I still don't know why Sarah played hard to get but it definitely built excitement. I love that he just kept pursuing her. And I thought it was so cool that he would kiss her and that was considered so racy...oh boy, if they could see the world we live in now.
Being elusive somehow makes someone seem more desirable. I think even though Sarah played hard to get I think Jack's being there but never totally letting her know how he felt about her (not giving her the letter in his saddlebag)but giving little subtle suggestions from time to time and his way of smiling and talking kept her curiosity going about what he was all about.
I didn't really think Sarah was playing hard to get necessarily. She knew from the start that her mom disapproved of soldiers. I kind of think she was attracted to him from the beginning, but tried to talk herself out of it because she was trying so hard to be a lady like Savannah. I think she was falling for him while trying to convince herself that he was a scoundrel. I think Jack always wanted to be with Sarah, but he felt duty bound to go protect people that needed protection. It was her love that kept him going, and his love that kept her going.
I also don't think she was playing hard to get. I think she was lying to herself. I like that the book was all in first person. I felt like i could see all the dimensions, even when she would say that Captain Jack was so awful, the fact that she was talking about him so much told me she really liked him, she just knew it was "wrong" because he was a soldier.
We are a group of sisters, mothers, daughters, cousins, aunts, grandmothers, and friends coming together because of our shared love of reading.
Annegirl
Favorite books are the Anne series and Emily series by L.M Montgomery, the Harry Potter series by JK Rowling, Timeline and Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton,just about everything by Shannon Hale (especially Goose Girl and Book of A Thousand Days), the Fablehaven series by Brandon Mull, the Eragon series by Christopher Paolini, the Hunger Games trilogy and Gregor series by Suzanne Collins, the Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare, and Leviathan series by Scott Westerfeld. I add to my favorites list all the time!
Bookworm
Favorite books include Gone With the Wind, the Harry Potter series, Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Persuasion, Sense and Sensibility, Hunt for Red October, The Patriarch (George Washington), Those Who Love, and The Presidents Lady
Stampin_Maniac
Favorite books are the Twilight series, any by Mary Higgins Clark, Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, autobiographies, and The Work and the Glory series.
Julie
Favorite books include...East of Eden and all other John Steinbeck works, 1984, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Les Miserables, Anna Karenina, Rebecca, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Memoirs of a Geisha, Charlotte's Web (and lots of other children's fiction novels)
Holly
Favorite books include Emma, the Harry Potter series, The Little Prince, Taming of the Shrew, Ender's Game, To Kill a Mockingbird, the Twilight series, A Christmas Carol, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Help, The Hunger Games, The Screwtape Letters, OPJB, and all of Bill Peet's children's books.
Deenie Bug
Favorite books are The Quicksilver Pool, Jane Eyre, Persuasion, Pride and Prejudice, Moonraker's Bride, Window on the Square, The Secret Garden, Harry Potter series, Lord of the Rings, and Agatha Christie books.
Wendy
Favorite books are A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Oh the places you'll go, 1776, Little Women, Persuasion, The Chronicles of Narnia, Anne of Green Gables, Little House, Christy, and A Lantern in her hand
BreeAnn
Favorite books are To Kill A Mockingbird, Little House on the Prairie, The Notebook, Twilight series, Jane Eyre, Little Women, The Work and the Glory series, anything by Mary Higgins Clark, and A child called it.
Sanya the Duck
Favorite books are Pride and Prejudice, The Good Earth, The Count of Monte Cristo, Harry Potter series, Twilight series, Anne of Green Gables, These is my Words, The Chronicles of Narnia, the Work and the Glory series, and The Kingdom and the Crown series.
Keddy-Weddy
G-Mama
Favorite books are Matilda, Pride and Prejudice, Rebecca, The Hiding Place, The Outsiders, Dealing with Dragons series, Twilight series, The Lord of the Rings series, The Thirteenth Tale, and Emily of New Moon
Stephanie
Favorite books include The Twilight series
Mel
Hare_Bear
Favorite books are the Twilight series and the Harry Potter series
5 comments:
I still don't know why Sarah played hard to get but it definitely built excitement. I love that he just kept pursuing her. And I thought it was so cool that he would kiss her and that was considered so racy...oh boy, if they could see the world we live in now.
I never figured that out either. If I were her I wouldn't have played hard to get.. I don't think..
he was just so cool.
Being elusive somehow makes someone seem more desirable. I think even though Sarah played hard to get I think Jack's being there but never totally letting her know how he felt about her (not giving her the letter in his saddlebag)but giving little subtle suggestions from time to time and his way of smiling and talking kept her curiosity going about what he was all about.
I didn't really think Sarah was playing hard to get necessarily. She knew from the start that her mom disapproved of soldiers. I kind of think she was attracted to him from the beginning, but tried to talk herself out of it because she was trying so hard to be a lady like Savannah. I think she was falling for him while trying to convince herself that he was a scoundrel. I think Jack always wanted to be with Sarah, but he felt duty bound to go protect people that needed protection. It was her love that kept him going, and his love that kept her going.
I also don't think she was playing hard to get. I think she was lying to herself. I like that the book was all in first person. I felt like i could see all the dimensions, even when she would say that Captain Jack was so awful, the fact that she was talking about him so much told me she really liked him, she just knew it was "wrong" because he was a soldier.
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