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Monday, November 22, 2010
Friday, November 19, 2010
Glossary
Ghetto
Example: 'The Blankstein family had remained in the ghetto from 1940 until April of 1944.'
Definition: An area or part of a city where people of a certain race or religion are forced to live. In this case, a Jewish ghetto, where Lilli lived for most of the war.
Incorrigable
Example: '"By now it must be clear to everyone that this child is incorrigable," Mrs. Chandler told Mrs. Karr.'
Definition: If someone is incorrigable, they are unruly and steadfast, ad not easily swayed by anyone. it also means someone who is beyond hope of reform, someone who cannot possibly learn to live a different way. Mrs. Chandler uses this word to describe Lilli, after Lilli kicked Mr. Peabody and Mrs. Chandler decided she had to leave.
Flouted
Example: '"This has nothing to do with your tardiness. It has to do with the fact that you flouted our dress code."'
Definition: To ignore or break a rule; Marilyn 'flouted' the dress code by wearing slacks to school instead of a skirt.
"Damaged Goods"
Example: 'They'd heard rumours that some of the children were "damaged goods."'
Definition: An expression that means that the children were permanently scarred from their experience in the war, and not able to be healed.
Greenies
I thought it would make sense add this word, since it's the title of the book.
Example: '"Like the green shoot of a plant? They've always used it to describe newly arrived Jewish immigrants. Newcomers. Greeners."'
Definition: As it says in the quote, it is an expression used to describe Jewish immigrants that have just arrived. it symbolizes a new beginning, like a plant starting to grow.
Example: 'The Blankstein family had remained in the ghetto from 1940 until April of 1944.'
Definition: An area or part of a city where people of a certain race or religion are forced to live. In this case, a Jewish ghetto, where Lilli lived for most of the war.
Incorrigable
Example: '"By now it must be clear to everyone that this child is incorrigable," Mrs. Chandler told Mrs. Karr.'
Definition: If someone is incorrigable, they are unruly and steadfast, ad not easily swayed by anyone. it also means someone who is beyond hope of reform, someone who cannot possibly learn to live a different way. Mrs. Chandler uses this word to describe Lilli, after Lilli kicked Mr. Peabody and Mrs. Chandler decided she had to leave.
Flouted
Example: '"This has nothing to do with your tardiness. It has to do with the fact that you flouted our dress code."'
Definition: To ignore or break a rule; Marilyn 'flouted' the dress code by wearing slacks to school instead of a skirt.
"Damaged Goods"
Example: 'They'd heard rumours that some of the children were "damaged goods."'
Definition: An expression that means that the children were permanently scarred from their experience in the war, and not able to be healed.
Greenies
I thought it would make sense add this word, since it's the title of the book.
Example: '"Like the green shoot of a plant? They've always used it to describe newly arrived Jewish immigrants. Newcomers. Greeners."'
Definition: As it says in the quote, it is an expression used to describe Jewish immigrants that have just arrived. it symbolizes a new beginning, like a plant starting to grow.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
A Tiny Bit of Information
Just in case I haven't mentioned it already, this blog was created by Julia DaSilva.
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Quotation Number Four
Page 231, Paragraph 6
'"You really are not a reliable person, Lilli. I know my children have grown fond of you but I have to think of my family. Our needs come first."'
I chose this quotation because this is, as I said in the first journal entry, the aftermath of the climax. You think everything has been resolved and then this happens. These words create that feeling of everything going wrong right when you thought the big problem was solved. This proves correct when Lilli talks to Mrs. Karr, who tells her she's going to have to move to New Westminster.
Text to Self: When I first started playing piano, in grade two, I practiced every day without anyone having to tell me. I moved forward quite quickly, and was doing really well... until grade three. I didn't go and practice on my own anymore, and had to be reminded constantly to sit and play the piano. My mom said she was surprised that I wasn't doing it anymore (following with the "not being reliable" thing). This, like my text to self connection for quote three, sounds very different from what's happening at this point in the story, but the line of thinking is the same: you think everything's fine, but then you realize it's not.
Text to World: This sounds really, really strange and gruesome, but the connection I made for this quote was something I heard from my younger sister, Miranda: if a tiger is really hungry, it will eat it's cubs. This is my reasoning: tigers created their cubs. Mrs. Davidson took Lilli into her home. The tiger eats its cubs. Mrs Davidson tells Lilli she has to leave. The relationship between the caregiver and the young... mammal is destroyed in both cases (though a little more gruesomely in the tiger situation). The tiger decides that its life is more important than its cub's life. Mrs. Davidson tells Lilli that her family is more important than keeping Lilli.
Text to Text: Last year we read a picture book in drama class. I forget what it was called, but it was about a boy and his younger brother, who are home in the evenings when their mother works. One night, the boy's friends come over, and they want him to be part of this gang. He has to prove himself by doing graffiti over the graffiti another gang did. He does it, but the other gang shows up and they want to fight him. The boy manages to get home in time, and they think they're safe, but then he gets in trouble with his mother for going out when she wasn't home. This is similar to what happened withLilli; they find Max, and she thinks everything is fine, but then Mrs. Davidson tells hr she can't live there anymore. In both this book and The Greenies the authoritive figure decides hat the main character is not reliable.
'"You really are not a reliable person, Lilli. I know my children have grown fond of you but I have to think of my family. Our needs come first."'
I chose this quotation because this is, as I said in the first journal entry, the aftermath of the climax. You think everything has been resolved and then this happens. These words create that feeling of everything going wrong right when you thought the big problem was solved. This proves correct when Lilli talks to Mrs. Karr, who tells her she's going to have to move to New Westminster.
Text to Self: When I first started playing piano, in grade two, I practiced every day without anyone having to tell me. I moved forward quite quickly, and was doing really well... until grade three. I didn't go and practice on my own anymore, and had to be reminded constantly to sit and play the piano. My mom said she was surprised that I wasn't doing it anymore (following with the "not being reliable" thing). This, like my text to self connection for quote three, sounds very different from what's happening at this point in the story, but the line of thinking is the same: you think everything's fine, but then you realize it's not.
Text to World: This sounds really, really strange and gruesome, but the connection I made for this quote was something I heard from my younger sister, Miranda: if a tiger is really hungry, it will eat it's cubs. This is my reasoning: tigers created their cubs. Mrs. Davidson took Lilli into her home. The tiger eats its cubs. Mrs Davidson tells Lilli she has to leave. The relationship between the caregiver and the young... mammal is destroyed in both cases (though a little more gruesomely in the tiger situation). The tiger decides that its life is more important than its cub's life. Mrs. Davidson tells Lilli that her family is more important than keeping Lilli.
Text to Text: Last year we read a picture book in drama class. I forget what it was called, but it was about a boy and his younger brother, who are home in the evenings when their mother works. One night, the boy's friends come over, and they want him to be part of this gang. He has to prove himself by doing graffiti over the graffiti another gang did. He does it, but the other gang shows up and they want to fight him. The boy manages to get home in time, and they think they're safe, but then he gets in trouble with his mother for going out when she wasn't home. This is similar to what happened withLilli; they find Max, and she thinks everything is fine, but then Mrs. Davidson tells hr she can't live there anymore. In both this book and The Greenies the authoritive figure decides hat the main character is not reliable.
Quotation Number Three
Page 204, Paragraph 3
'"...It may sound strange to you, but Max probably ran away because nobody wanted him in the family picture. He realized that he wasn't family, that he was still an outsider, and he was ashamed when somebody made it obvious."'
I chose this quote because it was a more extreme version of the situation in quotation two. I believe it is more extreme than the second quote because it is later in the book and Max has gradually been adjusting and starting to fit in. This incident took him right back to the beginning, made him realize that he was still a newcomer and that these people didn't think of him as family. Max confirms this a little later on, when the others find him at the beach.
Text to Self: This doesn't sound very similar, but the think that came to mind for this quote was one time when I was in a clothing store with my mom and my siblings. We were all looking around around except for my younger brother, Aidan. He clued in pretty quickly that he didn't exactly belong over here, with us looking at skirts and sports bras, and he asked my mom if he could go "sit on the bench over there." Again, this is very different from what is going on in the quote, but it follows the same theme of not belonging and leaving because of it.
Text to World: I think most forms of bullying could be connected to this. Usually if someone bullies someone else, it's because something about their personality or appearance is different. If that person excludes them because of it, then they are leaving because someone made it obvious that they were different. This is a lot like what happens with Max.
Text to Text: This reminds me of a short story I read called Bait, where a family goes hunting magical creatures in an enchanted forest. The main character's older sister and parents are amazing hunters, but he can't catch a thing. He knows he doesn't belong in these woods, with all these amazing hunters around him, but on his first day there, he gets bitten by this creature that latches onto his back and won't let go. Before long, he and the creature are one being. He realizes that he doesn't even belong in human civilization anymore, so he goes deep into the woods and never comes back. In both this story and The Greenies, it is made obvious that the person is an outsider, so they leave.
'"...It may sound strange to you, but Max probably ran away because nobody wanted him in the family picture. He realized that he wasn't family, that he was still an outsider, and he was ashamed when somebody made it obvious."'
I chose this quote because it was a more extreme version of the situation in quotation two. I believe it is more extreme than the second quote because it is later in the book and Max has gradually been adjusting and starting to fit in. This incident took him right back to the beginning, made him realize that he was still a newcomer and that these people didn't think of him as family. Max confirms this a little later on, when the others find him at the beach.
Text to Self: This doesn't sound very similar, but the think that came to mind for this quote was one time when I was in a clothing store with my mom and my siblings. We were all looking around around except for my younger brother, Aidan. He clued in pretty quickly that he didn't exactly belong over here, with us looking at skirts and sports bras, and he asked my mom if he could go "sit on the bench over there." Again, this is very different from what is going on in the quote, but it follows the same theme of not belonging and leaving because of it.
Text to World: I think most forms of bullying could be connected to this. Usually if someone bullies someone else, it's because something about their personality or appearance is different. If that person excludes them because of it, then they are leaving because someone made it obvious that they were different. This is a lot like what happens with Max.
Text to Text: This reminds me of a short story I read called Bait, where a family goes hunting magical creatures in an enchanted forest. The main character's older sister and parents are amazing hunters, but he can't catch a thing. He knows he doesn't belong in these woods, with all these amazing hunters around him, but on his first day there, he gets bitten by this creature that latches onto his back and won't let go. Before long, he and the creature are one being. He realizes that he doesn't even belong in human civilization anymore, so he goes deep into the woods and never comes back. In both this story and The Greenies, it is made obvious that the person is an outsider, so they leave.
Quotation Number Two
Page 109, Paragraph 4
'"The girls are dressed like they're going to The Cave nightclub for cocktails and dancing. Too agonizing for words," Marion Walker whispered.'
I chose this quote because it illustrates the difficulties the newcomers had fitting in. They all dressed up for the dance and none of the Vancouver kids weren't nearly as formally dressed. They were thought of as weird and this quotation shows how the other children thought of them. This party didn't actually end up working at all, because the whole point of having the party was so that the orphans and the Vancouver children could mix. Marilyn even tells her father later that the party wasn't a success.
Text to Self: This reminds me of my friend Nina's twelfth birthday party last year. She goes to the school I went to until grade three, and she is the one friend from that school I still see sometimes. But when I went to her party last yea, I realized I completely did not fit in anymore. Everyone was talking about people and things and events that I kew nothing about. I kept to the fringes of the party, not fully participating, because I just didn't know these people anymore.
Text to World: This is the sort of thing I imagine the Aboriginal people must of said to each other when explorers from Europe first came to North America. They must have thought that the clothes they wore were odd, and said things like this to their friends.
Text to Text: This quote reminds me of a short story I read, Eating at the End-of-the-World-Cafe. In this story, everyone lives in this huge city, which is centred around the "Pit". You never really know what the "Pit" is, except that it's supposedly really horrible and people work there. At one point, a man who works there walks into a cafe, and instantly everything is quiet and people start whispering uncomfortably. He sits down away from everyone else and everyone ignores him after that. This seems a lot like the situation the newcomers find themselves in at Barbara's party.
'"The girls are dressed like they're going to The Cave nightclub for cocktails and dancing. Too agonizing for words," Marion Walker whispered.'
I chose this quote because it illustrates the difficulties the newcomers had fitting in. They all dressed up for the dance and none of the Vancouver kids weren't nearly as formally dressed. They were thought of as weird and this quotation shows how the other children thought of them. This party didn't actually end up working at all, because the whole point of having the party was so that the orphans and the Vancouver children could mix. Marilyn even tells her father later that the party wasn't a success.
Text to Self: This reminds me of my friend Nina's twelfth birthday party last year. She goes to the school I went to until grade three, and she is the one friend from that school I still see sometimes. But when I went to her party last yea, I realized I completely did not fit in anymore. Everyone was talking about people and things and events that I kew nothing about. I kept to the fringes of the party, not fully participating, because I just didn't know these people anymore.
Text to World: This is the sort of thing I imagine the Aboriginal people must of said to each other when explorers from Europe first came to North America. They must have thought that the clothes they wore were odd, and said things like this to their friends.
Text to Text: This quote reminds me of a short story I read, Eating at the End-of-the-World-Cafe. In this story, everyone lives in this huge city, which is centred around the "Pit". You never really know what the "Pit" is, except that it's supposedly really horrible and people work there. At one point, a man who works there walks into a cafe, and instantly everything is quiet and people start whispering uncomfortably. He sits down away from everyone else and everyone ignores him after that. This seems a lot like the situation the newcomers find themselves in at Barbara's party.
Picture Number Two- Max
This picture shows him looking away into the distance, and I chose this picture because it seems like Max is always still looking for something; he doesn't know his parents re never coming back and thinks they will, so really in the story he is looking for something that isn't there. This picture shows him looking thoughtful and alone, and he also looks younger than many of the others. You can tell in the book that he is younger because of the way Kurt warns him about the doctor,and he is quite quiet in the book. This picture shows that.
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