The myth of Medea and Jason injects itself into nearly every aspect of Esch's love life and pregnancy. But even with all her power, Jason bends her like a young pine in a hard wind he makes her double in two. She has magic, could bend the natural to the unnatural. Medea sneaks Jason things to help him: ointments to make him invincible, secrets in rocks. When Medea falls in love with Jason, it grabs me by the throat. In Mythology, I am still reading about Medea and the quest for the Golden Fleece. Later, this idea will come to a head when Daddy pushes Esch from the tree trunk as they try to reach safety, thereby endangering not only her, but also her unborn baby and the innocent puppies she carries. As evidenced by this quotation, Skeetah believes that every creature deserves a chance (though this conviction can be disrupted by Skeetah's literally dog-eat-dog enthusiasm for dogfighting). The clearest personal instance of this conflict comes when Skeetah has to convince his family to allow China and her puppies to stay in their house during the storm we later understand how vital this decision was when Skeetah and Esch hear a dog howling outside their house as the hurricane encroaches. This becomes especially obvious when Hurricane Katrina sweeps in and raises the stakes in the game of survival. Esch lives in a Darwinian world where survival is key.
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