Level 2: Compare what it was like to be an interracial couple back then to current times, what do you think triggered that type of revolution?
Level 3: Imagine that you were in James shoes as a man who is seeking out his mothers past in a tiny town. Where would you even start? Do you think Aubrey would be much help in your case?
Response to your Level 3 question: If I was in James' shoes I would start by asking around if anyone in the town knew Ruth's parents. I think Aubrey would be very helpful because she gave James a lot of information about Ruth's parents.
Hey Hannah! I have a response to your level 2: I think that back then an interracial couple was out of the ordinary, different, and therefore "dangerous" or "bad." Now, it's not really that out of the ordinary, and now, "different" is the new "normal." It's accepted now, and people think, "Well, love is love." When its I accepted nowadays, it's heresy. However, living in the 40's and 50's, a heresy would be that it is accepted.
Level 2 question- Explain why you think that Ruth was so fussy/picky about where she wanted to be buried? Do you think Ruth doesn't want to discuss her final wishes or is it something else that could be bothering her?
Level 3 question- Imagine if you were James' mom. How would you feel about James's consistent job-hopping? Do you think he would be taking advantage of his writing opportunities? Would you support his endless search to "find himself"? Would you be jealous that James is continuously making good money even after quitting and quitting?
-Haley @Aissa in response to your level 3 If I were Jame's mom I would be very upset about Jame's job-hopping. As a mother who grew up poor and lived poor I would be terrified of my kids having to do the same. I would want him to be as well off as he could be and each time he quits a job he seems to get father and father away from that. I would support him finding himself but I would like it if he could be in a job while doing that.
- Aissa @hannah in reply to your level 2 question...
Well to be an interracial couple then was unaccepted in society. It was like you had no choice but to stay with your own race. In the south, segregation did heavily influence people's choice for love. It's disgusting that people thought that they were somehow superior and didn't ever want to condescend to being with a black person. It was considered trashy. Sometimes it still is today. I do believe the Civil Rights Movement in the late 1960's triggered more interracial marriages. When people started to integrate most realized, love is love. And today interracial marriages are a lot more common, a lot more accepted but there will always still be ignorant people out there. "See, a marriage needs love. And God. And a little money. That's all. The rest you cant deal with. It's not about black or white." (McBride 232) It has always been like this, it has just been people's perspective that changed over the years.
-Hannah @Aissa in reply to your level two question:
If I were ruth I would feel very sad and emotional talking about my death, especially with someone I loved, like a child. Maybe the place where she was buried held a strong memory, like being with her dead grandmother there. I don't think that Ruth would like to talk about her death because she's already a person who keeps to themselves, especially with her past.
Level 2 - Analyze this quote (McBride 269) "For her, her Jewish side is gone. She opened the door for me but closed it for herself long ago, and for her to crack it open and peek inside was like eating fire." What do you think James meant by this? Level 3 - Imagine if you were James, and you had lived the life he did; how would you conclude this memoir/autobiography?
@Ashlyn's level two question: I believe the quote was saying that Ruth had to put the past behind her to continue to live in the present which was opening the door for James and closed it for herself. And for Ruth this meant putting being Jewish behind her, because she related so many bad memoirs to it like her father not caring for her mother, or leaving behind her sister. The part in the quote where it says that it would be like eating fire if you took a peek was saying that if you made her open up her past to you, you would not only rekindle some of the emotion but also get a since of what she went through and that would be like eating fire. -Grace
@aissa level 3 - If I was Ruth and my son was making good money and doing something he loved I think I would be against James' job-hopping. I would be against it because Ruth grew up with so little but James is making good money and is taking it for granted. Yes I think he is taking advantage of his writing skills because most people that quit a job don't usually get it back so quickly. Being able to do that means James must have been really good at journalism, so quitting and restarting his job every few months in my opinion is crazy and defiantly unfair/taking advantage. If I was Ruth, I think I would kind of be in favor of James "finding himself" however if it meant job-hopping so much I wouldn't agree. I would be very proud of James for having such good journalism skills and making such good money but I don't think I would be jealous because that's nit how Ruth's character is. I think she would be more upset with him.
Level 2: Imagine what it's like being a mixed child during the civil rights moment. How would that affect your view of yourself and of your parents? Level 3: Do you think that the reason Ruth has been in the process of moving for ten years straight (McBride 268) is because she has never had a place where she truly felt at home? Why or why not? Haley
Here's my questions!! Level 2: Why was Ruth hesitant to go to David Preston's Jewish wedding? What makes you think that?
Level 3: Infer how hearing the story Ruth told James would change his life. Does it make much of a difference in his way of life? Does it clear anything up? Explain why you made that inference and use textual evidence if necessary.
Level two question: What was the main purpose of adding the epilogue to the end of the book and why? How did it affect the final outcome of the book?
Level three question: Defend James' choices when it came to quitting his jobs, going into music, then back into writing and so forth. Were his decisions acceptable, or was his mother right when he said he should stick with one job and why?
Level 2: Speculate why Ruth didn't know exactly where she wanted, but knew where she didn't what to be buried, do you think it could be related to having a past were she almost was always running or jumping to the next thing.
Level 3: Imagine that you had just found you father's briefcase filled with paperwork and notebooks that were filled with sermons and Bible verses for the church he was going to build from the ground up. Also how would you feel knowing that he never saw the church prosper into what it is now. - Grace
@Reagan answer to your level two question: I think that Ruth was hesitant to go to David's wedding because it brought back memories from her wedding with Dennis. She and Dennis had gotten married in a Christian church, and seeing a Jewish wedding might make her feel uneasy because she is being pulled between the two of them since she was raised Jewish. Another reason she might have felt hesitant is because the wedding might remind her of Dennis.
Level I: Why did the new minister at New Brown Memorial church take down the picture of Dennis and not welcome Ruth? Level II: "I had a little bump on my face and she made me see this fancy doctor. Now I gotta wear this dumb hat all the time. It makes me look like a rooster." (McBride 260) Why do you think Ruth said this?
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ReplyDeleteLevel 2: Compare what it was like to be an interracial couple back then to current times, what do you think triggered that type of revolution?
Level 3: Imagine that you were in James shoes as a man who is seeking out his mothers past in a tiny town. Where would you even start? Do you think Aubrey would be much help in your case?
Response to your Level 3 question: If I was in James' shoes I would start by asking around if anyone in the town knew Ruth's parents. I think Aubrey would be very helpful because she gave James a lot of information about Ruth's parents.
DeleteHey Hannah! I have a response to your level 2:
DeleteI think that back then an interracial couple was out of the ordinary, different, and therefore "dangerous" or "bad." Now, it's not really that out of the ordinary, and now, "different" is the new "normal." It's accepted now, and people think, "Well, love is love." When its I accepted nowadays, it's heresy. However, living in the 40's and 50's, a heresy would be that it is accepted.
Hey yall!
ReplyDeleteLevel 2 question- Explain why you think that Ruth was so fussy/picky about where she wanted to be buried? Do you think Ruth doesn't want to discuss her final wishes or is it something else that could be bothering her?
Level 3 question- Imagine if you were James' mom. How would you feel about James's consistent job-hopping? Do you think he would be taking advantage of his writing opportunities? Would you support his endless search to "find himself"? Would you be jealous that James is continuously making good money even after quitting and quitting?
-Aissa
-Haley @Aissa in response to your level 3
DeleteIf I were Jame's mom I would be very upset about Jame's job-hopping. As a mother who grew up poor and lived poor I would be terrified of my kids having to do the same. I would want him to be as well off as he could be and each time he quits a job he seems to get father and father away from that. I would support him finding himself but I would like it if he could be in a job while doing that.
- Aissa @hannah in reply to your level 2 question...
ReplyDeleteWell to be an interracial couple then was unaccepted in society. It was like you had no choice but to stay with your own race. In the south, segregation did heavily influence people's choice for love. It's disgusting that people thought that they were somehow superior and didn't ever want to condescend to being with a black person. It was considered trashy. Sometimes it still is today. I do believe the Civil Rights Movement in the late 1960's triggered more interracial marriages. When people started to integrate most realized, love is love. And today interracial marriages are a lot more common, a lot more accepted but there will always still be ignorant people out there. "See, a marriage needs love. And God. And a little money. That's all. The rest you cant deal with. It's not about black or white." (McBride 232) It has always been like this, it has just been people's perspective that changed over the years.
-Hannah @Aissa in reply to your level two question:
ReplyDeleteIf I were ruth I would feel very sad and emotional talking about my death, especially with someone I loved, like a child. Maybe the place where she was buried held a strong memory, like being with her dead grandmother there. I don't think that Ruth would like to talk about her death because she's already a person who keeps to themselves, especially with her past.
Level 2 - Analyze this quote (McBride 269) "For her, her Jewish side is gone. She opened the door for me but closed it for herself long ago, and for her to crack it open and peek inside was like eating fire." What do you think James meant by this?
ReplyDeleteLevel 3 - Imagine if you were James, and you had lived the life he did; how would you conclude this memoir/autobiography?
-Ashlyn Riley
@Ashlyn's level two question: I believe the quote was saying that Ruth had to put the past behind her to continue to live in the present which was opening the door for James and closed it for herself. And for Ruth this meant putting being Jewish behind her, because she related so many bad memoirs to it like her father not caring for her mother, or leaving behind her sister. The part in the quote where it says that it would be like eating fire if you took a peek was saying that if you made her open up her past to you, you would not only rekindle some of the emotion but also get a since of what she went through and that would be like eating fire.
Delete-Grace
@aissa level 3 - If I was Ruth and my son was making good money and doing something he loved I think I would be against James' job-hopping. I would be against it because Ruth grew up with so little but James is making good money and is taking it for granted. Yes I think he is taking advantage of his writing skills because most people that quit a job don't usually get it back so quickly. Being able to do that means James must have been really good at journalism, so quitting and restarting his job every few months in my opinion is crazy and defiantly unfair/taking advantage. If I was Ruth, I think I would kind of be in favor of James "finding himself" however if it meant job-hopping so much I wouldn't agree. I would be very proud of James for having such good journalism skills and making such good money but I don't think I would be jealous because that's nit how Ruth's character is. I think she would be more upset with him.
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Level 2: Imagine what it's like being a mixed child during the civil rights moment. How would that affect your view of yourself and of your parents?
ReplyDeleteLevel 3: Do you think that the reason Ruth has been in the process of moving for ten years straight (McBride 268) is because she has never had a place where she truly felt at home? Why or why not?
Haley
Here's my questions!!
ReplyDeleteLevel 2: Why was Ruth hesitant to go to David Preston's Jewish wedding? What makes you think that?
Level 3: Infer how hearing the story Ruth told James would change his life. Does it make much of a difference in his way of life? Does it clear anything up? Explain why you made that inference and use textual evidence if necessary.
Level two question: What was the main purpose of adding the epilogue to the end of the book and why? How did it affect the final outcome of the book?
ReplyDeleteLevel three question: Defend James' choices when it came to quitting his jobs, going into music, then back into writing and so forth. Were his decisions acceptable, or was his mother right when he said he should stick with one job and why?
Level 2: Speculate why Ruth didn't know exactly where she wanted, but knew where she didn't what to be buried, do you think it could be related to having a past were she almost was always running or jumping to the next thing.
ReplyDeleteLevel 3: Imagine that you had just found you father's briefcase filled with paperwork and notebooks that were filled with sermons and Bible verses for the church he was going to build from the ground up. Also how would you feel knowing that he never saw the church prosper into what it is now.
- Grace
@Reagan answer to your level two question: I think that Ruth was hesitant to go to David's wedding because it brought back memories from her wedding with Dennis. She and Dennis had gotten married in a Christian church, and seeing a Jewish wedding might make her feel uneasy because she is being pulled between the two of them since she was raised Jewish. Another reason she might have felt hesitant is because the wedding might remind her of Dennis.
ReplyDeleteLevel I: Why did the new minister at New Brown Memorial church take down the picture of Dennis and not welcome Ruth?
ReplyDeleteLevel II: "I had a little bump on my face and she made me see this fancy doctor. Now I gotta wear this dumb hat all the time. It makes me look like a rooster." (McBride 260) Why do you think Ruth said this?