Voice in the Wind, 462-66<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\nOf everything that has struck me in this re-read of Voice in the Wind, the unrealistic nature of Hadassah\u2019s feelings toward Marcus has hit me the hardest. Oh, I\u2019m not saying that having a crush on someone who is handsome, rich, and on a fundamental level unobtainable is that implausible. What feels odder is that it has lasted so long, in the face of Marcus\u2019 many unattractive traits.<\/p>\n
Marcus\u2019 pursuit of Hadassah feels equally unrealistic. Oh certainly, wanting to penetrate her makes perfect sense. Roman men had their way with slaves all the time. But now Marcus is in fact and actually considering marrying<\/em> Hadassah. Marcus, remember, has not become a Christian. In fact, he is still at the point of mocking Hadassah\u2019s religion. He\u2019s still a self-centered hedonist\u2014and he\u2019s considering marrying<\/em> a slave\u2014and one he\u2019s never really taken the time to get to know.<\/p>\nThe whole thing just feels off<\/em>. Do you know what would read more realistically? If Hadassah had to dodge at once the brutal pursuit of a hedonistic master, and the tender attentions of a kind male Jewish slave in the Valerian household. That<\/em> would make sense\u2014her conviction that she could not marry a man who was not a Christian no matter what he had to offer her, and her defense of her purity in the face of her master. But instead, Rivers tried to combine the two. And it doesn\u2019t really work.<\/p>\nThis week Marcus shows up at Julia\u2019s house asking to see Hadassah.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou want to see Hadassah?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes. It concerns a matter of some importance.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat matter?\u201d she said, seeming only curious.<\/p>\n
\u201cA personal matter,\u201d he said, annoyed at being questioned.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Um, Marcus? You can\u2019t show up at someone else\u2019s house, ask to talk to their slave privately, and except them to not ask you any questions. It does not work like that.<\/p>\n
At the sound of soft footsteps approaching, Marcus turned and saw Hadassah. She came beneath an archway into the sunlight and walked toward them with a humble grace that made him ache.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Ah. See, this is why I so admired Hadassah\u2014and wanted to be like her\u2014when I read this book as a teen. She could captivate a man by the way she walked<\/em>. She was that<\/em> pure, that<\/em> good, that<\/em> kind, that<\/em> remarkable. I wanted to be like that.<\/p>\nWhat I didn\u2019t realize until much later is that real life does not work like that.<\/p>\n
Julia, of course, is upset. We\u2019re to believe that she\u2019s upset unreasonably, and to some extent she is. Her treatment of Hadassah is becoming progressively more abusive\u2014she\u2019s taking out an increasing amount of the pain and anger she feels at the hand life has dealt her on Hadassah. But as we\u2019ll see in this section, she\u2019s not wrong about a large part of what she throws at Marcus. And Marcus, for his part, gaslights the hell out of her.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou wanted me my lady?\u201d she said, her head bowed.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo. My brother wants you,\u201d Julia said coldly.<\/p>\n
Marcus glanced sharply at his sister.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re to go to the bedchamber on the second floor, and wait for him there\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cJulia,\u201d Marcus said, his temper rising, but she ignored him.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat until he comes to you; then whatever he wants you to do, you will do it. Do you understand?\u201d<\/p>\n
Marcus saw Hadassah\u2019s face become a mask of confusion and fear, and he wanted to strike his sister.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
WTF, Marcus! My god!<\/p>\n
Several chapters ago, Marcus tried to actually and literally rape<\/em> Hadassah in just the way Julia is suggesting here. He sexually assaulted her as she sobbed<\/em>. He doesn\u2019t exactly have a leg to stand on here. He has no right whatsoever<\/em> to be angry with Julia for suggesting what he already tried<\/em> (and without Julia\u2019s permission I might add). And really, why shouldn\u2019t Julia assume this is exactly what he wants? He took Bithia in this way many times, after all!<\/p>\nWe\u2019re to think Julia disgusting and evil for suggesting what Marcus actually tried; somehow, perversely, we\u2019re to think Marcus the good guy here, and Julia the one who is sadistic and cruel.<\/p>\n
Marcus tells Hadassah to leave, and she steps back.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou conniving harlot!\u201d Julia screamed suddenly and came at Hadassah, hand raised to strike her. Marcus caught his sister\u2019s wrist and jerked her around to face him.<\/p>\n
\u201cLeave us now!\u201d Marcus commanded Hadassah harshly. When she was gone, he shook Julia once. \u201cWhat\u2019s the matter with you? Has this pregnancy driven you mad?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Julia is wrong to dry to strike Hadassah, but Marcus is a-okay to shake Julia, because she had it coming. Or something. I would love to imagine that this section is meant to be a demonstration that both Julia and Marcus are out of control, but that does not seem to be what Rivers is going for. Instead, we seem to be having a \u201cbitches be crazy\u201d segment here.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat Primus told me is true!\u201d Julia said, fighting him.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did Primus tell you?\u201d he demanded, his stomach sinking.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe said you came to see Hadassah rather than me. I said he was being ridiculous! My brother, in love with a slave? Absurd! I told him you came to see me\u2014me<\/em>! And he said I should open my eyes and see what\u2019s been going on around me.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cNothing\u2019s been going on. You\u2019ve been drinking Primus\u2019 poison,\u201d Marcus said tautly. \u201cDon\u2019t listen to him.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
My god. Does Marcus realize that Julia would be more likely to listen to him (and less likely to listen to Primus) if he would start telling her the truth rather than lying to her?<\/p>\n
\u201cIf that\u2019s true, why do you come asking to speak to Hadassah?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFor personal reasons that have nothing to do with you or Primus or anyone else.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
You see what I\u2019m saying?<\/p>\n
Julia alleges that Marcus won\u2019t answer because he can\u2019t without admitting that he cares more about Hadassah than he does about her. Marcus says she\u2019s being ridiculous.<\/p>\n
Recognizing her fragile emotional state, Marcus took her hands. \u201cJulia, look at me. By the gods,\u201d he said and jerked her again. \u201cI said look at me. What I feel for Hadassah has nothing to do with my love for you. I adore you as I\u2019ve always adored you.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
By the gods indeed.<\/p>\n
What we need is fan fiction that turns this book into an essay on abusive male \u201cnice guy\u201d gaslighting behavior. Because it basically is that, but without any recognition that these things are toxic rather than romantic. And sure, this is a romance novel. Romance novels often have toxic themes. But Voice in the Wind<\/em> is a romance novel masquerading as religious ideals to strive for. And lest you think I\u2019m imagining that, I have spoken with individuals who said this book was read aloud as part of their homeschool program.<\/p>\nAt this point Julia blames Julia for \u201cstealing\u201d Claudius. Julia says she only realized it when Calabah pointed it out. Marcus says this is ridiculous. The thing is, I don\u2019t entirely disagree with Julia. Yes, she has twisted her memory of what happened to fit a specific narrative. But<\/em>. Claudius spent his free time speaking with Hadassah about religion instead of getting to know or caring for his young wife<\/em>. This wasn\u2019t Hadassah\u2019s fault\u2014and that\u2019s where I disagree with Julia\u2019s narrative of what happened\u2014but it is certainly true that Hadassah \u201cdiverted his interest completely\u201d such that he spent no time working on his marriage.<\/p>\nAgain, what happened with Claudius was not at all Hadassah\u2019s fault. All the blame for that disastrous marriage go to Decimus and Claudius. Julia is wrong to blame Hadassah, who was a girl no older than she was at the time. The other part of Julia\u2019s allegations here ring more true, however.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe did what you demanded of her. You wanted Claudius distracted, and he was. He questioned Hadassah about her religion.\u201d<\/p>\n
She looked at him coldly. \u201cHow would you know that unless you asked him?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course, I asked! You\u2019ll remember I was furious with you for sending her in your place.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI remember,\u201d she said, eyes blazing. \u201cYou were angry that I\u2019d given her to him. I thought it was concern for me, concern for my marriage, but that wasn\u2019t why, was it?\u201d Her voice was thick with bitterness, and she shook her head and turned her back to him.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been so blind!\u201d she said with a bleak laugh. \u201cI look back now and see it all so clearly. All those times when I thought you came to be with me because I needed you.\u201d She turned to him. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t like that at all, was it, Marcus? You didn\u2019t come to Capua for me. You didn\u2019t move back into the villa in Rome or come to Ephesus for me. You came for her<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\nMarcus turned her around. \u201cAll those times, I did come to be with you. Don\u2019t let anyone make you think otherwise.\u201d It hadn\u2019t been until later, much later, that he had realized Hadassah mattered to him in ways no other woman ever had. Julia had been his first concern. Until now.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Let\u2019s fact check this, shall we?<\/p>\n
Way back toward the beginning of the book, when Marcus rode to Capua, he was indeed thinking of Julia. He was also thinking of Hadassah, of course, but he was genuinely excited to surprise Julia with his visit. But he moved back into the villa in Rome for Hadassah,<\/em> and he moved to Ephesus for Hadassah<\/em>. Marcus is flat-out lying<\/em> to Julia\u2014and seriously gaslighting her.<\/p>\nAnd Julia is absolutely correct that Marcus was concerned about her sending Hadassah to Claudius not out of concern for security of her marriage (as Marcus seems to suggest), but rather because he wanted Hadassah in his bed.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s take a look back in time:<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you sell that little Jewess mother gave you?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHadassah? I wouldn\u2019t part with her for anything! She\u2019s devoted and obedient, and she\u2019s been most useful to me over the past few months.\u201d<\/p>\n
There was a hidden message in the last par tor her statement, for bedevilment shone in his sister\u2019s eyes. He smiled wryly. \u201cIndeed?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cClaudius is quite taken with her,\u201d she said and seemed amused.<\/p>\n
A sudden hot flood of dark emotion burst inside Marcus. He couldn\u2019t assess his feelings, for what gripped his stomach was far too uncomfortable.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Marcus was certainly gentler with Julia, back then. When he became upset she thought he was upset with her, and began defending herself, and he realized he had hurt her, and actually cared.<\/p>\n
He stood and went to her. He took her shoulders firmly. \u201cI\u2019m not angry with you,\u201d he said gently. \u201cHush, little one.\u201d He turned her and held her close.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
But the idea that he was upset because he cared about her marriage is patent nonsense. Have a look at this:<\/p>\n
He knew that such arrangements worked in many households. What business was it of his if his sister decided to conduct such practices in her own home? As long as she was happy, what difference did it make what she did?<\/p>\n
But it did make a difference. He told himself it was concern for his sister\u2019s marriage that made him uneasy. But the thought of Claudius Flaccus having both his sister and Hadassah rankled. More than he would have thought possible.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
It was about Hadassah, even way back then.<\/p>\n
Rivers tells us, in Marcus voice, that:<\/p>\n
It hadn\u2019t been until later, much later, that he had realized Hadassah mattered to him in ways no other woman ever had. Julia had been his first concern. Until now.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
This is blatantly false. Way back when in Rome, when Julia was married to Caius, Marcus did not want to let Hadassah return to Julia when she sent for her. He didn\u2019t want to send Hadassah back because Hadassah had taken the beating Caius meant for Julia\u2014and it was his father who pointed out how selfish this was, that Julia would be dead if not for Hadassah.<\/p>\n
Marcus is lying<\/em> to Julia. Lying, lying, lying<\/em>.<\/p>\nAt this point, Julia wonders whether Hadassah ever actually took her messages to Atretes\u2014and what all she said when talking to him. In other words, if this much has been going on behind her back, what else has? Marcus tells her that she, and not Hadassah, drove Atretes away, and Julia begins to cry. But she\u2019s not willing to be so easily diverted.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf she told him the child is his as I commented her to, he would have come. And he hasn\u2019t! She probably went to him and sang psalms and wove her stories instead.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Again, she\u2019s not completely wrong\u2014Hadassah did deliver Julia\u2019s message, but she also wove her stories. Hadassah started talking to Atretes of God and love and peace ages ago, certainly without Julia\u2019s knowledge or approval.<\/p>\n
Marcus manages to talk Julia down somewhat from her grief about Atretes. \u201cSome things you can\u2019t put back together again,\u201d he tells her, and she leans on him and cries.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy is it that love burns so hot you think you\u2019ll be consumed by it, and then, when it\u2019s over, there\u2019s nothing left but the taste of ashes in your mouth?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know, Julia. I used to wonder that myself,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
They actually bond for a moment. It would be really nice if this is what their relationship regularly looked like\u2014it feels real, and refreshing.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith Arria?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWith Arria and with others,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
A small frown flickered across her pale face. \u201cBut not with Hadassah. Why?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019s different form any woman I\u2019ve ever met,\u201d he said softly. \u2026 \u201cShe\u2019s something rare and beautiful.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
Again, this is why I and other evangelical teenage girls reading this book were so taken by Hadassah. Everyone could see that she was \u201csomething rare and beautiful,\u201d even those who weren\u2019t saved\u2014even handsome, rich, virile men like Marcus! We were taught that what we\u2019ve been describing as Hadassah\u2019s \u201cmojo\u201d in our analysis here was something every good Christian girl could have, if they were only as quiet, dutiful, obedient, patient, and compassionate as Hadassah.<\/p>\n
Marcus suggests that Julia free Hadassah so that he can have her, but Hadassah says she needs her \u201cnow more than ever.\u201d Marcus assumes this is due to Julia\u2019s pregnancy and tells her he\u2019ll wait \u201cuntil after the baby comes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Julia didn\u2019t respond. She merely stared at the floor, and Marcus felt a strange chill come over him at the emptiness he glimpsed in his sister\u2019s eyes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
That means what exactly?<\/p>\n
Julia needs\u2014honestly, I\u2019m not sure what Julia needs. A therapist, maybe. Better friends, perhaps?<\/p>\n
As friends go, Primus could be worse. He was right when he told her that Marcus was after Hadassah, though he needn\u2019t have been so gleeful about it (though maybe that was more about taking self-righteous Marcus down a peg, which I totally get). Primus is doing his best to turn Julia away from Hadassah, partly for selfish reasons (he says Prometheus hasn\u2019t acted himself since Hadassah came) and partly (it seems) out of a dislike of Jews, which is unhelpful.<\/p>\n
Calabah, though\u2014she set Julia up with Caius knowing he would abuse her, planning for her to eventually have to poison him. I am not a fan of Calabah. Maybe that\u2019s what Julia needs\u2014space away from Calabah.\u00a0Julia has a head on her shoulders, she\u2019s just never really had the freedom to use it. When Marcus isn\u2019t telling her what to do, Calabah has been pushing her one way or another, playing her to her own advantage. Calabah is all about Calabah.<\/p>\n
Julia seems to cycle between needing Hadassah and hating Hadassah. The more I think about it, the more I suspect that Hadassah is less different form other slaves than Julia realizes. Hadassah hasn\u2019t just been serving Julia, she\u2019s also been playing her own game. She\u2019s been proselytizing everyone in Julia\u2019s life (except her)\u2014Decimus, Phoebe, Atretes, Marcus\u2014and always when Julia is out of the room, and out of earshot. Hadassah hasn\u2019t<\/em> put serving Julia ahead of all else. She\u2019s also been doing her own thing.<\/p>\nSlavery is an abomination. Hadassah absolutely should<\/em> be be allowed to play her own game. She shouldn\u2019t be property in the first place. But let\u2019s not all pretend she\u2019s something she\u2019s not, with all this talk of her being the perfect serving servant. The reality is that\u00a0Primus and Calabah aren\u2019t off base in what they\u2019ve been telling Julia, in urging her not to trust Hadassah. And that<\/em> makes it easier for Julia to believe them, because they\u2019re not entirely wrong.<\/p>\nThings are about to get very, very bad.<\/p>\n
Also, WTF with Marcus just showing up like this. He\u2019s intending to marry Hadassah, as we\u2019ll soon learn, but he has no reason to think she\u2019ll say yes. He tried to rape<\/em> her, for god\u2019s sake! His whole \u201cI know you want me\u201d thing is so contrived and such BS. We\u2019re meant to think she does<\/em> want him, yes, but we\u2019re also given entry into her mind. Marcus isn\u2019t. He\u2019s treating her the same way everyone else is\u2014as someone he can order around and position for his own pleasure, what she<\/em> wants be damned.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WTF with Marcus just showing up like this. He’s intending to marry Hadassah, as we’ll soon learn, but he has no reason to think she’ll say yes. He tried to rape her, for god’s sake! His whole “I know you want me” thing is so contrived and such BS. We’re meant to think she does want him, yes, but we’re also given entry into her mind. Marcus isn’t. He’s treating her the same way everyone else is—as someone he can order around and position for his own pleasure, what she wants be damned.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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