Tuesday

Journal Entry 4

Pages 111-141

5 comments
  • 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.

No comments: