Falling Leaves Chapter 10

5 Comments
1] Ye Ye dressed in old fashioned chinese gowns and a skull cap.

2] Ye Ye developed diabetes in his last years.

3] Ye Ye had trouble walking and constantly slipped and fell.

4] Ye Ye died on March 27, 1952 from diabetes complications.

5] Aunt baba and Ye Ye never had a suitable marriage.

4 Questions
1] Why couldn't Father tell Aunt Baba in person himself that Ye Ye died?

2] Why did Father tell his employee to write a letter to Aunt Baba for him?

3] Why didn't Niang call for a doctor when she knew Ye Ye was sick?

4] How does the family cope afterwards?

3 Vocabulary
1] Repasts: A meal.

2] Loathing: Intense dislike.

3] Gesticulating: To gesture.

2 Literary Terms
1] "Each day passes like a year." -Metaphor.

2] "...as he swallowed his monotonous diet." -Metaphor.

1 Overview Sentence
Ye Ye died from diabetes on march 27, 1952.

Falling Leaves Chapter 9

5 Comments
1] Adeline had to stay at an orphange for a long time.

2] At the boarding school, sewing and such practical skills were taught.

3] In china, unwanted daughters were peddled as virtual slaves.

4] The orphanage was very orderly but very strict.

5] Adeline often looked out to the ocean from her barred window.

4 Questions
1] Why weren't the nuns as nice as they appeared to be?

2] Why didn't she ever have visits from her family?

3] Why did the other girls ridiculed her when they were also in the orphanage?

4] Why didn't her family ever send her anything?

3 Vocabulary
1] Commodity: Anything bought or sold.

2] Indelible: That cannot be erased, wasted out, etc.

3] Poignant: Painful to the feelings.

2 Literary Terms
1] "..just like being a nun, whether you wish to be holy or not." -Irony

2] "..Oracle across the ocean of time." -Metaphor.

1 Overview Sentence
Adeline is unhappy atthe orphanage but at least she does not have to put up with Niang.