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The Rules of Survival Chapter 2 Summary

About Fear

  • Matthew starts talking about fear, and how he feels like it's not necessarily a bad thing since it actually warns you that you're in danger and should run away.
  • The tricky thing is that Matthew and his siblings aren't being chased by a lion that they can run away from—instead they're in danger because their mom is completely off the rails.
  • Matthew remembers that he ate an Oreo once when he was little, and his mom charged into his room and held a knife to his neck for being a "cookie thief." She even cut him a little bit. Yikes.
  • After Matthew saw Murdoch protect that kid from his dad, he basically became obsessed with getting to know Murdoch.