Tuesday, January 10, 2012

How does Mathace's opinion about the Roman occupation compare to Joel's & Daniel's in The Bronze Bow? How does her opinion contrast?

All three of the characters hate the Romans and their
occupation. Joel and David want to join an army, fight, and conquer their invaders.
Malthace believes that Israel has been conquered many times before and been delivered
from the conquerors. While the boys want rebellion now, she is content to wait for a
Messiah who will come with a host of angels and sweep their enemies away. It has always
been so in the past and will be so again. This is the way Joel and Malthace's father
believe. The boys are not content to sit and wait while the moderates, like Malthace and
her father, are content to wait for divine intervention. Later, after the brother and
sister hear what happened to Daniel's family at the hands of the Romans, they place they
hands on the book of Enoch and swear to seek vengeance. They boys do not want Thace to
be involved since she is a girl, but they let her swear the vow with
them.

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