Please reread the entire last paragraph on page 107 (which continues on to page 108) where Calpurnia questions whether it might have been better for the turtle to die. She thinks to herself, "But too late, I had interfered and thus made myself responsible for its safety. Wondering if I was, in my own small way, promoting the survival of the unfittest, I pushed it into the water, where it disappeared in a wink." (p. 108)
Considering the context of the whole story and the things Calpurnia is learning, what do you think she meant? What was causing her to feel so conflicted about this turtle?
I think that Calpurnia is saying that she was helping the less powerful and adapted animal survive, implementing the "survival of the unfittest", possibly helping the turtle and letting it higher on the 'fit meter'.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Tyler in the fact that she was promoting the animal and helping it so that it could survive even though it is unfit to.
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ReplyDeleteI think that Calpurnia is trying to say that the turtle is a dumb and slow animal that would not be able to get away from a dog like Ajax and if she hadn't taken the turtle from him, and she had helped a dumb and slow animal to survive and it "Implemented the survival of the unfittest." (sorry Tyler, I couldn't think of another way to put it)
ReplyDeleteI agree with Tyler also because the book says"I pushed it into the water and it disappeared in a wink." I also think that the turtle needed water to live.
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