Is the "right way" right?

In this chapter Ishmael, looses contact with the pupil. As soon as the pupil goes back to Ishmael’s apartment he finds out that he was evicted, so he calls the local zoos and the city hall to find out where exactly he could be. Finally the pupil finds Ishmael at a state fair. Ishmael’s first reaction as he sees the pupil was anger. “I didn’t invite you to make yourself my patron,” he said, “so kindly refrain from patronizing me” (p.195). as soon as I read this it reminded me of an anecdote where I was invited to my cousins recital and as soon as I got there I asked here why wasn’t she dancing her first reaction was anger and a bit of embarrassment, because I saw her in those conditions. I felt that Ishmael was embarrassed of his condition, he was like a role model to the pupil and, a role model is not found in that situation.

I also felt that the student was disappointed on Ishmael because he felt that no matter the situation they could still continue the lessons. “I looked around helplessly. “You mean you actually want to stay here? Once again Ishmael’s eye turned icy. “All right, all right,” I told him “but what about me?” (pg. 195) In a way the student feels guilty for not being able to help Ishmael, and not to be able to continue his lessons. It reminds me of the feeling you get when you feel helpless, it makes you depressed.

Overall this chapter made me feel that the book was going to have a sad ending. Instead ishmael agrees to continue the lesson about the mother culture and the knowledge of the takers that comes from the leavers of certain knowledge "Certain knowledge is knowledge of the one right way. That’s what takers want”(p.204). People try to find the right way to live so with out certain knowledge they can’t live right, and sometimes the right way is not even right.it is time for us to decide wether live by rules or to think out of the box.