A quote that I found to be interesting in King Leopold's Ghost was on the first page because it really set the tone for the remainder of the chapter. The quote is "after giving birth, Betsy Parry departed from Denbigh in disgrace, leaving her baby behind in the home of his two uncles and his maternal grandfather, a man who believed a boy needed a "sound whipping", if he misbehaved. When John was five, his grandfather died and the uncles immediately got rid of their unwanted nephew by paying a local family half a crown a week to take him." This quote is interesting because it is giving vital information about the characters rough childhood and unwanting families. This quote gives the reader something to think about as they read because John, now Stanley, has a lot of hardships to work through to get to success. Adopted, abandoned kid growing up to be a hero.
Two questions that I had was why everybody did not want to take care of Stanley? Also, as Stanley grows up to be a journalist, why was he making up false stories and false information in his journals? - page 25
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