Chapter 4
In this chapter Mathilda tells her closest friend Anna that she wants to be "Bad". Anna, a naive girl and also somewhat slow is shocked when Mathilda reveals this. Right away she asks Mathilda about her soul. Mathilda becomes very defensive and retorts back "what about it?". Then they both give their opinions on what a soul should look like. Mathilda thinks it looks like a pudgy piece of dough. Anna on the other hand thought it looked like a silk dress in the shape of your body.
Chapter 5
In this chapter Mathilda is invited down to the principals office for a little chat. The principle, Ms.Olivera, a former hippie, wanted to ask about Mathilda's home life. Just that day Mathilda had slapped a young boy in her classroom because he "deserved it". Mathilda doesn't want to discuss her home life so she ask to use the bathroom and then immediately leaves afterwards saying sorry and it will never happen again. Ms.Olviera doesn't seem to mind.
These are really short chapters. Victor Lodato doesn't use a lot of detail, however a lot goes on in those couple of pages. I feel bad for Mathilda, having parents that can;t even look at you without disgust sounds horrible. I wouldn't want to reminds parents of a dead sister.
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