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- Miriam still regrets having a baby because she could be going to school in america instead of taking care of a baby.
- Miriam lies in order to evade a bad confrontation with miss jones if she tells her that she was pregnant thats why she wasnt in school.
- Miriam dearly wants to go to school in america that she doesnt care if she has to start back at first grade.
- Miriam continues to regret the fact that she is a mother and she has to scrafice her education for her son.
- She keeps making these promises to go back to school, even though she knows the odds are against her favors of returning back to school now when she has a son to take care of.
4 Questions
- Is there such thing as adoption so that miriam can give her baby up?
- is it taboo to give a child up for adoption?
- Whey did they develope a Kentucky Fried Chicken in africa?
- Why doesnt gertrude think about herself when it comes to her happiness and the wellbeing of her son?
3 Vocabulary Words
- Prams ( 261)- A baby carriage.
- subdued(263)-quiet; inhibited; repressed; controlled
- curtailed (264)-To cut short or reduce
2 Literacy Techniques
- Personification (Pg 261) " The sky is threatening rain"
- Metaphor (Pg. 264)- 'fuel my determination to matriculate"
1 Sentence Summary
- Miriam accepts her responcibilies as a mother and then clears doubts about school so that she can do wha shat she always wanted to be and thats a nurse.
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