Lit. Lum. Post#6-MEAGAN B.

3/15/2010

page#91 passage#1

It's Saturday. Outside it's cloudy and cold. The sky's still that weird silver-gray, the way it never got in Denver. I am fourteen today. [.....] When the corner guys hanging out say Hey Neckbone to me, their voices have something else to them. Sometimes they even whisper C'mon over here in a way that makes me walk faster past them.

Compared to the nice views she had back in Denver, with the mountains and lakes/ponds (I think there are those things ... right???), the area where Toswiah lives now is a bit depressing actually if you think of it. Now what she has to see everyday is dark skies. I am sure if she had been moved to a nicer place with her family she might now be so home sick. Also the guys on the corner of the block seem to be getting more troublesome it seems. You can see that Toswiah is having more to worry about. The atmosphere is tense and the vibe being given off is very negative.

Do you think it will be getting any better for Toswiah or it will just be getting worse?

Lit Lum Post#5-MEAGAN B.

3/12/2010

page#59 paragraph#5

The men were quiet, tall. One black. One white. When Cameron asked where the next place was, the men said it was too unsafe too tell us. We climbed into a van with blacked-out windows. Matt Cat had gone to live with grandma two days before. But as the van rumbled off, I swore I could hear him howling.

You can totally imagine Toswiah and her family getting taken away. Her and her sister totally oblivious on what in the world is going on and their parents not even saying a thing. Their past life getting cut off so quick with out even a moment to remember it. They had to get a new home with new names. It had to be difficult since the thoughts and memories of her grandmother and Matt Cat was still fresh in her head. 

How do you think you would feel in this situation that Toswiah is in at this moment?

Meagan Betances

Lit Lum Post#4-MEAGAN B.

3/11/2010

page#21 paragraph#4 

"Look at these hands," she said, holding out her hands to show us the way the veins pushed up against her dark skin. "These hands belong to an old lady. At night, my teeth go in a glass and the arthritis feels like it wants to get the best of me. Denver's the only place I've ever lived. And I never planned on not dying here."

Reading this makes me picture the old wrinkly saggy skinned hands of the elderly people I see. And when she talked about butting her teeth in a cup I pictured my grandfathers dentures (way back when he was alive) in the bathroom in a glass cup of water. I truly think the author put this in because it makes the reader think of there own grandparent(s) and what emotions they would get if they where in this situation. What emotions they would see in there grandmothers/grandfathers face.

Did you picture your grandparent(s) while reading this paragraph?

literary Something Post#3-MEAGAN B.

3/10/2010

Page#13 paragraph#3

Imagine your best friend's smile, how you remember it from its front-teeth-missing days till this moment. A year after the braces have come off and she finally learned how to comb that mass of hair. The boys falling over themselves for her. Her name is Lulu.

I totally understand what Toswiah meant with this paragraph. How you can see a friend grow but at the same time not change. You still love them and understand them the same way you always have. You can see them standing in front of you. The present version and the one that is still in your memories.

What did you think when you saw this passage? Did you think of a friend of yours?

Literary Something Post#2-MEAGAN B.

3/9/2010

page#9 paragraph#1-

There is a song that goes ALL THAT YOU HAVE IS YOUR SOUL. The singer has this tragic, low voice---like the way someone sounds right after they've been crying for a long time---and she sings the line over and over again until way deep in your heart you believe it's true.

It IS true.

(I drew a picture for this one two. If you dont think my written description of my view on the paragraph wasnt well enough I can add the picture so you can see what I was trying to say.)

Toswiah is effected by the song she has heard and feels its penetrating meaning. She believes it has to do with herself and her situation. I can just imagine her sitting there next to the radio listening to the singer and the lyrics she cries out. Pain from the song is being transfered over to her heart and mind. 

How do you think the song was effecting Toswiah? Do you think it had a lot of significance.

Literary Something Post#1-MEAGAN B.

(Sorry I dont remember what my name is called.)

3/8/2010

page#2 paragraph#2

She smiles. She has a pretty smile---her face opens up around it and her dark eyes dance. [.....] She is brown---all-over brown---hair, eyes, skin. So brown the youngest daughter used to say, "I can eat you like a chocolate bar, Ma," which made mother laugh. Her mother's brown reminds her of everything she loves: Chocolate. Dark wool. The smell of the earth. Trees.

I JUST ADDED A PICTURE TO HELP FILL UP SPACE AND GET THE BLOG STARTED LOOKING PRETTY. I AM NOT THE ILLUSTRATOR.

From this passage it is obvious for me to see that these girls love their mother and find her beautiful. The way they describe her to be so wonderful in all her feature. Not just in personality but also fiscal appearance. The daughters loved her and so did everyone else who knew her (and even though her husband wasnt mentioned in this paragraph i am sure he feels the same way if not more). She was very popular in that sense. Her daughters felt their world revolved around there mother since their mother was pretty much everything to them. She reminded them of everything that was sweet and meaningful. 

Did you guys think that the mother was described as a beautiful person?

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