The Host: Day 8--Chapters 17 and 18

Chapter 17:
"Why this crazy human should be such a comfort to me, I couldn't understand. I supposed it was like Melanie had said, desperate times." As I mentioned before, Jeb is the only one who has been nice to Wanderer. Because of that, I guess, she is clinging on to him. He took her to the bath and latrine area. He waited outside the entrance while she relieved herself. While she was separated from him, she was full of panic. When she finished and found him still waiting on her, her nerves calmed. I think it makes sense that she latched on to him.

"I was strong again. The strength of my body gave strength to my control, to my determination." Jamie was waiting for them when they got back from the bathing area. When they first saw Jared, Wanderer was unable to stop Melanie from flinging herself at him. This time, Wanderer was able to hold her back.

"I'd already known that she was more to me than a resistant host who made life unnecessarily difficult. We'd become companions, even confidantes during our past weeks together--ever since the Seeker had united us against a common enemy." I like this, because it shows that even the biggest of rivals can work together if they have just one common bond between them.

Chapter 18:
"Melanie and I thought a lot about Jamie. Mostly we worried that we had damaged him by coming here, that we were injuring him now. What was a kept promise in comparison to that?" Melanie had made a promise to Jamie that she would come back to him. She fought so hard to keep that promise. Now Wanderer/Melanie were wondering if they made the right choice in going to find them. Were they hurting him now?

"I wondered what he thought me capable of. What plan did he think I was hatching to overthrow their little world? Did I really seem so powerful? Wasn't it clear how pathetically defenseless I  was?" Person A can be so full of hatred for Person B, even when everything that B has done so far is show that they are not there do any harm. Wanderer hasn't tried to run away or harm anyone. She is scared of everyone. She is still even a little hesitant with Jeb, the guy who is very kind to her. She tries to make herself invisible when she is in her little tunnel. But yet, Jared still hates her, still is distrustful of her.

--Amelia