https://padlet.com/mcmartinez68/b9taatxz8jconbz7 Please post your discussion comments in the designated column. en-us 2021-10-13 13:01:28 UTC 2025-09-30 12:47:26 UTC hello@padlet.com mcmartinez68 https://padlet.com/mcmartinez68/b9taatxz8jconbz7/wish/1814642286 2021-10-13 17:08:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mcmartinez68/b9taatxz8jconbz7/wish/1814642286 mcmartinez68 https://padlet.com/mcmartinez68/b9taatxz8jconbz7/wish/1814642511 "We were the biggest crowd around- 8 adults and a baby- and other people kept away from us(247)."

Strength in numbers: Both for Earthseed as well as for protection on the road. 
Children are an asset since their vulnerability is relatable.

Lauren's practicality when it comes to leaving things behind and thinking about how things might draw bad attention to her group.


]]> 2021-10-13 17:09:01 UTC https://padlet.com/mcmartinez68/b9taatxz8jconbz7/wish/1814642511 mcmartinez68 https://padlet.com/mcmartinez68/b9taatxz8jconbz7/wish/1814642717 2021-10-13 17:09:06 UTC https://padlet.com/mcmartinez68/b9taatxz8jconbz7/wish/1814642717 mcmartinez68 https://padlet.com/mcmartinez68/b9taatxz8jconbz7/wish/1814642929 "I'd said, Where were you, man and fellow sharer, while your woman and your group were in danger" (300).

"Not until the blood stopped did I feel safe. The man's heart had pumped his life away into the ground. He could not regain consciousness and involve me in his agony." (189)

"I had to get Doe out of danger," he said. "I had no gun, anyway." (300).]]> 2021-10-13 17:09:11 UTC https://padlet.com/mcmartinez68/b9taatxz8jconbz7/wish/1814642929 mcmartinez68 https://padlet.com/mcmartinez68/b9taatxz8jconbz7/wish/1814644049 2021-10-13 17:09:38 UTC https://padlet.com/mcmartinez68/b9taatxz8jconbz7/wish/1814644049 https://padlet.com/mcmartinez68/b9taatxz8jconbz7/wish/1817210732 1. unite people together, embrace diversity
2. be practical and stay aware of the surroundings
"One house down the hill from the road smoked from several of its windows. Already people from the highway had begun to drift down toward it. Trouble. The people who owned the house might manage to put out their fire and still be overwhelmed by scavengers.
'Let's get away from here,' I said. 'the people down there are still strong, and they're going to fell besieged soon. They'll fight back.'" (227)

]]> 2021-10-14 14:15:54 UTC https://padlet.com/mcmartinez68/b9taatxz8jconbz7/wish/1817210732 https://padlet.com/mcmartinez68/b9taatxz8jconbz7/wish/1817223301 Lauren's strategy for handling the dangers of the road is avoiding the negative impacts of her hyper-empathy. We see this in how she prefers to kill rather than let people go, and how she is incapacitated by the pain of others.

"When the man I had shot lost consciousness or died, I was free--and needed" (296)

"After a while, the agony in my chest ebbed and died. That is, the man on top of me bled and died. Not until then could I begin to be aware of something other than pain" (234)]]> 2021-10-14 14:19:28 UTC https://padlet.com/mcmartinez68/b9taatxz8jconbz7/wish/1817223301