When Leopold and the boy scouts watch the turtles hatching o…

When Leopold and the boy scouts watch the turtles hatching on the beach, Leopold’s uncle tells them how the “males…never again would leave the sea unless they were caught by predators, or poached by humans” (102). Later, when his mother slapped him for getting a girl pregnant, Leopold “thought only of the big sea turtles that never returned to shore, the male ones, like his father, that went far, far away, made their way into the churning waters, and never, never ever came back” (108).

Richard recounts how “when [his] father died, and [his] moth…

Richard recounts how “when [his] father died, and [his] mother found a place for [him] in a boarding school…[he seized the opportunity: [he] fled. Little by little, [he] put distance between [himself] and[his] mother” (69). is another book we read this class where a young person creates distance between themselves and their family.