Monkey Bridge Chapter 5

5 Comments
1] Mai's mother said that Connecticut is not the safest place in America.
2] Mai tried to convince her mother to let her go to an American college.
3] In Vietnam, there were outdoor markets called "Sky Markets" that were vast and prosperous.
4] Vietnamese people back then were and are now obsessed with karma.
5] The vietnamese word for "please" as in "could you please," literally means "to make good karma."

4 Questions
1] What was the condition of Vietnam at the time that Mai and her mother was in the U.S?
2] How was it like for Mai to help her mother with daily tasks, like grocery shopping?
3] Where was Aunt Mary and Uncle Michael living now?
4] How long did it take Mai to learn English?

3 Vocabulary
1] Prestigious: indicative of or conferring prestige.
2] Meandered: To follow a winding and turning course.
3] Obsolete:
no longer in general use; fallen into disuse.

2 Literary terms
1] "I could see the moon etched against our windowpane, fat and full of milk." -Metaphor.
2] "It was as prestigious as a local scholar being admitted to the mandarin rank at the emporer's court." -Simile.

1 Overview Sentence
Mai recaps on the beginning events that took place when her and her mother first came to the U.S.