5 Comments
1] There was an argument and Mai had awoken to it.
2] Mrs. Bay and Mai's mother was arguing.
3] Uncle Michael is trying to help with the family situation.
4] Mai is worried for her mother because she does not want her to fall back in rehabilitation again.
5] Mai went to the library to learn more about her history : the Viet Nam war.
4 Questions
1] Did Uncle Michael recently immigrated to the U.S.?
2] Will they ever find her grandfather?
3] Is he even still alive?
4] How are they gonna find him now?
3 Vocabulary
1] Vicinity: the area or region near or about a place; surrounding district; neighborhood:
2] Unfettered: to release from fetters.
3] Dissolution: the act or process of resolving or dissolving into parts or elements.
2 Literary Terms
1] "A tender slice of sweet memory." -Metaphor.
2] "We tossed spirit money in the air." -Metaphor.
1 Overview
Although they haven't found her grandfather, Mai still doesn't lose hope and struggles to learn more about her past.
Monday, April 27, 2009
Monkey Bridge: Chapter 9
5 Comments
1] Mai's mother finally got to reunite with her father.
2] Mai;s mother thinks that Mai looses herself in her thinking.
3] In one of her mother's entries, Mai's mother talks about karma and genetics.
4] Mai seems very uncomfortable with her situation in life.
5] Baba Quan seemed to be lost somewhere in Viet Nam.
4 Questions
1] How did they find her (Mai's) grandfather?
2] Did they go to Vietnam to see him?
3] Did they bring him back to the U.S?
4] What was Mai's mothers reaction?
3 Vocabulary
1] Embargo: an order of a government prohibiting the movement of merchant ships into or out of its ports.
2] Nostalgia: a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life, to one's home or homeland, or to one's family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time: a nostalgia for his college days.
3] Incremental: something added or gained; addition; increase.
2 Literary Terms
1] "I could feel the pulsing of veins that usually precedes entry into a forbidden, private realm." -Metaphor.
2] "I continued my desire to probe for loose memory." -Metaphor.
1 Overview Sentence
Mai's mother didnt really reunite with her father. It was all in her head.
1] Mai's mother finally got to reunite with her father.
2] Mai;s mother thinks that Mai looses herself in her thinking.
3] In one of her mother's entries, Mai's mother talks about karma and genetics.
4] Mai seems very uncomfortable with her situation in life.
5] Baba Quan seemed to be lost somewhere in Viet Nam.
4 Questions
1] How did they find her (Mai's) grandfather?
2] Did they go to Vietnam to see him?
3] Did they bring him back to the U.S?
4] What was Mai's mothers reaction?
3 Vocabulary
1] Embargo: an order of a government prohibiting the movement of merchant ships into or out of its ports.
2] Nostalgia: a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life, to one's home or homeland, or to one's family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time: a nostalgia for his college days.
3] Incremental: something added or gained; addition; increase.
2 Literary Terms
1] "I could feel the pulsing of veins that usually precedes entry into a forbidden, private realm." -Metaphor.
2] "I continued my desire to probe for loose memory." -Metaphor.
1 Overview Sentence
Mai's mother didnt really reunite with her father. It was all in her head.
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