Chapter 7

How they Eat in Heaven

In the Chapter How They Eat In Heaven, two new characters are introduced: Esperanza and Estevan, who are married. They are Mattie's friends, and they go along with Taylor,Turtle, Lou Ann, Dwayne Ray, and Mattie on a picnic neer a creek. At first, Esperanza seems very interested at Turtle, because it reminds her of what turns out to be her child; by the end of the chapter you learn that Turtle is most likely their child, but there is nothing they can really do about it. When they stop the car because of a group quails, Turtle gets excited. She laughed. It was her first sound, and this made Taylor so happy. Lou Ann points out that if Angel as seen them, he would have given himself points for every quail he hit- just shows what kind of person Angel is. Later on, Turtle said her first word; bean. She said it when Taylor handed her white beans out of Matties jar. She even thinks that Turtle understood her when she told her that the beans she gave her were to play with and not eat.
Lou Ann tells Taylor about her fears, in which Taylor can relate. All about fears that things you imagine will become reality, which is an understandable thing to be afraid of. Thank goodness for self control. Talor and Lou Ann work out a plan so that Tayloe can cook meals certain days and Lou Ann the rest so it is more balanced- less like a wife and husband situation.
Taylor looks really nice, and Estevan compliments her. Esperanza also looks nice, and i wish i could actually have seen the dress she was wearing. No one really understood what Mattie said on TV, but it had to do with immigrants and there rights and violence. Thats all i understood out of it.
Mrs Parsons and Edna do not seem like happy people. They do not like immigrants, and do not aprove of Turtle, or Esperanza or Estevan.
Estevan tells a story, about hell and heaven. Basically saying that people in hell cannot eat because all they care about are themselves, and people in heaven can because they feed eachother, because they care about others well being. I like Estevan and i think he is wise. I think he is understanding, and i think he wants other people to become more accepting.