Becoming Chloe Part 2

I am still reading the book “Becoming Chloe” by Catherine Ryan Hyde. In this book the main character Jordy doesn’t have a lot of money and ends up living in this under ground cellar with this other girl he comes to know over time. This girls name is Chloe and there is something a little bit off about her. She is 18 years old but she is totally like a child. Jordy and Chloe become closer and suddenly he starts taking care of her like his child. It’s very strange.

This is making me think about responsibilities that we as humans have. I understand that in this book because Jordy and Chloe sort of live together and depend on each other I guess Jordy would feel like he has to protect her but then again it’s also kind of weird. They became so close so fast and they barely even know anything about each other, or about their pasts. On one hand if I were Jordy I might feel like I need to get a job and live my own life and not take care of this strange child like girl. On the other hand I can understand that maybe they are attached and he cares about her.

In this book Jordy and Chloe don’t have any kind of romantic relationship, it’s more like father and daughter. It’s weird that he suddenly took on that role in her life. It makes me wonder about her and what might have scarred her in the past to make her so child like in the present. I think that in life some people feel the need to take care of and protect others, even when they might need their own protecting. Now that Jordy knows that Chloe is childlike and maybe has something wrong with her he feels the need to help her. That shows that he is a caring person but it also shows that maybe he is taking on too much. If I were him before I started “looking after” Chloe I would find out more about her, more about what she’s been through.

I don’t know why there is something off about Chloe but there is. In the beginning of the book she was being sexually harassed but seemed completely unfazed. When Jordy tried to help her get to a clinic she said that kind of thing happens to her all the time and nothing bad has happened before. Even when she was telling him all this she seemed childlike and laughing and weird. I don’t know if it’s her childhood or what she has been through that makes her so strange but I want to find out more.

I don’t know If Jordy is going to continue looking after Chloe but in my opinion he needs to get his life together. Instead of worrying about some girl he barely knows he needs to worry about himself and what’s best for him. It sounds kind of mean but he doesn’t know this girl!