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Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood by bell hooks

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Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood by bell hooks

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Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood by bell hooks

She was close to her brother. Not only were they just months apart in age, but they looked alike. They looked like twins even though he was older. Like twins they shared the same dreams and longings, the same devotion to one another. Strangely enough it was a ty that separated them, that forced upon them different roles, different identities. She remembered the toy - a bright red wagon. They shared possession of it but they had different roles in relationship to it. She was to ride in the red wagon and he was to pull it. She was to ride in it because she was a girl - a would-be princess whom some rich prince would come seeking, take away to his palace, and keep her there in splendor forever. He was to pill it because he was a boy - a would-be prince who would do all the hard work, slay the dragons, fight the slimy creatures, challenge the fat ugly men so that he could carry away the beautiful princess. He never carried her any further than the corner of the street and all the while he complained bitterly about how awful it was pulling her, how he wanted a turn sitting in the wagon. Sometimes he would cry - that was just how much he wanted to be pulled in the red wagon.

She did not mind pulling him. It was the grown-ups like Papa her great- grandfather who had trouble seeing her pull that big boy in the wagon. When they finally got daring enough to go around the corner he would immediately dump her out and demand that he be pulled. Her legs were short and far, his were long. She could not pull as fast as he wanted her to but he urged her on, watching with glee as the little fat legs struggled to move him, fast, faster, struggled to give him the fastest ride of them all. Her struggle to give him the fast ride made the boy happy, so happy that he never wanted to take turns. He only wanted her to pull and pull him. It was because of this that she began to assert get girl rights, to tell him that he was the boy and should pull her. He rarely listened so she would threaten to tell the grown ups. He would always say, Tell them, knowing all the time that she would not, that she hated to see him punished. If he was punished she would want to be punished, too; even if they would not punish her she would cry with him. Sometimes the father and the great- grandfather would find out that the boy rarely pulled the girl. They would stand towering over him speaking in harsh big voices, explaining that he was the boy and should do this, explaining to him that if he did not do what boys should do then they would take the toy away, give it to the girl only, not let them share it. She was always standing in the background listening - waiting to hear the boy tell her when they were alone that he hate, hate, hated her because she was a girl.

She grew up not remembering why the red wagon had been so important. She grew up and found that the red wagon of her memory had never existed. Going through boxes of old black-and-white photos, she found many of herself plump and unsmiling seated in a wheelbarrow with the boy-brother holding the ends as if at any moment he would dump her out. In the photos the boy looks very happy and self-important. She looks apprehensive, unsure. Seeing that the toy of her memory was a wheelbarrow she understood why there had always been bruises, dirty torn clothes. She had never understood why she would have fallen out of a wagon, but a wheelbarrow she could understand. She could understand the boy’s pleasure, his longing, his constant sorrow.

No one could tell her what happened to the red wheelbarrow. No one knew whether it was kept secret at the house of Papa the great-grandfather. They could not remember playing with it anywhere else. He lived on a side of town where there were sidewalks, maybe that is why they only played with it there, maybe it disappeared because of their constant fighting, because of the boy’s whining, maybe he made it disappear.

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Abigail M, Byrd, Guadalupe, Itzel, Mia, Evelyn, Helen, Diana

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Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood by bell hooks

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Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood by bell hooks

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Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood by bell hooks

She was close to her brother. Not only were they just months apart in age, but they looked alike. They looked like twins even though he was older. Like twins they shared the same dreams and longings, the same devotion to one another. Strangely enough it was a toy that separated them, that forced upon them different roles, different identities. She remembered the toy - a bright red wagon. They shared possession of it but they had different roles in relationship to it. She was to ride in the red wagon and he was to pull it. She was to ride in it because she was a girl - a would-be princess whom some rich prince would come seeking, take away to his palace, and keep her there in splendor forever. He was to pill it because he was a boy - a would-be prince who would do all the hard work, slay the dragons, fight the slimy creatures, challenge the fat ugly men so that he could carry away the beautiful princess. He never carried her any further than the corner of the street and all the while he complained bitterly about how awful it was pulling her, how he wanted a turn sitting in the wagon. Sometimes he would cry - that was just how much he wanted to be pulled in the red wagon.

She did not mind pulling him. It was the grown-ups like Papa her great- grandfather who had trouble seeing her pull that big boy in the wagon. When they finally got daring enough to go around the corner he would immediately dump her out and demand that he be pulled. Her legs were short and far, his were long. She could not pull as fast as he wanted her to but he urged her on, watching with glee as the little fat legs struggled to move him, fast, faster, struggled to give him the fastest ride of them all. Her struggle to give him the fast ride made the boy happy, so happy that he never wanted to take turns. He only wanted her to pull and pull him. It was because of this that she began to assert get girl rights, to tell him that he was the boy and should pull her. He rarely listened so she would threaten to tell the grown ups. He would always say, Tell them, knowing all the time that she would not, that she hated to see him punished. If he was punished she would want to be punished, too even if they would not punish her she would cry with him. Sometimes the father and the great- grandfather would find out that the boy rarely pulled the girl. They would stand towering over him speaking in harsh big voices, explaining that he was the boy and should do this, explaining to him that if he did not do what boys should do then they would take the toy away, give it to the girl only, not let them share it. She was always standing in the background listening - waiting to hear the boy tell her when they were alone that he hate, hate, hated her because she was a girl.

She grew up not remembering why the red wagon had been so important. She grew up and found that the red wagon of her memory had never existed. Going through boxes of old black-and-white photos, she found many of herself plump and unsmiling seated in a wheelbarrow with the boy-brother holding the ends as if at any moment he would dump her out. In the photos the boy looks very happy and self-important. She looks apprehensive, unsure. Seeing that the toy of her memory was a wheelbarrow she understood why there had always been bruises, dirty torn clothes. She had never understood why she would have fallen out of a wagon, but a wheelbarrow she could understand. She could understand the boy’s pleasure, his longing, his constant sorrow.

No one could tell her what happened to the red wheelbarrow. No one knew whether it was kept secret at the house of Papa the great-grandfather. They could not remember playing with it anywhere else. He lived on a side of town where there were sidewalks, maybe that is why they only played with it there, maybe it disappeared because of their constant fighting, because of the boy’s whining, maybe he made it disappear.

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Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood by bell hooks

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Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood by bell hooks

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Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood by bell hooks

She was close to her brother. Not only were they just months apart in age, but they looked alike. They looked like twins even though he was older. Like twins they shared the same dreams and longings, the same devotion to one another. Strangely enough it was a ty that separated them, that forced upon them different roles, different identities. She remembered the toy - a bright red wagon. They shared possession of it but they had different roles in relationship to it. She was to ride in the red wagon and he was to pull it. She was to ride in it because she was a girl - a would-be princess whom some rich prince would come seeking, take away to his palace, and keep her there in splendor forever. He was to pill it because he was a boy - a would-be prince who would do all the hard work, slay the dragons, fight the slimy creatures, challenge the fat ugly men so that he could carry away the beautiful princess. He never carried her any further than the corner of the street and all the while he complained bitterly about how awful it was pulling her, how he wanted a turn sitting in the wagon. Sometimes he would cry - that was just how much he wanted to be pulled in the red wagon.

She did not mind pulling him. It was the grown-ups like Papa her great- grandfather who had trouble seeing her pull that big boy in the wagon. When they finally got daring enough to go around the corner he would immediately dump her out and demand that he be pulled. Her legs were short and far, his were long. She could not pull as fast as he wanted her to but he urged her on, watching with glee as the little fat legs struggled to move him, fast, faster, struggled to give him the fastest ride of them all. Her struggle to give him the fast ride made the boy happy, so happy that he never wanted to take turns. He only wanted her to pull and pull him. It was because of this that she began to assert get girl rights, to tell him that he was the boy and should pull her. He rarely listened so she would threaten to tell the grown ups. He would always say, Tell them, knowing all the time that she would not, that she hated to see him punished. If he was punished she would want to be punished, too; even if they would not punish her she would cry with him. Sometimes the father and the great- grandfather would find out that the boy rarely pulled the girl. They would stand towering over him speaking in harsh big voices, explaining that he was the boy and should do this, explaining to him that if he did not do what boys should do then they would take the toy away, give it to the girl only, not let them share it. She was always standing in the background listening - waiting to hear the boy tell her when they were alone that he hate, hate, hated her because she was a girl.

She grew up not remembering why the red wagon had been so important. She grew up and found that the red wagon of her memory had never existed. Going through boxes of old black-and-white photos, she found many of herself plump and unsmiling seated in a wheelbarrow with the boy-brother holding the ends as if at any moment he would dump her out. In the photos the boy looks very happy and self-important. She looks apprehensive, unsure. Seeing that the toy of her memory was a wheelbarrow she understood why there had always been bruises, dirty torn clothes. She had never understood why she would have fallen out of a wagon, but a wheelbarrow she could understand. She could understand the boy’s pleasure, his longing, his constant sorrow.

No one could tell her what happened to the red wheelbarrow. No one knew whether it was kept secret at the house of Papa the great-grandfather. They could not remember playing with it anywhere else. He lived on a side of town where there were sidewalks, maybe that is why they only played with it there, maybe it disappeared because of their constant fighting, because of the boy’s whining, maybe he made it disappear.

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As we read a passage from Bone Black in our IFL Unit, we are going to come across many characters. Specifically we are going to look at the relationships between the characters and how those relationships change. Good readers are always tracking characters throughout a text they read. Using this Padlet, we are going to keep track of what we learn about our characters and their realtionships based on these changes.

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Look over this list if you need help finding a word for your response. Do your best to avoid the words in bold; rather, look for one of the words below the bold/underlined word, and see which specific vocabulary term best describes the character.

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Keyler, Marlon, Christopher, Christian,

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Daniel, Anthony, Alvey, Antonio, Mary

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One new thing I learned about ___ (character's name) is...

In the text it states, "__".

The author included this information about the character because...

If we didn't know this information about the character, the story would be different because...

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One new thing I learned about Papa and the Great Grand Father is controlling over little kids roles and put ideas in their heads.

In the text it states, " They would stand towering over him speaking in harsh big voices, explaining that he was the boy and should do this, explaining to him that if he did not do what boys should do then they would take the toy away, give it to the girl ".

The author included this information about the character  so the readers wouldn't wonder how the kids learned what roles boys and girls should do and what they shouldn't.

If we didn't know this information about the character, the story would be different because the father and Grand Father would have not told the kids about gender roles so the kids would have been sharing and not claiming roles in the game making them not to hate each other.

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One new thing I learned about the father and the great grandfather is that they both force the kids to persuade (or more like force ) these roles assigned because of their gender .
In the text it states, "she was to ride in the red wagon and he was to pull it. She was to ride in it because she was a girl - a would-be princess whom some rich prince would come seeking, take away to his palace, and keep her there in splendor forever. He was to pull it because he was a boy - a would-be prince who would do all the hard work, slay the dragons, fight the slimy creatures, challenge the fat ugly men so that he could carry away the beautiful princess. .
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They would stand towering over him speaking in harsh big voices, explaining that he was the boy and should do this, explaining to him that if he did not do what boys should do then they would take the toy away, give it to the girl only, not let them share it.

The author included this information about the character because it can tell us the importance on how views on different genders affects how that person acts and how they are supposed to act according to society  .

If we didn't know this information about the character, the story would be different because we would not know how the father and great grandfather views affected these kids ( the whole passage ) and how because of this toy and the adults their views on a toy that was just supposed to be something that they both play with but with the adults they make this toy have much more meaning than its supposed to have and how their views affected their relationship

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One new thing I learned about bell hooks is that in her  Memories she remembered that she was always happy riding on the red wagon but when she was looking in the old photos she was not smiling she just look unhappy

In the text it states, "Going through boxes of old black-and-white photos, she found many of herself plump and unsmiling seated in a wheelbarrow with the boy-brother holding the ends as if at any moment he would dump her out. In the photos the boy looks very happy and self-important.".

The author included this information about the character because she wanted us to know that the things that she remembered were not real the wagon was just in she imagination.

If we didn't know this information about the character, the story would be different because we would just think that the boy was never happy but in the photos it said it showed that he was smiling.

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One new thing I learned about the (father and great - grandfather is that) is they seperated the brother and sister becuase they putted gender roles in them while playing.

In the text it states, "Sometimes the father and the great- grandfather would find out that the boy rarely pulled the girl. They would stand towering over him speaking in harsh big voices, explaining that he was the boy and should do this, explaining to him that if he did not do what boys should do then they would take the toy away, give it to the girl only, not let them share it".

The author included this information about the character  so us readers wouldn't be wonedring how the brother and sister learned what roles boys and girls should do and what they shouldn't. beucase of who they are

If we didn't know this information about the character, the story would be a lot different because the father and Grand Father would have not told the kids about gender roles so the kids would have been sharing tthe wheelbarrow and not finght for who sit's in it and who pulls

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One new thing I learned about the girl is that the she is feeling discombobulated in the future. She was feeling this way because she was going through the mandala effect. She remembered the wagon incorrectly, and it was actually a wheelbarrow. In the text it states, "She grew up not remembering why the red wagon had been so important. She grew up and found that the red wagon of her memory had never existed." The author included this information about the character because everyone goes through the effect. Looking at an old photo could lead to some memories you don't want, or do want to remember. She imagined the wagon incorrectly and never remembered a wheelbarrow. If we didn't know this information about the character, the story would be different because we wouldn't know/understand her current situation, and we wouldn't know how she is currently. What if she never got away from him? What is he's still too angry at her? She could still be with him, he could be planning something, and we wouldn't know at all.

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One new thing i learned about the brother is that he was satisfied when she pulled him and never wanted to take turns.
In the text it says ¨ ¨

The author included this information about the character because they had gender roles where the boy/prince had to be in charge and slay dragons and take care of the princess/girl and the girls/princess role is to do nothing and let the prince do everything.

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One new thing I learned about the brother is that he would dump his sister in the corner of street when no one was looking around.

In The Text it says ¨ ¨

In the text it states, "When they finally got daring enough to go around the corner he would immediately dump her out and demand that he would be pulled."

The author included this information about the character in order to show that he really wanted to be pulled, and the hatred he showed towards his sister.

If we didn't know this information about the character, the story would be different because we would still think the siblings had a strong relationship, or we would think that the brother did nothing in order for him to get pulled.

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One new thing i learned about the brother is that there was a toy that seperated with his sister and made them have a gender role and the boy had to do the hard work and become the prince and slay the dragon.
In the text it states, "Strangely it was a toy that seperated them, that forced upon them different roles, different identities".
The author included this information about the character because there saying that the toy was the reason that it gave them the gender roles if it wasnt given to them the boy wouldnt have to hate the girl.
If we didnt know this information about the character, the story would be different because we wouldnt know what was the reason that they seperated and the reason they had to have these gender roles.

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One new thing i learned about the boy is that he was very rude to his sister and always complained about he wanted to be pulled
in the text it states "he complained bitterly about how awful it was pulling her, how he wanted a turn sitting in the wagon. sometimes he would cry that was just how much he wanted to be pulled in the red wagon"
the author included this information about the character because so we can know what type of person the boy was and how much he hated his sister.

if we didn't know this information about the character, the story would be different because then this wouldn't make sense on why the girl was always sad and scared.

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One new thing I learned about the father and grandfather is that they put gender roles on the siblings which caused the siblings bond to fall apart. In the text it states, "They would stand towering over him speaking in harsh big voices,  explaining that he was the boy and should do this, explaining to him that if he did not do what boys should do they would take the toy away, give it to the girl only, not let them share it. " The author included this information about these two characters because it tells us how the two siblings were raised and why the girl was the one being the princess and the boy was the prince. It also shows how society puts gender roles on boys and girls, telling them the things they should and should not do because of their gender. If we didn't know this information about the characters, the story would be different because we wouldn't know why the two siblings were playing the way they were playing. And why the girl was the one who only got pushed and the boy wouldn't.

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One new thing I learn about Papa and the Great Grandfather is that they are controlling the kids based on their gender and telling them what to do and what not to do.

In the text it states " They would stand towering over him speaking in harsh big voices, explaining that he was the boy and should do this, explaining to him that if he did not do what boys should do then they would take the toy away, give it to the girl only, not let them share it.

The author included this information about the character because it shows that the father and great grand father makes it a big deal that boys have to pull the wagon for the girl and do other things.

If we didn't know this information about the character, the story would be different because we wouldn´t know what would happen if they didn´t follow the rules that and also wouldn´t know what were the father and great grand father would be doing would they be nice and play with them, would not care for them, hates them we wouldn´t know.

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One new thing I learned about the boy is that he is slick.
In  the text it states ''When they finally got daring enough to go around the corner he would immediately dump her out''
The author included this information about the character because it shows us how much he knows and hates his sister. What I mean is first he waits till they go around the corner to dump her out because then the dad and granddad cant see him do it and it also shows us his hatred towards her because he doesn't wait for her to get out he dumps her out.
If we didnt know this information about the character, the story would be different because he would just be a boy who hates the girl gender. We wouldnt know what he did about it and how he tried to get away with not pulling the wheelbarrow.

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One thing i learned about the brother is that he is satisfied when the sister pulls him but then he gets to comfortable and never wants to switch back to take turns with his sister.
In the text it says,¨he complained bitterly about how awful it was pulling her, how he wanted a turn sitting in the wagon. Sometimes he would cry - that was just how much he wanted to be pulled in the red wagon.¨
¨When they finally got daring enough to go around the corner he would immediately dump her out and demand that he be pulled. Her legs were short and far, his were long. She could not pull as fast as he wanted her to but he urged her on, watching with glee as the little fat legs struggled to move him, fast, faster, struggled to give him the fastest ride of them all. Her struggle to give him the fast ride made the boy happy, so happy that he never wanted to take turns. He only wanted her to pull and pull him.¨

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One new thing I learned about the boy is that  he is not allowed to be pulled in the wagon because he is a boy but when he gets in the corner he dumps the girl on the ground and demand her to push him. He gets happy when he sees her struggle to push him. In the text it states "  He was to pull it  because he was a boy—a would-be prince who would do all the hard work, slay the dragons, fight the slimy creatures, challenge the fat ugly men so that he could carry away the beautiful princess." It also states ¨When they finally got daring enough to go around the corner he would immediately dump her out and demand that he be pulled, Her legs  were short and fat, his were long. She could not pull as fast as he wanted her to but he urged her on, watching with glee as the little fat legs struggled to move him, fast, faster, struggled to give him the fastest ride of them all.  Her struggle to give him the fast ride made the boy happy, so happy that he never wanted to take turns. He only wanted her to pull and pull him.¨ If we didn't know this information about the character. The story would be different because we wouldn't know what he would do to her when the adults are not watching we also wouldn't know that he has to push her because he was a boy/ a would be prince.

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One new I learned about the Great grandfather and papa is that they where the ones who gave the kids gender roles.
In the text it says ¨Sometimes the father and the great- grandfather would find out that the boy rarely pulled the girl. They would stand towering over him speaking in harsh big voices, explaining that he was the boy and should do this, explaining to him that if he did not do what boys should do they would take the toy away, give it to the girl only, not let them share it. ¨
The author included this information about the character because it wants the reader to know that they didn't assign the gender roles themselves. There Papa and great grandfather gave them gender roles.
If we didn't know this information about the character, the story would be different because we would wonder if they assigned the gender roles themselves or if someone assigned it to them.

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one new thing i learned about the brother is how cruel he was to his sister.
In the text it states"when they finally git darling enough to go around the comer he would immediately dump her out"
the author included this information about the character because it shows how his relationship is with his sister.
if we didn't know this information about the character. the story would be different because we would't know about there relationship

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One new thing I learned about the sister is that she is kindhearted, even if her brother hates her, she still loves him.
In the text it states, "He rarely listened so she would threaten to tell the grown ups". "He would always say, tell them, knowing all the time that she would not, that she gated to see him punished".
The author included this information about the character because
If we didn't know this information about the character, the story would be different because we will think that she hated him for all the mean things and will tell the grown ups without needing to be worried.