In this section of reading, we get to see Martine’s side to why she tested Sophie in New York. She states that she only did it because her mother did it to her. In my opinion, that is not a good enough reason. She claims that raped stopped her from getting tested, so it should of been obvious that Sophie would of seeked out a way to stop it also. It saddens me that she makes it seem like it’s a tradition to do that, especially when she knows it caused a great deal of pain in her life… To know that it has been haunting her her entire life. Sophie had to suffer her purity just to leave it all, and unlike her, she did not have control over what made the testing stop. For a mother, she should of been more responsible to keep her protected. Yes, in the outside view of it all, testing would of been a way for her to stay safe, but that’s the wrong way of going about the situation even if that’s all you knew in your life. Maybe it’s because we are in the 21st century, but the pain she dealt with should of been enough reason to stop that “tradition.”