'"This doctor is a real though one." The elder boy was still warning Max. "Operates strictly by the rules. Flat feet, you're out. A suspicious cough means tuberculosis to these guys, so choke back any coughs or sneezes."'
I chose this quote because it introduces Kurt and Max and describes how hard it was to get into Canada. At the beginning of the story, it's all about getting to Canada, so I picked this quote because it helps express that difficulty and their hopes that they would make it. Kurt later gives an example of how difficult it is to get into Canada when he tells Max the story about the boy who wasn't allowed passage because he failed the reading test.
Text to Self: When Kurt was going on about everything Max should and should not do when he was with the doctor, it reminded me of myself, going on and on to my younger siblings about things I know they don't understand. I imagined Max with the same bewildered look they get when I do this.
Text to World: Kurt makes it sound pretty much impossible to pass all the tests, and there are a lot of things that come to mind which seem nearly impossible, or like there are so many restrictions it seems like there's nothing you can actually do. Or it seems like every time you come up with a solution, it creates another problem. I thought of global warming, and how people have come up with so many different ways to solve it, yet they all harm the environment in some other way.
Text to Text: It was very difficult to get into Canada, but over one thousand children did make it, so it certainly wasn't impossible. This reminds me of a book I read called Squire, by Tamora Pierce, in which a girl named Keladry is training to become a knight. The final step before knighthood was the Chamber of the Ordeal, which made you live through your worst nightmares. If you could survive that, you could become a knight. It seemed impossible to live through, yet nearly everyone made it through. It seemed like there was no to be allowed to come to Canada, but many children did.
Text to Self: When Kurt was going on about everything Max should and should not do when he was with the doctor, it reminded me of myself, going on and on to my younger siblings about things I know they don't understand. I imagined Max with the same bewildered look they get when I do this.
Text to World: Kurt makes it sound pretty much impossible to pass all the tests, and there are a lot of things that come to mind which seem nearly impossible, or like there are so many restrictions it seems like there's nothing you can actually do. Or it seems like every time you come up with a solution, it creates another problem. I thought of global warming, and how people have come up with so many different ways to solve it, yet they all harm the environment in some other way.
Text to Text: It was very difficult to get into Canada, but over one thousand children did make it, so it certainly wasn't impossible. This reminds me of a book I read called Squire, by Tamora Pierce, in which a girl named Keladry is training to become a knight. The final step before knighthood was the Chamber of the Ordeal, which made you live through your worst nightmares. If you could survive that, you could become a knight. It seemed impossible to live through, yet nearly everyone made it through. It seemed like there was no to be allowed to come to Canada, but many children did.
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ReplyDeleteWhat a perceptive look at the beginning of the story. Through Kurt and Max we begin to understand a very different time. Your organized and comprehensive reflections through text to self, world, and text demonstrate the depth and breadth of your understanding of the situations of these war orphans.
Mrs.B