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Twas up to me to make the decisions.”

Pg. 195 I think this means that Isabel needs to save lady Semore after she got caught in the fire
I think the  life lesson is that you got to thew a lot to save the person you love and when Ruth got sold that is when she knew had to do to save her and to get freedom from Mrs.lockton

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“This is not our fight,”  the old man said.  “British or American, that is not the choice.  You must choose your own side, find your road through the valley of darkness that will lead you to the River Jordan.”

“Look hard for your River Jordan, my child.  You’ll find it”

pg. 167 I thank the author is tring to say this is not our bissness this is not our fight try thing might be in the way but still try.

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“I fought back the tears. ‘Pastor Weeks, please, sir.’

Mr. Robert knocked the dust from his hat.  ‘They should go quick.  Your wagon will be back by nightfall.’

The minister placed the Bible in his leather satchel and pulled it up over his shoulder.  He studied the ground, his hands, Mr. Robert’s horse, and the clouds.  He did not look at me. ‘You’ll be wanting to bring their shoes and blankets,’ he finally said.  ‘They’ll fetch a better price that way.’”

I think that Isabel feels betrayed by the pastor because he will not do any thing to help ruth and her from going with Mr. Robbert but even when he's talking to her he won't look her in the eye's just like colonel Regan did they would look every  where but there eye's.

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“It mattered not.  My bones were hollow sticks; my brainpan empty.”

Pg. 183

Issue was scared because she did'n went Ruth to

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“Twas up to me to make the decisions.”

when the author says this it means that since she has been told what to do her whole life this is her time to make the choices.Because when the fire was happening laddie Seemore was helpless and the Lockton's were not there that ment she had to make the decisions.

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“red.  “I shouldn’t have believed your rebel lies.  I should have taken Ruth and run the night we landed.  Even if we drowned, we would have been together.”Oh, no.  I understand right good, “ I counte

I think this line means something more now that I look at it again. I'm thinking that Isabel means when she says that is that she shod have not trusted Curzon because she new that something bad mite happen. she is trying to fix things when the war started to happen and when madam lockton seed she was going to seal Ruth sow she tried to get people to help her leave. sow she is asking people to help her and her sister Ruth to leave because all that Isabel want's for her and her sister is freedom.she dosint wan't to loss Ruth because she all ready lost her mom her dad and she dosin't want to loss Ruth.

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“Twas up to me to make the decisions.”

I think this quote means that Isabel (if I am correct this was when Madame  Lockton, Lady Seymour, Ruth and Isabel were at the church and Ruth was shaking and Madame Lockton was yelling at Ruth to get up) Isabel felt like know one was on her side so she said "Twas up to me to make the decisions"

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''This is not our fight,'' the old man said.  ''British or American, that is not the choice. you must choose your own side, find your road through the valley of darkness
that will lead you to the River Jordan.''

''Look hard for your River Jordan, my child. you'll find it"

I think the author is try to help us understand the story more. like when he look hard for your River Jordan'' my child you''ll find it. I really think he's trying to tell us something here. I think he's trying to say that Isabel has got her self in something and she can't get out of. But, the only way is to get out of that "world that she is in and it can lead he to her River Jor

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David       “This is not our fight,”  the old man said.  “British or American, that is not the choice.  You must choose your own side, find your road through the valley of darkness that will lead you to the River Jordan.”  “Look hard for your River Jordan, my child.  You’ll find it”pg. 167        

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the old man is giving advice to Isabel the advice is to find your destiny even if she has to go threw dark times.He is also giving advice to the other young people.He wants his fellow colored people  to be free.

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Twas up to me to make the decisions.”

Pg. 195 I think this means that Isabel needs to save lady Semore after she got caught in the fire
I think the  life lesson is that you got to thew alot to save the person you love

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I WAS CHAINED BETWEEN NATIONS . I think that it means that Isabel is being fought over and she is in ccaptivity . She is being forced to do things that she can barely do and she is stuck and cunfused and she dose not have a veary good sence on whats happening around her. I think that the lesson the author is trying to say to just be yoursellf and it dose not mater what someone says,you have the freedom to do what you want and not let other people tell what or what not to do in life, its your life you do what you want with it.

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“Oh, no.  I understand right good, “ I countered.  “I shouldn’t have believed your rebel lies.  I should have taken Ruth and run the night we landed.  Even if we drowned, we would have been together.”

I think the Author is trying to say that she misses Ruth and cares strongly for her & that she has had bottled up feelings from when her whole family was together at that auction and she lost her dad, then to her mother dying, to Mrs. Mary Finch dying, to being sold, and through this there were people that could have helped her like The Preacher, Jenny, Kernel Reagan, to that British officer. But what see doesn't see through her wall of sorrow is that he wanted to help her just couldn't.

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“This is not our fight,”  the old man said.  “British or American, that is not the choice.  You must choose your own side, find your road through the valley of darkness that will lead you to the River Jordan.”

“Look hard for your River Jordan, my child.  You’ll find it”

I think this quote means that if keep fighting and you will win if you don't give up. I think the old man could see it in her eyes that she was ready to give up, but he gave her inspiration. I think the theme here is courage because he is trying to tell her that she is strong and that she can make a HUGE difference if she fights for her freedom. And that feeling sorry for herself is going to get her nowhere. She has got to believe. The old man is trying to tell her that she is fighting to, not just the British or Patriots. If we could all be free and happy, the world will be a better place. There is a quote that reminds me of the wise, old mans words. The quote is... Be kind, everybody is fighting a battle you know nothing about. This quote is saying that everybody needs to be kind and happy to one another because everybody is going through something that's hard in their life, and that there is no need for a war with nightmares in every single direction. We should not judge people by their skin color, we should all stand together proud. So the main theme for this book is don't be afraid to make a difference because if you don't, you won't feel happy. So make your mark on the world, and shine bright.

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“Twas up to me to make the decisions.”

Pg. 195

I think what the author is trying to say here, is no matter who you are, you are going to have to make a decisions for yourself. Likewise,  Other people aren't  going to live your life for you.
At this point, Isabel is forced to make a decision, do something for herself, by herself but she is not very prepared. She had sort of her own decisions, when she was spying, but after Ruth got sold, she lost hope as well as deciding what she was going to do next.

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choose your own side, find your road through the valley of darkness  that will lead you to the River Jordan.”

“This is not our fight,”  the old man said.  “British or American, that  ot the choice.  You must “Look hard for your River Jordan, my child.  You’ll find it”

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“I was chained between two nations.”

Pg. 182

i think this means that Isabel doesn't know which side to take.When Curzon ask Isabell to spy she not so sure on that because she's with the locktons they don't really like her haging out with him i know this because becky told Isabell she under the locktons and that she souldent hang out with Cruzon

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"The shopkeeper and other folk's looked at my face and saw only the  angry red scar, just starting to fade at the edges. They did not see the girl hidden behind it"

what I think the author is trying to tell me is the shop keeper is only seeing the Isabel as a slave and that she has the word or scar on her cheek that says Insolence from Ms. Lockton plus they just don't see the real person that is nice and kind inside of her just a slave that gets thrown around and beaten when she just makes one mistake. I think Isabel is nice, kind , brave and strong, she just wants to be with her sister free and not be in the war but now she is apart of the war, her role was a spy until the British came and made the rebels flee from New York.

I think Isabel is changing from having faith and hope to not having it and when she dropped the doll that is Ruth's and helping Lady Seymour get out the fire and that made me think that Isabel cares more about the living like Lady Seymour and not a memory/ a part of Ruth that is just a doll.

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“‘The beast has grown too large, ‘ the mayor said.  ‘If it breaks free of its chains, we are all in danger.  We need to cut of its head.’” (The mayor is talking about the rebels here.)

I think the author is trying to say if you don't end or fix something as soon as it happens or a little after it happens you will have a better life and a better friend ship. For Isabel it's with Madam because when she sold Ruth she fought back and she is probably thinking if she dose not take the chance now to run away then she will never get a chance to get Ruth back or to get her freedom. Madam is the beast all most all throw this book even to Isabel. She only cares about herself.

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"The shopkeeper and other folk's looked at my face and saw only the  angry red scar, just starting to fade at the edges. They did not see the girl hidden behind it"

This quote tells me that the other people  could not see the real Isabel. They could only see that she was a slave who has a scare on her cheek. They could not take there self's to see that she is a real and actual human being and not an item you can throw around and beat. Isabel is mostly always strong and brave and she does not let things get to her, but when Ruth is gone all hope is lost for Isabel. This is one of those parts where Isabel lets things get to her. She finally sees that this is how people see her and she has to do something about it. But  first she has to show them the real her.

For a moment this makes me feel like Isabel is changing because she is noticing how people see her and it is bothering her. Things like this mostly don't bother her

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“This is not our fight,”  the old man said.  “British or American, that is not the choice.  You must choose your own side, find your road through the valley of darkness that will lead you to the River Jordan.”

“Look hard for your River Jordan, my child.  You’ll find it”

pg. 167

I think old man was trying to say go fight your own fight for freedom don't give up until you find the way to freedom and go take the path to freedom no matter how hard or how many times you fail keep trying until you get to freedom

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“Oh, no.  I understand right good, “ I countered.  “I shouldn’t have believed your rebel lies.  I should have taken Ruth and run the night we landed.  Even if we drowned, we would have been together.”

Pg. 161

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“I was chained between two nations.Pg. 182
What i think is it's she is not shore if the rebels  or British so she is stuck in the middle   and she do's not known what to do now.

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“Oh, no.  I understand right good, “ I countered.  “I shouldn’t have believed your rebel lies.  I should have taken Ruth and run the night we landed.  Even if we drowned, we would have been together.”

Pg. 161

The author is trying to teach me that Isabel cares very strongly of Ruth. Isabel would kill Ruth and herself  just to at least be side by side. The author is saying that Isabel had bursts she had been all bottled up inside from her Mother dying, Ms.Mary Finch dying then  getting sold and From all of these let downs she had encountered she was finished with all the non since.
What Isabel does not realize is that the people that caused Kernal Reagon to fail was Mrs. Lockton and the bystanders that ignored the situation. Some of the failure is caused by Kernal Reagon by not going by his promise but mostly caused by the bystanders around them all.

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“It mattered not.  My bones were hollow sticks; my brainpan empty.”

Pg. 183
I think it really means that her bones were hollow sticks because she lost everything and she lost Ruth and everything is hard on her right now and she's alone inside her.
Her brainpan is empty because she has no Ruth no Curzon and she is trying to get rid of the brainpan but she can't because all the stuff in her life is gone her mom the house and Ruth and she feels so sad that she don't have Ruth and she is wondering about Ruth is she ok? are they treating her right? but Isabel has a lot going on in her life like a lot.

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“This is not our fight,”  the old man said.  “British or American, that is not the choice.  You must choose your own side, find your road through the valley of darkness that will lead you to the River Jordan.”

“Look hard for your River Jordan, my child.  You’ll find it”

pg. 167

I think the meaning behind The River Jordan is the way to freedom because he said keep looking you'll find it . I think that means someone is gonna have the heart to help you go to freedom because in the book  every one says if you help me with something i can do something for you but at the end they don't do nothing for Isabel. I think that's why the old man said keep looking because he felt in his heart that Isabel has been going trough a lot of pain. I think Isabel is gonna keep going. because she knows she helped other people but that other person dose'nt have the guts to help Isabel. Isabel dose care that there not helping her but at the same time she dosen't because she did something for them .

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“This is not our fight,”  the old man said.  “British or American, that is not the choice.  You must choose your own side, find your road through the valley of darkness that will lead you to the River Jordan.”

“Look hard for your River Jordan, my child.  You’ll find it”

pg. 167

What I think the old man is trying to say to her is that she needs to keep going and fight for her self and she needs to take sneaky paths to freedom know matter how hard a path is you need to try over and over in till you find away to get over that path and the path is having rights.

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"This is not our fight,”  the old man said.  “British or American, that is not the choice.  You must choose your own side, find your road through the valley of darkness that will lead you to the River Jordan.”

“Look hard for your River Jordan, my child.  You’ll find it”"

pg. 167

I think the author is saying don't always do what other people say you should do make your own choice and not somebody else's. The old man is telling Isabel not to make the choice of American or British, which is the choice that everyone is having to make, the man is telling her to make her own choice. He says She has to find her River Jordan. I think your River Jordan is anything, anything at all. I think it represents your choice, your decision, your side. I don't think the River Jordan is a spark of hope, I think it represents you and how you think and what you care for. I think Isabel's River Jordan is Freedom not American not British she wants to fight for freedom that's her choice in this war. Isabel seems to take every chance she can get at becoming free, she has run, lied to ma'dam to get out she even has gone to the army camp to get them arrested. Isabel will do anything to be free. So that's it Isabel's River Jordan is freedom

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“Oh, no.  I understand right good, “ I countered.  “I shouldn’t have believed your rebel lies.  I should have taken Ruth and run the night we landed.  Even if we drowned, we would have been together.”

Pg. 161

What she really means is that she doesn't believe anyone all she wants is freedom and her sister. she wants all people too be equal she wants equality. I know this because she says that at least would've been together if they have drowned. that nobody wants to help her or make her be free all they want is to win and that all they care about is themselves that's it. she only wants her sister back. she has lost a big piece of her and wants it back without Ruth she cant think without her she has no hope. she has lost her pride possession.
theme: don't look back on the things you could've done but didn't

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“I opened my mouth to roar, but not a sound escaped.  I could not even mewl like a kitten.”

Pg. 12

I think that she is  saying that because she is afraid  that she is going to get in trouble . She is kinda losing her confidence - like when she was on the deck and she got slapped on the face by Madam Lockton she could not say anything at all because she did not have confidence or really any power over Madam Lockton.

What i think this theme is that you have to speak up and to help others that are in need!!!

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““I was lost.  I knew that we were in the cellar of a house on Wall Street, owned by the Locktons, in the city of New York, but it was like looking at a knot, knowing it was a knot, but not knowing how to untie it.  I had no map for this life.

I lay awake and stared into the darkness.”

Pg. 49

What this line means to is that she had no one to guide her like she said she had no map and she said she was lost.She said i am owned that is saying that she dose not have the right to freedom .she dose not know how to handle it.So she stayed quit at first ,butshehad to sand up for her right.

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“‘You are a small black girl, Country,’ he said bitterly.  ‘You are a slave, not a person.  They’ll say things in front of you they won’t say in front of white servants. ‘Cause you don’t count to them. It happens all the time to me.’”

Pg. 41

What this means is that Isabel douse not matter to white people.
(most white people.) And she is just a slave and she is worth nothing towards people that don't care about her. And people think that she is not a person she is property. "people will say things to your face because they don't care.", some people would say things to slave's face's because slaves don't matter to the white people. and slaves don't count as a white survent's. or they don't care about the slaves.

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“The shopkeepers and other folks looked at my face and saw only the angry red scar, just starting to fade at the edges.  They did not see the girl hidden behind it.”

Pg. 159

I think this phrase means that the shopkeepers and other folks were only focused on her scar and they weren't focused on her, herself.
I am also thinking that they were treating her like her looks not who she really was.  I think that everyone didn't really think of her they just thought of her scar. I starting to think that the theme of this part is don't judge a book by its cover.

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“I was lost.  I knew that we were in the cellar of a house on Wall Street, owned by the Locktons, in the city of New York, but it was like looking at a knot, knowing it was a knot, but not knowing how to untie it.  I had no map for this life.

I lay awake and stared into the darkness.”

Pg. 49

I think that this quote from the book is trying to say that Isabel is in a problem or is just not feeling right.The "Knot" is the problem she is having.When she says she cannot untie the "Knot" she is trying to say that she can't solve the problem she is having.I think what she really means by this is that some problems you can not solve,or that she thinks of her self of not having much hope for being lost in the problems she faces in the story.

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I think that Isabel is woundering who grandfather is talking too and then Isabel finds out that grandfather is talking too Curzon and then he turn's to Isabel and says "If you look hard enough you will find the River Jordan and you will be free forever".

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“I was chained between two nations.”

Pg. 182

"I think that this line is especially important it is like is trapped between 2 worlds and the battling each other for a simple stupid thing trying to control or free if they know what it is like they should help the other person this means two world are pulling ripping here arms of freedom ripping her apart to just be in a law but there not following law anyway just using her for her abilities for mere attributes here power in the subject so they both just used her witch is messed up and she is stuck between both of them they lie and lie to get victory not caring for what happens to the other person not caring for how the other reacts or becomes of there fate they just get what they want and the things they do affects the person and everyone but they don't care about the actions they do if people die of there being no bells innocents or destroying peoples future they just want to get what they want so she is trapped among this tied to 2 worlds stuck in where there is no possible escape where no one will help her where she needs it where to worlds tie her down again and again they keep letting her rise and kick her down for fun for there is what they keep doing it is what ties her to both end of the cross to be destroyed this quote shows of what she thinks the position she is in always 3rd always beat in the race she tries to run"

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“I was chained between two nations.”

Pg. 182
In this part I think Isabel is saying that she is has been trying to get help. Isabel has been going to, two different camps, and been trying to flee new York but has not been lucky. Isabel is doing this to help her and Ruth escape. Isabel has tried to run but she couldn't, the rebels and British... she has to do something about what to do.

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“The shopkeepers and other folks looked at my face and saw only the angry red scar, just starting to fade at the edges.  They did not see the girl hidden behind it.”

Pg. 159

I think that Isabel is talking about how nobody ever pays any attention to her, but to her skin. The people pay attention to what color she is, and how she is different from everybody else, but not the girl she inside. In those days the people didn't appreciate how much work slaves did, the only thing they did appreciate was themselves. Isabel is saying that, people don't pay attention to her, but who they suspect her to be. Some people didn't realize that everyone is from the hands of god, and that everyone was placed on this earth for a reason......everyone has a purpose, no one is left behind, no one is forgotten.

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“It mattered not.  My bones were hollow sticks; my brain pan empty.”

Pg. 183
In this part I think Isabel is losing hope because she burnt all the food not even caring about any of it.  She was (when she had Ruth) full of hope that she could escape if she spied and told the commander on the rebel team.  But after she fell asleep and Ruth got sold she started to fall and not pull herself back up.  She just keeps falling lower and lower and soon she might not be able to get back up again.  She needs to find a place were she can just relax and then tell Madam she is going shopping for food she can try and sneak out again because A) She (possibly) knows were Ruth is and B) She knows that Master Lockton is back and now nobody will catch her by coming back the way Master Lockton did. I think she can do it.

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“I fought back the tears. ‘Pastor Weeks, please, sir.’

Mr. Robert knocked the dust from his hat.  ‘They should go quick.  Your wagon will be back by nightfall.’

The minister placed the Bible in his leather satchel and pulled it up over his shoulder.  He studied the ground, his hands, Mr. Robert’s horse, and the clouds.  He did not look at me. ‘You’ll be wanting to bring their shoes and blankets,’ he finally said.  ‘They’ll fetch a better price that way.’”

This is when Isabel's being turned down once more by somebody that cannot help her because of the law.

I think in this part the author is trying to say that you will find your hope but it mite take along time.

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.“Twas up to me to make the decisions.”

Pg. 195

I think that Isabel was a little surprised for having to make decisions in that time of danger. Also she had never made a decision of her own in her inter life. From this she was surprised but also she must of felt important to do something so brave and when she has never made her own decisions.

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“I was lost.  I knew that we were in the cellar of a house on Wall Street, owned by the Locktons, in the city of New York, but it was like looking at a knot, knowing it was a knot, but not knowing how to untie it.  I had no map for this life.

I lay awake and stared into the darkness.”

Pg. 49 I think Isabel says this because she had a knot in her shoe but she couldn't get it out then she got in lost in New York and she had no map then she had to lay like awake in the darkness where knowing that she didn't have no food

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“‘The beast has grown too large, ‘ the mayor said.  ‘If it breaks free of its chains, we are all in danger.  We need to cut of its head.’” (The mayor is talking about the rebels here.)

Pg. 89
The mayor says it like this because, if the rebel's army gets too big then that may result in new york being destroyed and, taken by the rebels and, what he means by we need to cut off the head that they have't to kill the rebels so they can be safe.

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“I was chained between two nations.”

I think what Isabel  meant when she said she was chained between two nations is that Curzon wanted Isabel to spy on the Locktons and Isabel did not want to spy on the the Locktons. because if they found out. Then she would not know what would happen to her they could have killed her or put her in prison so she wanted to be on curzons side and the Locktons side to becuase that is her master and she also did not want any thing to happen to her or
Ruth but she also really wanted to help Curzon because Curzon and Bellingham might be able to set her and Ruth free and of course Isabel helped Curzon because she knew it was the right thing to do but the hard part about her "new job" is getting all of the info back to Curzon with out the Locktons seeing her get out and go report back to Curzon. So at night when Ruth,  and the Locktons  were in the bed she snuck out of the house and the fence outside of the Locktons house  and went over to Curzon and told him what she heard. The Lockctons talking about like for example she might have ben surving the locktons food for super one night and after she brought them there food she might have gone to stand in the corner were she was told and might have over heard them talk about some thing important and listened in really close.

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“I opened my mouth to roar, but not a sound escaped.  I could not even mewl like a kitten.”

Pg. 12

Well this is about. wine she got brander and she was scared she tried to scream because it hardly came out but then she got Branden but she sees a finger in the dissidents and it was her mom her mom was crying on her Branden so it dose not heat any more but after a wheel it started to heart and THEM:Never dissonant your master(only for slaves).

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“I opened my mouth to roar, but not a sound escaped.  I could not even mewl like a kitten.”

Pg. 12

I think the lesson the author is trying to teach is when you are fixing to do something stop and think about and if it is not the right choice don't do it. Just like Isabel did she was fixing to yell but she didn't she paused and nothing came out because she thought of doing it but she was like should I really yell. She did not really yell and nothing came out. she just did not yell she said nothing because if she did yell than something would of came out but nothing did.
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Think about what you are going to do before you do it and see if it is a good choice or not.

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“I was chained between two nations.”

Pg. 182

What this means is that people are fighting or are surrendering because the loyalist if they see a house they can go in it to sleep or eat and the owners have to respect them like if they were part of the family and Isabel is in both teams because she is in the Locktons family and she wants to be free.

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“Twas up to me to make the decisions.”

Pg. 195
I think the lesson the author is trying to each me is that sometimes you have to grow up and make the decisions.Just like Isabel had to grow up and take care of her sister because they had a mom but she died so she had to grow up and take care of Ruth.And she had to make the decisions when Ms.Seymour was in the house when the fire started she had to make the decision to either drop the doll or help Ms.Seymour with her valuables and she had to make the decision where to take Ms.Seymour. I think this teaches me that some times you won't have your mom or dad around to help you do things just like when you go to college you are on your own your parents can't help you or anything.Still in elementary your parents can't help on class work or on test.And I think that this is a life lesson

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“I was chained between two nations.”

Pg. 182

I think Isabel says this because she asked the rebels if she can stay with they say its not in their power and when Isabel when Isabel asked the British if she could stay the general he said that he was agents slavery but it was the law so he couldn't do let her stay.so now Isabel is chained between to nations not knowing what to do.

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“It mattered not.  My bones were hollow sticks; my brainpan empty.”

Pg. 183

In this part in the book she does not care about anything or any one or any body . Because she just got branded . Also madam lockton  sold ruth . So basically she has no hope in her and she has gave up . So the theme in this part some times you can lose hope . But you can get back up .

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“I was chained between two nations.”

I think when Isabel says "I was chained between two nations " It means when she was with Ruth and her Mom they were patriots when they got sold to the Locktons after their mother died. She had to pretend she was a loyalist in the saying it says she was chained between two nations when Ruth got sold she was like that is it i am standing up for what she believes in and whenever she see's Curzon she thinks of freedom.The theme of this sentence is "Believe in what you are meant to believe in" it means if you were born to be something do it maybe dont show it but believe dream be what ever you can to stand up for your self .

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It mattered not.  My bones were hollow sticks; my brainpan empty.”

Pg. 183

Now that I see this I am thinking that she is talking about nothing she can do will mater and she will all was be a slave . I think that she kind of gave up that last pice of hope and is now just very depressed. She has given up in this part of the book. Sometimes I think she has feelings that know one understands and thoughts that know one understands like when Madam Lockton sold Ruth.

I think this quote goes with the theme Hope because she gave up that last pice of hope .  Maybe if she still had hope in this part of the book she would be better of.

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“The shopkeepers and other folks looked at my face and saw only the angry red scar, just starting to fade at the edges.  They did not see the girl hidden behind it.”

Pg. 159

now I think that she is has not been  accepted because of her scar that they did not get to know her for who she really is.  Another part of the line is where she say its fading at the edges.   Its like the author is  saying that some people are just starting to really see her for who she really is like for an example, Grandfather and Curzon they both know her for who she really is. The girl who really behind it is who she really is which is a kind & compassionate person.  The theme in this quote is acceptance, because manny people have to accepted Isabel.

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“‘The beast has grown too large, ‘ the mayor said.  ‘If it breaks free of its chains, we are all in danger.  We need to cut of its head.’” (The mayor is talking about the rebels here.)

Pg. 89
This means the mayor is probably talking about war.  He is saying "The beast is grown too large." which means the rebel side is growing too strong for the loyalest. The author is intentional on doing this because their using figurative writing to exaggerate how big there alliance is.
When the mayor says "If it breaks free of its chains, we are all in danger." This is another figurative writing piece that the author is trying to say, "if they become to strong and figure out all of our plans the rebels will come destroy us."
Also when he says "We need to cut of its head.’” the author means the mayor is trying say "we need to fight back and stop them."
So now since i have summed it all together, I am thinking that its about they are finding out to much , they are becoming stronger , they are getting more weapons, we need to stop them now! I feel like thats what the mayor is trying to say.
So the theme is there will always be a way to win if you try.

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“I opened my mouth to roar, but not a sound escaped.  I could not even mewl like a kitten.”

Pg. 12

I feel that this means something more than it says. I think that this means that Isabel tried to say something but as she tried she knew she could do nothing to help.

Since Isabel is a slave, she really can't say things in her free will. This is figurative language. Because it is figurative language it means something else. And I think that it means she wants to say something but she knows she can't because she is a slave.  I think the author is trying to say that Isabel is trying to free herself from these " Chains " and is trying to speak up an she is also being very careful on what she is doing at the same time. I think that the Theme is; speak up and don't be afraid to because it could do something big in your life.

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“‘You are a small black girl, Country,’ he said bitterly.  ‘You are a slave, not a person.  They’ll say things in front of you they won’t say in front of white servants. ‘Cause you don’t count to them. It happens all the time to me.’”

Now that I see this line from the text it makes me think more about Isabel.  More about how she feels at this time.  I think what the guy is telling Isabel is anyone can talk in front of you because you are black, they wouldn't say this in front of white  people because they are the free people.  When he says "It happens all the time to me,"  it tells me that this guy is a slave also.  He is kind of giving Isabel a for-warning to be careful and watchful with her "King and Queen."  The Theme that ties in with this would be "Treat others the way you want to be treated." I can have this theme here because Isabel wants to be treated normal and not like a slave. Whenever people meet her she doesn't want to be introduced as Sal or The Slave.

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“It mattered not.  My bones were hollow sticks; my brainpan empty.”
PG.183

I think this means that she
feels nothing she just  hurts on the inside. Since Ruth is gone  she feels that she has nothing to live for. She is like a puppet  with strings cook,clean and madam lockton is the master. She berns the bread " it mattered not" she would say. She dose not think any more she feels hollow. I think that the theme of this quote is  sadness, discouraged, and
sorrowful.

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Peyton “Oh, no.  I understand right good, “ I countered.  “I shouldn’t have believed your rebel lies.  I should have taken Ruth and run the night we landed.  Even if we drowned, we would have been together.”Pg. 161

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Peyton “Oh, no.  I understand right good, “ I countered.  “I shouldn’t have believed your rebel lies.  I should have taken Ruth and run the night we landed.  Even if we drowned, we would have been together.”Pg. 161

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I think what she means by this is that its better to be together no matter what because you have someone to care for and even if your going to die it would be better to be together I think this also means that its better not to live in a lie because she said I should not have believed you cause you lied so I think this means that it is better that you stay together instead of lie'ing just so someone will help you

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“This is not our fight,”  the old man said.  “British or American, that is not the choice.  You must choose your own side, find your road through the valley of darkness that will lead you to the River Jordan.”  “Look hard for your River Jordan, my child.  You’ll find it”

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“This is not our fight,”  the old man said.  “British or American, that is not the choice.  You must choose your own side, find your road through the valley of darkness that will lead you to the River Jordan.”  “Look hard for your River Jordan, my child.  You’ll find it”

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I think this quote is more about fighting for freedom than fighting in this war. For example, the man says that anything that stands between you and freedom is your River Jordan. I think not only are the rebels fighting for their freedom, but the slaves are, too. Isabel and the other slaves are not treated like human beings. Madame changes her name, slaps her, even brands her when she tries to run away. Isabel does not have the same rights as every other human being. I think the man at the water pump is trying to tell Isabel that she needs to find what is in her way and fight it. Not really "fight" it, but she has to go against the people and the things that are in her way. I think the theme here is to "Fight and stand up for your own rights when you don't have any," because Isabel has to fight for her own rights. Nobody else will fight for her.