Wednesday, May 22, 2013

The Gate to Women's Country: Chapter 34- pg. 299

The big secret of why only servitors father children is revealed. Much like the Laplanders and the breeding of the docile reindeer, the women are working to breed out the men who are more warlike. Many of the men who come through the wall are respected, as they often are much calmer and less violent.
It was interesting how Septemius was able to see through the misdirection in order to see what was truly occurring in Women's Country. He puts the clues together, what with more men returning  many books on selective breeding.
The question of the ethicalness of the situation, what with men basically wasting their lives and never being told the truth seems like it would be an issue. Also, apparently some women are sterilized, in order to prevent them from having offspring if they are not ideal for having offspring in Women's Country. While men have a choice to return through the wall, the women who do not know about the plan have no choice in the matter of having children by a warrior.
Morgot's strange companionship with Joshua is truly explained. He is the father of four of her children, and acts almost as a husband except without the domination of the relationship as there is in the Holylands. Myra's differences from Stavia seems to be due to having a poor sire, who also fathered Chernon. This helps support the claim against Myra and Barten from being half-siblings, as Stavia was worried about if Michael had been the father.
Finally, Stavia seems to be entering into a stable romantic relationship not based purely off of selfishness, guilt and domination by Chernon. Corrig cares for Stavia, thinks about what she wants, and is very caring. Due to his long-feel, Corrig predicts their future, which includes saving the women from the Holylands.
After Chernon saw how terribly Stavia was hurt, and the flaws in the society of the Holylands, it seems incredible that he has the stupidity to spread ideas of enslaving women. While his views sometimes matched up with that of the men in the Holylands, the fact that he wished for it to spread to Women's Country made the reader lose their last shred of respect for him.
The women seem to face a lot of rebellions, which are always dealt with. Morgot seems to have a plan, as Michael received maps to go to a location in order to meet with other commanders, however it seems to be a ploy in order to make the "swelling go down".

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