Project Mulberry – Chapter Notes Chapter 1 Julia Song is a seventh grade girl who lives with her mother, father, and seven-year-old brother, Kenny. They are a Korean American family, but Julia does not like the traditional Korean dish, Kimchee. Besides the flavor, it has a strong odor, and in the past, Julia’s friends insisted upon playing outdoors to avoid the smell. When her family moved to Plainfield, she met Patrick; he loved the taste and smell of Kimchee. They became fast friends and decided to join the Wiggle (Work-Grow-Give-Live) Club and do a project together.
When she was younger, her and her family would sit around the Christmas tree and drink hot chocolate. During thanks giving time Melinda made a tree with left over turkey bones to symbolize thanks giving and how hers went. In conclusion Melinda makes all these different tree which symbolize her personality. They also symbolize all the different all the different season of to what happens to her. In my opinion I think that is good because Melinda is symbolizing herself and how she feels.
The weather may be cold and gloomy but the spirit of the people during Christmas overcomes the climate with their cheerfulness and their bright happy hearts! 5. During the era of dickens’ day, Christmas had a deeper meaning; people coming together despite their poor ways of living and uniting as a community and family to celebrate in their best clothes
Bob's Variety Store is many things to its customers, but in the spring, it is Mother's Day Central, with potted miniature roses, geraniums, lupines and daisies waiting to honor mothers. "I enjoy watching the people pick out flowers for their mothers or bring them in and let them choose," said co owner Sue Klingenberg, who opened the store 40 years ago with her husband, Bob. Swtor2credits summer promo:Buy swtor credits to get extra 5% free
The Innocent Envy Kaymond Carver’s “Neighbors” begins with a comparison between two couples and their lives. In the comparison, it is clearly seen that there is a different relationship between two families; the economical gap between two couples make the life of Stones’ life not other than dreaming of Millers’ life that is “fuller and brighter life” (17) to them. The absence of Millers on a vacation gives a chance to experience their neighbor’s sparkling life as they have the key to water the flowers and feed the kitty. On account of that they have longed such a wonderful life, they try to do whatever they are able to do in that period. This behavior is caused by the economical cliff between these families.
Discussion Questions Pages 99 - 122 1. Granma does little things to show Little Tree that she loves him. When cooking fritters, how does Granma demonstrate her love? She intentionally added sugar to the fritters. Making LT think that it was by accident; because she knows that LT like it.
Her mother holding a baby in her arms, while he father and other stays together to keep warm, and eager to count the earnings from the years harvest. “Lalu, tossing the baby triumphantly, followed by her father, mother, and brother into the kitchen.” (Pg.15) This was a home for Lalu that she always wanted. Her dream was to be with her family, and be able to help out her father. Polly's first home, China was where her dreams were possible;e and she was happy with her
Perhaps glad to know that his world isn’t the only one crumbling around him. Despite the different approaches to handle their situations or just navigating life, one constant remains for both of these individuals. As both individuals struggle to adjust to their new lives, one thing remains constant to them, their family understands what they are going through and all they can do is be there in support. The young woman in “Snapping Beans” explains: “We snapped beans into the silver bowl between us and when a hickory leaf, still summer green, skidded onto the porchfront, Grandma said, It’s funny how things blow loose like that” (40-44). Even though the young woman wants to tell her grandma about everything, she doesn’t have to.
When the speaker says, “Fifty springs are little too room”, (8) the writing gives a tone and a sense of hurriedness to the reader. “About the woodlands I go/To see the cherry hung with snow” (7-8). These two lines are parallel to the first stanza. The speaker is declaring that he will go both in the spring and in the winter. The fact that the speaker is seeing the cherry trees more often helps Housman’s idea that a person should see his/her favorite items more than once in the short amount of time left.
In the last stanza the wife is shown to be reminiscing about how and when they had first arrived. “She held out her hands bright with berries, the first of the season and said, make a wish Tom, make a wish”. This quote initially creates a sense of hope and happiness and seems to emphasises their hopes of change and being able to move on from their past life but is then compared to and highlights the melancholy feeling created by the father’s recent notion to leave and once again start a new life somewhere