to explain why Maxine is so terrified of what she is learning to do. My initial thought was that she was scared because like Bishop said “You are so terribly afraid of being laughed at.” I think maybe she had accepted the puppy dog theory that their purpose on Kimon is to be “play things” and that hurt her pride. So when she teleported the glass she had dropped she convinced herself that it was the Kimonian’s teasing her again and she decided to try to be “the wise guy” instead of falling for their prank and being humiliated.

     Like Bishop states, “There is only one thing that will crack this planet and that is humility.” Bishop learned to accept his role as a child in order to benefit from what the Kimonians wanted to teach him. Maxine, however, is missing the point and is frightened by the knowledge of things she’s learning to do by just picking them up.

     I feel like I’m missing something though. Sure, the reason I stated may be the reason she is scared, but I feel like there is a deeper explanation (like there always is in this class :p.) I will read my classmates’ blogs to see what their thoughts are.

P.S.- I apologize to Dr. C and Arpit for only reading 3/4 ths of the story!