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- Papa now earns 5 rands a week, in now in which he then begins to gamble to earn more money.
- Jus find out that the reason why papa keeps drinking is becuase according to mama "he can't help it".
- Miriam wants to be a nurse when she gets older just like Mrs. Kobi because of the kind of lifestyle that she lives.
- Even the teachers are corrupted with greed becuase he takes money from the already impoverished students in his class.
- Mama and her family are so poor that in times of deperate need of care from a clinic they cannot afford to treat the bad wounds
4 Questions
- why doesn't the man come to the aid of Miriam when she is attacked by the Dog?
- If the dog is dangerous to people why are these specific elderly people able to handle this meab dog?
- Why would the uncle teach Miriam to do wrong against her christian beliefs in god?
- Why does The uncle force Miriam to partcipate in these bad actions knowing that she will get in deeply trouble with her parents and put her at a bad place with god?
3 Vocabulary Words
- Arbitrary (pg 114)- subject to individual will or judgment without restriction;
- Livid (pg 114)- having a discolored, bluish appearance caused by a bruise
- Pinion (pg 115)- to disable or restrain
2 Literacy Techniques
- Personification- " beat the shit out of me" (Pg. 115)
- Man vs Society- " I have a problem, because people keep calling me a coward" (Pg. 127)
1 Sentence Summary
- Miriam has chnages so dramatic that it changes her perpective on what kinds of decisions she makes there on after.
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