Sunday, February 8, 2009

Kindred pages 90-116

5 Comments:
1. While Dana was reading to Rufus, Mr. Weylin was listening to her read and he asked her if she would like for him to buy her from Kevin; she is still having problems with Mrs. Weylin.
2. Dana and Kevin had a talk about how they are in the middle of history and how many slaves do not know how to read; they wanted to teach them.
3. When Dana was reading to a slave named Nigel in the cookhouse, she got caught when she went in the house with the book; she began to feel like she was gooiing back home but Kevin might not have been with her.
4. The story went back to when Kevin and Dana got married and how both of their families were prejudiced and would not agree.
5. When Dana woke up she realized that Kevin was not with her and she prepared herself just in case Rufus called her back.

4 questions:
1. Why is everyone afraid of Mr. Weylin?
2. Why doesn't anyone like Mrs. Weylin?
3. Why do people discriminate against other races?
4. Why didn't Kevin go back with Dana?

3 Vocabulary Words:
1. incongruously(page 115) : out of keeping or place, inappropriate, unbecoming
2. sadistic(page 94): extreme cruelty
3. acclimatize(page 97): to acclimate

2 Literary Terms:
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1 Summary Sentence
While Kevin and Dana was away they learned a lot, when Dana came back she didn't have Kevin with her.

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