1. What is your first impression of Isra? Can you relate to her situation? I like Isra. My first impression of her is that she was a sweet girl. I felt bad for her, being strong armed into a marriage and made to leave her home, family, and life. However, I can’t really relate to her situation of being shoved into an entirely different country with no one else. 2. How have the events in Isra's diary changed your view of Deya and Afeera (in Part One)? Yes, they have. I now see Afeera as more of an antagonist, though I do seem some of her redeeming qualities. In Part One, I felt bad that Deya felt alone, couldn’t go to college, and felt stuck, controlled, and unfulfilled. Now I feel even worse for her. She was born to an unwilling and unprepared
There are a few conflicts in this book after they come here, including positive and negative side of struggle. Alma has been strong-willed after she had been a mother. ¨… It had taken us so long to have her, so
2. What is Leah’s attitude to her mother at the beginning of the novel? How do you know? (page 9)
2. What is the agreement arrived at by the end of the chapter? What can you infer from Pichot’s comments?
4) The A-Bomb is relevant to this chapter as her life is about to change as she moves town and school. This means that her life is meant to be just like A which can mean very well.
Meena Alexander’s Grandmother’s Letters and K. Saraswathi Amma The Subordinate both convey the theme of the connection to the past. A Grandmother’s Letters is a story about a woman who found the letters her grandmother wrote while she was imprisoned in India. The Subordinate is a piece about a poor mother that murders her daughter, so her daughter will not have to endure the heartbreak and suffering that she went through as a child and a teenager. Meena Alexander’s Grandmother’s Letters and K. Saraswathi Amma The Subordinate both use formal elements to discuss the connection with the past. Grandmother’s
3. “He has endeavored, in every way that he could, to destroy her confidence in her own powers, to lessen her self-respect, and to make her willing to lead a dependent and abject life.”
7. How did you feel about the Lees ' refusal to give Lia her medicine? Can you understand their motivation? Do you sympathize with it?
The author uses the narrative voice of Rania and her sister. This impacted the book by showing how messed up Raina’s relationship is with her sister. When Amara was packing she asked Raina for he colored pencils and she said, “Nope, no colored pencils here” (Telgemeier 14). The pictures, though, show that Rania lied right Amara’s her face. Every sister has a little conflict ,but never
thesis - The roles of women in this novel have had a positive and negative impact on Dunstan, which had an essential impact on his character development.
In the middle of the novel, the story presents itself with an unexpected twist, a baby. With two boys, Lev and Connor, Risa is left to be the only girl. Seeing as the boys are incompatible to handle a baby, Risa espoused the baby caringly. I can prove this because in chapter 20, page 113 the text says, “Reflexively, Risa holds the baby closer to her.” This shows that Risa, out of reflex, doesn’t want to give away the baby. I also can prove once again that Risa portrays a motherly character because on page 113, later on the page, the texts states, “ The moment the baby is out of her arms Risa feels a tremendous sense of relief, but also an indefinable sense of emptiness.” This shows that Risa cared for the baby, and felt like she was a mother to it before it was taken away. The reader knows from the start of the baby drama to the end, that Risa is a motherly
3. The new experiences have given Janie a new voice. Find the sentence on page 128 that describes her change.
In addition, the author helps the reader understand the selfishness of the mother when the reader finds out she have stole the Persian Carpet “several months before” (230) the divorce and puts the blame on Ilya, the poor blind man. Furthermore, the visit of the children is supposed to signal a fresh start for the family. The mother even emphasizes she wants the girls to come “live with [them]” (229). Yet again, even if they meet in order to reunite, characterized by a situational irony, they see themselves separated because of her mother selfish decisions.
1. What are all the issues here, from both CJI’s and Heavey’s perspectives, that need to be researched by Mr. Ashby?
1. How else might Ms. Ribiero have responded when she saw Julia and Brandon giving Denise a hard time about reading a book about a child with two moms?
The resentment within the young girl’s family is essential to the novel because one can understand the young girl better as she makes her decision.