In finishing Mona I was particularly struck by one scene in Book II. This scene comes after the scenes in which it is revealed that Evie and Alfred have been secretly seeing each other, and secretly holding get togethers with Alfred's friends at the house. Barbara feels she has been betrayed by this behavior, and even suggests calling in her parents to get back at Evie and Alfred for lying to her. Seth maintains she is just being a "fair-weather radical" and that she needs to not "let [her] ego get in the way of [her] politics," to which Barbara responds "I don't have any politics...I have feelings" (195).
What did you guys think about this? Is Barbara just being a "fair-weather radical"? Or does she have a right to be angry (think about, too, her behavior later on with the flask issue)?
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