Falling Leaves Chapter 5

5 Comments
1] The family gradually increased because Niang and Joseph wanted children.


2] The Japanese were taking uncomfortably closer looks at Josephs books, deciding to want him with their company.


3] Joseph sometimes worried the family by having many sleepless nights and one time going to the post office and never returned home.


4] Adeline's grandmother died, it seems like the family was going through a hard time with all of these deaths.

5] After this chapter, many tragedies happened.

4 Questions
1] Why didn't Joseph attend his mothers funeral?

2] Did the book "Lengend of the Monkey King" came out back then too?

3] Why did Niang favor her two own children Franklin and Susan more than the rest of her family?

4] Was Josephs mother a big impact or important eprson in his life?

3 Vocabulary
1] Endeared: to make beloved or very sympathetic.

2] Rickshaw: 1887, shortened form of jinrikisha, popularized by Kipling, from Japanese jin "a man" + riki "power" + sha "carriage."

3] Ruse: a trick, stratagem, or artifice.

2 Literary Terms
1] "Ye-Ye carried on with this life and death charade for a few months." Metaphor

2] "..then give me a resounding slap.." - Metaphor

1 Overview Sentence
In this chapter, Adeline talks about her childhood memories up until the point where her grandmother died and her family beginning to fall apart.