What passage(s) do you particularly like in the book? (Copy parts of them in your journal and then write your answer to these questions) Why?

The time period when the Fairchild crashed was very politically divided. The young men that survived the crash were from opposing social and political sides, so they avoided any sort of discussion of politics in order to avoid arguments.

"The safest topic of conversation was agriculture because many were training or already working as farmers and ranchers or else had a farm or ranch in the family. Páez, Francois, and Sabella all had properties in the same part of the interior, and Inciarte and Echavarren both ran dairy farms.

"Occasionally Pedro Algorta would feel excluded from the group because he knew nothing of country matters. Seeing this, the farmers would try and draw him in. They planned a Regional Consortium of Agricultural Experimentation in which Pedro was to have charge of the rabbits. They would all live together on some land that Carlitos owned in the Coronilla in adjoining houses designed by Eduardo."

This passage reminds me of Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. Lennie and George have a dream of owning their own farm and "live off the fat o' the land." Lennie fantasized about taking care of rabbits, which would be his job. Lennie was mentally challenged and therefore not fit for any sort of intellectually challenging job, but he would be allowed to take care of rabbits. Pedro Algorta, who did not have any experience on farms, would be given the job of taking care of rabbits. Neither were fit to work on a farm, but they both were given the same job.