"Life is like a box of chocolates...you never know what you're gonna get.": Lady Ashley

So you may be wondering why my blog is titled this...well there isn't one specific reason why. First, I think it's a great quote from the movie Forrest Gump. Also, I like the message it teaches. Life is unexpected, and no one knows what lies before them. We have to take the chance and go see for ourselves if we ever want to accomplish something. This is also a lot like reading. We start out reading a book not knowing where it will take us. The ending is unknown until we reach it; sometimes it ends good and sometimes it ends bad. However, we will never know how it turns out in the end if we do not keep going.

Friday, August 6, 2010

Lady Ashley

Chapter five gives us more background information on Brett. "Her name's Lady Ashley. Brett's her own name...she's getting a divorce and she's going to marry Mike Campbell" (page 46). We find out that Brett was a V. A. D. in the hospital Jake was in during the war; therefore, they have known each other for a long time. This is the first time we have heard of Mike Campbell. All we know about him is that he lives in Scotland now and is planning to marry Brett. However, I think we will probably hear more about him as the book progresses. I have to admit...this news was a little surprising to me. The past few chapters had made it sound like Brett and Jake were in love, but now we learn that Brett is actually in love with a man named Mike Campbell and plans on marrying him. That whole thing still seems really complicated to me...but maybe it will make sense later on in the book.