Hush An Irish Princess' Tale

       Donna Jo Napoli did a great job in writing this novel. An Irish Princess, Melkorka, was taken abroad in a slave ship by Vikings. She lives a life as a slave without saying one word. 

       I gained the moral of this story on the first couple of chapters. Melkorka looked at slaves different. She really didn't have no respect for them. Then, as she was escaping her arranged marriage, daddy's orders, a viking ship happened to sail by and return, surprisingly and captured her as a slave. However, them still not knowing she was a princess. As they say "what goes around, comes around." Karma hit Melkorka in this novel pretty hard, I mean yeah karma is everywhere, but I felt kind of bad knowing that at the end of the novel she still hasn't seen her family and remained a slave.

       As I read, I kept thinking: Melkorka really hasn't hard and karma isn't backing up yet.

       Then again, after months passed people do get used to their surroundings and things end better than they were when you were first held captive. I, literally, have no idea what it feels like to be captured, beaten, forced to do things I can never imagine, but mentally I have. 

       Things come and go and most of the time we all focus on the bad things that happen to us. I was going through an event in my life that I will never forget. I was held captive by depression against my own will. I remember it like it was just yesterday. Not only was I going through this but so was  my mother and my brother. As a family, its harder to see that when one person falls short, the head, then everyone else, as the body, collapses. It was like we had a storm coming in our lifes for months. Yes, there were times we went out and had our laughs, but it was for a few hours a week. It was like our body was immune to happiness and our flesh penetrated everything that would put a smile on our face.

       Months passed and we became used to the fact that changes happen everyday and just try to make the best of what we have. Maybe sooner or later things can go back, but as of right now, we just have to ride the wind and sail through the waves. Being in captive is not much more as a barrier than life. We just have to hope for the best and figure out the best solution to be rescued.