Under The Hood Chapter Summaries

18th, 2017 The chapter begins with Laurie and Jon on Mars. Jon has built a giant crystal castle yet forgets Laurie needs oxygen to survive. Flash to Laurie’s first memory, of her mom and dad fighting. Laurie is playing with a snow globe and accidently drops it. We learn that her dad isn’t her real father, and we don’t know who her real father is until later in the chapter. Back in the present Laurie tells Jon she Dan. I think it’s funny how Jon already saw this conversation in the future, but couldn’t react until she told him herself. Laurie was Jon’s only connection to earth and now that she slept with Dan, Jon has no connection to earth anymore. Then we see another memory of Laurie’s past when she was thirteen and her mom was hosting a Minutemen reunion. At this reunion, we learn that Hollis has already published Under the Hood, but Laurie is not allowed to read it yet. That’s because her mother doesn’t want her to know about the Comedian’s attempted rape. Back on …show more content…
Jon’s crystal castle implodes and comes crashing down to the ground. Laurie feels like her mother betrayed her for lying all these years. After the castle crashes to the ground there is wide shot of mars and we see that there is a happy face on mars. I am not really sure what that means but its symbolic in some way. Somehow this helps Jon see how life is a miracle despite everything. Jon decides he will return to help prevent the destruction of humanity.
After the chapter, we can read an article from Daily World. In it Silk Spectre is objectified because of her looks. There is letter to Sally from movie producer King Taylor, and a recruitment letter from Captain Metropolis. Also, Larry sends her letter that she describes as the closest thing to proposal, and a review of the Silk Spectre film. Finally, we read an interview Sally had with the Probe. The interview mainly consists of discussions of sex, sexuality, and when the Comedian tried to rape