Brianna finds a way out to help get her saved in Outlander Book 6, Chapter 108
The family is reunited in Outlander Book 6, Chapter 108. Brianna also has to make a decision about Bonnet.
You’ve got to love the way Diana Gabaldon wraps up some of the more intense moments relatively quickly. This storyline has only been going on for around eight chapters. Yet, while this immediate drama is over, we know the Bonnet storyline has been going on for a few books, so it does make it feel like this storyline takes up more space than it does.
The chapter sees Roger, Jamie, Claire, and Ian race to save Brianna. She finds a way out of her captivity thanks to a drip on the ceiling where she’s being held captive. Sadly, not everyone is going to make it out alive, but Ian does manage to get to Phaedre.
The chapter makes it clear that there are still secrets to come out. It continues the plot of the gold, so it’s not really foreshadowing. However, it is important to the story.
We didn’t see a lot of this chapter adapted for the show. I’ll get in to why I think that was in the adaptation section. I don’t mind most of it being avoided. The most important parts were included.
Let’s dive into A Breath of Snow and Ashes Chapter 108.
Just the Outlander chapter
With Roger, Jamie, Claire, and Ian on the right island, they now need to find Brianna and save her. Roger has more questions about his faith. He is somewhat jealous of Ian and Jamie that they can pray to a god of vengeance while he can’t pray for God to kill Bonnet. He does pray for Brianna’s safety though.
We learn that Claire blesses Jamie in Gaelic by invoking the Michael of the red domain. She wants him to be free to be the warrior he is. Ian has used war paint through the use of mud on his face. They are both ready for battle, and Roger feels a little left out of that.
As it starts to rain, we head back to Brianna. Drops of rainwater are falling on her face, and she realizes there’s a leak in the ceiling. She uses that to her advantage, breaking through the weakened plaster to get to the roof of the house. From there, she can all out to those who may be around to save her.
Initially, Roger, Jamie, and Ian find the slaves being sold. They hear a noise, but it isn’t Brianna. However, they know they’re in the right place.
Back with Brianna, she is now fighting with one of Bonnet’s men, Emmanuel. She tries to kill him but it doesn’t work. Instead, she falls from the roof and plays possum in the hope that Emmanuel will leave her alone. This does help her family find her, and Jamie gets to Emmanuel and kills him. Well, we’re left wondering whether he’s been killed by Jamie or he’s suffered a stroke. Either way, he’s dead, and that’s all that matters at this point.
Bonnet tries to use Brianna as a shield. He even has the testicle that’s in a jar, which he thinks is a good luck charm. That doesn’t work. Jamie and Roger chase after Bonnet and capture him. Ian shares that he saved Phaedre, but he couldn’t save Josh. It turns out Phaedre had tried to save Josh from his fate, but it ended in his death. Ian gives Brianna Josh’s wooden rosery as a memory of him.
In the end, Brianna is the one with the option of what to do with Bonnet. She doesn’t want Bonnet’s blood on Roger’s or Jamie’s hands. Instead, she decides the Committee of Safety should have this man and decide his fate.
Foreshadowing in the Outlander chapter
It’s certainly clear that the gold storyline can come back up. The truth about Ulysses and Jocasta is about to come out to all now that Phaedre has been saved. However, I wouldn’t say this is foreshadowing, and it is more like plot development.
I think the foreshadowing is in Brianna’s decision. She decides to hand Bonnet over to the Committee of Safety to be hanged. At least, that’s the assumed way that he’ll be executed. Brianna doesn’t want Bonnet’s blood on Roger’s hands. She also doesn’t want to executed him herself. She wants them to hand Bonnet over to the Committee of Safety for the sake of their baby.
However, we know Bonnet is scheduled to drown instead. Brianna can’t let that happen. I don’t think it is a change of decision and her attempt to get revenge. I think she offers him a moment of mercy, proving her to be a woman of her word very much like Jamie.
Adapting A Breath of Snow and Ashes chapter
The full chapter wasn’t used in the TV series. The only part we got was Jamie, Ian, Roger, and Claire getting to Brianna and Bonnet. The family manages to save Brianna, and she makes the decision to pass Bonnet over to the authorities.
There were some elements of this chapter that couldn’t be used. The show didn’t have Phaedre, so she wasn’t there for Ian to save. I think this was because the show couldn’t get Natalie Simpson back, but I also think that it’s because the gold storyline was pushed to later in the series.
We also didn’t get the big focus on the slaves. Bonnet didn’t have slaves to sell. That wasn’t part of his motivation in this chapter. He wanted Jemmy because he wanted to have power over the heir to River Run. I liked the way the TV show adapted this. I could fully believe that Bonnet would try to get his hands on Jemmy just to have River Run in his power.
All we needed was to see Bree saved and allow her to make a decision about Bonnet. Nothing else was all that important so I didn’t mind it being skipped over.
Okay, I did miss Ian using the mud on his face. That was made up for when it came to saving Claire.
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