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The characters behaviors and emotions show that they are not psychologically stable. Especially Rex seems to have some psychological trauma from his childhood. That could explain why he has drinking problems and is violent towards his wife. I think Rex was physically abused as a child and his way to cope growing up was to drink alcohol.

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"When I
asked him where he'd been, his explanations were either so vague or so
improbable that I stopped asking." This quote stood out to me because Rex kept disappearing for days because he was drinking and Jeannette was starting to notice it. Jeannette had not noticed that her dad was an alcoholic and Rex disappearing for so long and not having a good excuse made her realize he isn't who she thought he was.

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Social class was in these chapters of the book because they are still super poor and in the lower class. Rex is not working and Rose Mary left to finish school and get her degree so Jeannette had to get a job to provide for her family.

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My family is similar to Jeannette's because I think that my dad also used alcohol as a way to cope with childhood trauma and forget how he was treated growing up. I learned that Jeannette keeps getting assaulted and that is an experience I don't share with her.

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The economic conditions determine where they go. It is always somewhere where everyone is poor yet they are still the most poor and they live in bad housing conditions. They are poor because Rex is lazy and doesn't want to work and even if he does work he doesn't manage his money very well. Whenever they do have money they spend it in fancy restaurants or Rex spends it on his drinking.

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I share the same experiences with Jeannette because growing up my mom would work all day and when she would get paid my dad would take that money away and spend it on beer. My family is different from Jeannette's because we did not move a whole lot like Jeannette's family. In this chapter I learned that Jeannette was raped and in my experience nothing similar ever happened to me.

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Choose 3 Formalist Lens Questions to respond to. Your responses should thoroughly respond to the prompt in at least three sentences. Fire is a word that gets used a lot in this book. Jeannette got burnt when she was a little kid and I think that the author shared this with the audience because he wants the reader to know how Jeannette had a hard childhood. The author uses Pathos to make the reader feel pity for Jeannette.

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Find a quote in this chunk that stood out to you. Please also include a picture or GIF to further describe this quote. "I had to say yes" Mom said. "Your father wouldn't take no for an answer." Besides, she explained, she had to get away from her mother, who would't let her make even the smallest decision on her own "I had no idea your father would be worse" This quote stood out to me because she didn't really have a choice on if she wanted to marry Rex or not but she did it anyways hoping she would get more freedom on what she can say but it was actually worse than what she had hoped.

Give context for your quote. What was happening in the story that made this quote significant? Who was speaking?

Why did this quote stand out to you?

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Choose at least one of the following social issues that were present in this reading chunk. Discuss how this social force was present in a characters life. (Your response should be at least 5-6 sentences).

Social class was one of the issues that was present during this chunk of the book we read. They were present because they were in the bottom class and were super poor with barely enough stuff to survive. They did not have a place to live and stay forever. They kept moving over and over again and could not settle because they had to run away if they could not pay the rent or if they had an incident. They always struggled with having enough money for basic needs like food and they always had to eat the same food for weeks or not eat at all.

Social Class

Race/Ethnicity

Religion

Education

Culture

Health

Political Landscape

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In what ways was this chunk a window or a mirror? Use the following questions to guide your response, but really we want to hear your personal thoughts and reactions to this chunk!

What experiences do you share with the characters?

I share the same experience with Jeannette in the sense that my dad was an alcoholic.

In what ways is your family similar or different from those in the book?

My family is similar to the book because growing up my mom had a really hard time providing for us because my mom would work and try but my dad spent all day drinking and spending money.

What did you learn about a character or group of people that you have not personally experienced? I learned that they were allowed to do whatever they wanted growing up and they did not have rules which in my case growing up we had to follow certain rules.

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Education was in this chunk of the book we read because they kept moving and switching schools. Jeannette was getting bullied in her new school because the kids and teachers said that she believes that she is better than everyone.

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My family is different from Jeannette's because we were not as poor as they were although my dad was an Alcoholic my mom still provided food for us every day and we had everything we needed. We did not struggle as much as Jeannette and her siblings did because my dad was not as controlling as Rex is