Reflection for "The Night Bus" by Ada Udechukwu

Trust for me is something very powerful. It is hard to gain someone’s trust and to keep it might be harder for some people. Trust is being able to communicate with a person naturally; not having to be worried about what you do or say. Trust is being able to just talk to someone knowing that they will listen and not tell anybody else. It is hard to get the trust from somebody and keeping it is something that is nice to do. Some people even trust people with their lives. When you lose some ones trust, it hurts both people. It might be like losing a very close friend of yours because you will never be able to look or talk to the same. It is something that is strong and powerful in people and that it think it is great to have.

In the story “The Night Bus”, trust is shown. At first Uloma trusted Monye to tell her how to keep the money safe. The together were hiding the money and keeping each other safe from the robbers. Then finally when they sit together in the seats, they get close. In that part, Uloma trusted him with her body. Monye was the guy that she had decided that it was alright for to be close together. Then when he grabs the gun from her bag, she is thinking that everything would be alright because he is getting up to save her. He makes her believe this because he wanted to take advantage of her. Later on two robbers come in the bus and they rob Uloma. She is scared out of her mind but still does what the robbers tell her to do. Later they start to rape her. I think it was horrifying to find out that the man raping her was her boyfriend. She trusted him with her body and he took that trust away by taking advantage of her. She was stuck because she didn’t know if she should trust this person that she felt like she barley new. This was something disturbing to find out because he took the trust in the worst way possible.

In my family trust is also a very strong thing. Everyone knows already that we can trust each other and we always do. We can trust the other person with our life and we always did that. When trust is broken in our family, it is something horrible. It is like lying to your loved ones. Breaking the trust of someone to me is like breaking their heart. You will never be thought of or spoken of the same. Once trust is broken, you are a different person. Having trust in our family is one of the most important things that runs through it. This is why I was shocked in the story. It makes my think like that is the worst thing that could happen. I also have to remember that trust is broken a lot in life and that I have to be ready to take it.