Aboriginals vs Will

With the first meeting between the Aboriginals and Will after Will claimed his new land and the foreboding message from Blackwood that the governor promised the Aboriginals there would be no more white people downstream of the Second Branch, do you guys believe that the Aboriginals will end up fighting with Will? Also, if they do fight do you think there will be a winner or will it be interrupted and if there is a winner who will it be?

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  1. Noah English 11H BlogJanuary 22, 2023 at 8:32 PM

    I think there will be some form of deadly conflict between Will and the Aboriginals. Will is furthering a mindset of superiority (to Sal, Dan, and the Aboriginals), so he likely will continue to take whatever he can from the Aboriginals until they stop him. In stopping him, Will could be faced with a physical conflict that puts the the entire family in danger. Then, Will will have to reckon with the consequences of his attitude and actions.

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 23, 2023 at 7:35 PM

    I think violence will inevitably break out eventually in this book. Thornhill is playing a dangerous game of behaving as though he is superior to the aboriginals while being vastly weaker than them and living at their mercy. When violence does occur, I doubt it will go over well for Will and his family.

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  3. Andrew BautistaJanuary 23, 2023 at 10:14 PM

    I expect some kind of conflict between the aboriginals and the settlers, but I have a feeling that the fighting will break out starting from other settlers, the ones who were much more hostile towards the aboriginals. I am hoping it's interrupted and Will can go home with his family, but if the books we've read in C&I have any kind of track record they will probably mostly die.

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