The White Mountains Week 1

- How are you like Will?

- At first when I saw the question, I couldn't think of anything. But now that I think more deeply into it, I think I do have some similarities with Will. I should probably write down what Will is like first. Will is a free thinker, having a mind of his own while everybody around him pretty much thinks the same thing. Also he is smarter than others. When Jack told him a little about the Black Age and Ozymandias told him about the White Mountains, he was able to make connections and he knew that Ozymandias was telling the truth. Another thing is that sometimes he is slightly disobedient. He had wanted to touch the Watch so he had took it and was going to show it off to Jack. Also when his father had told him to stay away from the Vagrants (specifically Ozymandias), he had disobeyed him and had met him at Jack's den near the ruins. But the thing that I have in common with him and the fact I think matters most is that he is curious. When Jack told him about the ships he had seen at Winchester, he hadn't known much then but he still had questions in his head. He is also quite adventurous. When Ozymandias tells him about the White Mountains and freedom he immediately accepts the fact and decides that he will begin his journey for freedom.

Like Will, I think on my own mind and sometimes I end up thinking of things different from others. When people say their opinions, it often looks like I take it in and I have changed my mind, but most of the times it only seems like it and I have actually kept my original idea of things. Also like Will, when I hear or see different things by different people I am usually able to make the connections. When different people give me different parts of a story I try to connect the two ideas to actually realize the real situation. Well, I'm also quite disobedient at times. The thing is, if you're curious you can't be obedient and follow the rules ALL the time. And of course, I turn very curious when people tell me only one part and they don't tell the rest of it either on purpose or because they really don't know it. Either way, I ask a lot of questions to myself and I try to figure out the answer or the missing part. Especially when Ozymandias tole Will everything including his true identity, I would have been aching to go on the journey to the White Mountains. However, I would reacted slightly different from Will.

If I were the one in the days of the Tripods and if Ozymandias had told me that by being capped we were being controlled and that freedom still existed in the White Mountains, I would have liked to believe him, however I would have been suspicious. If I were the one hearing the story from Ozymandias, I would have wondered if he really had mental problems or not. I would have wanted to believe him since I would have seen Jack change after the Capping, but I would still have my curious side and I would have tried to decide whether to trust him or not, since there was nothing to prove that Ozymandias was telling the truth. However I would have taken the risk to go on the journey because if I just stayed in the village I would have gotten capped. If I set out on my journey and found out that Ozymandias was just telling silly lies, I would just end up being a Vagrant and if he was telling the truth I would gain freedom. So I would have taken the risk, but still I have questioned a bit before making up my mind.

So this proves that I do have quite some characteristics that Will has, although the degree is kind of different and we would react on several things quite differently. I think I was able to understand the book until now pretty well since the book is on Will's point of view and I understand pretty well what he's asking and what he's feeling. I have a feeling that this is going to be a great book and Will will have a meaningful and possibly painful journey to the White Mountains.