Week 3, Post B

I am going to analyze a section in the novel that i though was really important so far as to how the whole thing has been laid out.
"David looked at Paul, sleeping so deeply on the blanket with his head turned to the side, his long hair curling against his damp next. His son, at least, he had sheltered from grief. Paul would not grow up, as David had, suffering the loss of his sister. He would not be forced to fend for himself because his sister couldn't. This thought, and the force of its bitterness, shocked David. He wanted to believe he'd done the right thing when he handed his daughter to Caroline Gill. Or at least that he'd had the right reasons."(113).
I think that David's whole reason to give his daughter up was because of his past. I do not understand how someone could be so selfish but i guess he could not have his son grow up the same way he did: always helping his sister June who had heart problems. That would have been very similar for Paul if he would have kept Phoebe but is that really so bad? i belive David is not a good man. His wife and son know that a large something is missing from their lives but they do not know what! David, i think you need to tell the truth before its too late. I feel like it would be better for your wife and son to know that Phoebe is alive somewher out ther instead of grieving.