Friday, May 11, 2018

Friday, May 11


Final Exam: The Bean Trees; 50 Vocabulary--Norman Schur book

The Bean Trees
Reading Schedule. Be on the listed page for each of these dates:
May 14th  p. 46
May 16th  p. 71
May 18th  p. 102
May 21st  p. 146
May 23rd  p. 176
May 25th  p. 203
May 30th p. 254
June 1st p. 284
June 4th done

As  you read, find examples from the book that deal with the following three thematic topics:
The Quest--female version from 21st Century
1. When Missy leaves Pittman, she is on a journey to find who she really is. (page 16) "The second promise, the one that broke, had to do with where I would end up...And so what I promised myself is that I would drive west until my car stopped running, and there I would stay."
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3.
Equality
1. At the part of the book where she was looking for a job, she had expected the teacher to pick the girls who are rich enough to buy clothes or the other guy who were good at dissecting, however she was chosen only because she was the first one asked.
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3.  
Social Responsibility
1. She gets a job to not just support herself but also her mother
2.She takes in the Cherokee child
3. When she stops at the hotel she offers to work off whatever she can't pay off with money

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