We studied two critical literary passages today. We first read through a passage wherein Capt Kidd comes across a destroyed cabin which prompts his imagination to picture the lives of those who once thrived there. We noted the visual and audial imagery after which we then addressed whether Capt Kidd's prior belief that the dead leave no message was true. Kaitlin prepared a paragraph on this inquiry as well as on the contrasting symbolism of the freedom of the cowboys with their horses and the yoke of responsibility Capt Kidd has accepted represented by his horse hitched to a wagon carrying Johanna.