In this read Sophie is now eighteen years old and getting ready to go to college. During this period Sophie and her mother moved into a one-family house in a neighborhood where Marco lived. It is in this neighborhood where Sophie falls in love with her next door neighbor, a man named Joseph (he is a musician). Often Sophie’s mother would warn her to stay away from him, mostly because she (the mother) did not trust him (cause he’s American), but Sophie did not listen to her mother. Occasionally Sophie would sneak out at night to go to music clubs and restaurants with Joseph and I truly believe that when she’s with him is when she’s most free, like there’s no restraint, unlike when she’s with her mother. In my opinion I think that Sophie is starting to gain some sense of bravery and confidence in the way that she doesn’t let her mother stop her from being with the man she loves.                                                                                                       Two things got my attention in this reading. The first was Sophie’s mother and her nightmares, often when she (the mom) goes to sleep Sophie would hear her “screaming for someone to leave her alone”. I believe that every time Sophie’s mom falls asleep she keeps having the same dream about the day she was raped. Lastly, the thing that surprised me the most was Sophie and what she did with the pestle, I mean didn’t know she was willing to go so far just to be with Joseph, plus never read of someone using kitchenware like that.