Because I am an older sister to two younger siblings, I couldn't help being emotionally disturbed by the imagery painted in the particular section pertaining to Ruth May's death. Death in general is a very hard thing to cope with and can often times leave you questioning why and how something like this could ever happen to someone you know and love. Because Ruth May was a daughter, sister, friend and so young and innocent, it was so hard for the Price family to even comprehend what had happened (well, most of the family). As usual, Nathan could only focus on the fact that Ruth May had not been baptized yet, and she would be one of the lost souls (among many many others). I find it very interesting that death was what finally made the family realize that they are no different than the Congolese. No better and no worse. Because of Ruth May's death, the family was just like the other families in the Congo, as almost every family experienced the death of a child at one point or another. I'm interested to see what Orleanna will do next as I read further into the next book, and I'm wondering what else will change with the family because of this tradgic event.