Blog #3

In The Sheep Chase, the character that made actually the most sense, and one that I connected most closely to was the stranger. I have a very possibly unhealthy addiction to Science Fiction and one of my favorite movies/TV shows is called Serenity (show called Firefly). Within the movie there is much that is untold yet clues are dropped often. One of the main characters named River, even though she doesn't say much, holds a secret that could unravel the new found Alliance (made to keep the peace amongst the planets). She is a psychic that suffers from insanity due to the secret that she is not meant to know. Within the chase there is an Alliance assassin. The stranger within the story reminded me greatly of this assassin. He is given no name, no identification and merely is doing the work of The Boss. As I read more of the story I see more and more of the two characters as one in the same. The assassin within Serenity knows well that once his work is completed there will be no room for him in the newer world, I see the stranger possibly seeing the same thing. They are merely doing the biding of a higher power without question and pure alliance to something that they may not fully believe in. It may seem that they are naive in their thoughts, but part of me feels that this would be the correct life for some. Not having to ask any questions, and truly knowing your place within the world. 

Within novel thus far I find many similarities between it and the movie, but this the strongest comparison. The first moment the stranger entered into the novel, the assassin immediately came into my mind. Neither one seem to want to know the secret, their job is simple-making sure that the secret is kept and never unearthed. To make comparison such as this I feel is crucial to understanding and looking for different things in both the novel and the movie. It tends to add more to each character and allows a clearer picture of possible movements and thought patterns of the characters.