Oscars brutal death

I really liked the story Jacob had made up after his own adventures. On page 132 Jacob is traveling farther out to find things to add to the stew he was making when he came across a beehive. I actually thought him coming across the hive was really funny. Jacob is in a place which is almost a desert, very dry and not much plant life yet he finds a beehive. This made me really think of where and how far the bees would have to travel to get the pollen. The story Jacob makes on the next page is also intriguing, having a elephant as the main character. Jacob is most commonly referred to as a hare, but in his "ancient" story he portrays himself as an elephant. The way Jacob see him self is a lot different than the way others see him. People see Jacob as a young smaller boy, where Jacob may see himself as the big elephant. He may have just used an elephant because he has heard other stories of an elephant having honey. Jacob was told a story of an elephant being outsmarted by a hare. Jacob making a story about an elephant finding honey could tie in nicely with the other story. To bad Jacob said Abu left his village and neve ate honey again. These two pages were probably my favorite part of the book so far, they made me think about how tough everything is in that kind of country.

On page 152 Jacob lost his best friend Oscar in the strong currents of the Gilo. I would never had guess that Oscar would die this way, I thought he would have been taken by sickness or something to do with his arm. In Some ways it was his arm that killed him in the end, being able to use it may have helped him to hang onto Jacob better. I think that losing Oscar was a huge blow to Jacobs strength. He just lost his lifelong best friend who had been there to help Jacob through the toughest of times. I think Jacob finds guilty about Oscar's death because he was the one who had to hang onto him, but wasn't strong enough for his friend. Jacob will either become stronger from this or become weaker.