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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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Celina, Melissa, Christian, Alex S, Ashley M, Kevin, Alfonso, Amy, Pedro,Martin

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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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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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Zaca, Bernel, Sara, Ray, Chris, Aexander T, Alex R,

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Melani, Nati, Cameron, Mardin, Saul, Roger, Eric

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One new thing i learned about the brother is that hes controlling. In the text it states, "When they finally got daring enough to go around the corner he immediately dump her out and demand that he be pulled." The author included this information about the character because he or she wanted to show that the brother is rough when he plays and he doesn't care how his sister feels. If we didn't know this information about the character, the story would be different because we would probably think that he has problem holding things and that hes just an ordinary boy with no grudge against any none.

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One thing i learned about the brother is that is he is mean and abusive i know this because in the text it states  "When they finally got daring enough to go around the corner he immediately dump her out and demand that he be pulled." and to show how he is abusive in the text it states 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. so this proves how mean and abusive the boy-brother can be mean If we didn't know this about the big brother the story would be different because we wouldn't have known all the means things the boy had done to his own sister.

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One new thing I learned about the boy is that he is really unfriendly to his sister. In the text it states, "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." The author included this information about the character so that we could know that he plays rough and that he is really mean to his younger sister. If we didn't know this about the character the story would be different because we would think that he is really nice to her and thoughtful.

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One new thing i learned about the character Sally is that she is afraid because she never knew that the ¨wagon¨ Jimmy and Sally shared was never a wagon it was actually a wheelbarrow. In the text it states ¨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.¨ The author included this because he wanted to show that sally was so oblivious about riding in the wheel barrow thinking that it was actually the wagon. If we didnt know this about the character the story would be different because we wouldnt have known all the means thing jimmy had done to sally.

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One new thing i learned about papa is he is frustrated.In the text it states¨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.¨

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One new thing we learn about the boy is that he is mischievous. 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 be pulled." The author included this information about the character because we finally know what the character does to his sister when they using the wheelbarrow. If we didn't know this information about the character, the story would be different because we would think that he would only just wine about carrying her and actually not do anything while they go to the corner of the street and back.

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One new thing I learned about the boy is that he is rude to his sister .
In the text it states, "watching with glee as the little fat legs struggled to move him, fast, faster, struggled to give him the fastest ride of them all.".
The author included this information about the character because he wanted us to know how much he hated her just because she was a girl.
If we didn't know this information about the character, the story would be different because we wouldn't know why he is so mean to her other than he just hates her for being a girl, we need a reason to know why the boy hates his sister or what he does to her.

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One new thing I learned about the boy is that he is really rude to his sister. In the text it states, "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." The author included this information about the character so we know how the personality is of the boy that we know if something bad happens to him we know why. If we didn't know this information about the character, the story would be different because we will all think that he is a nice boy and that what happened to him was because he has a abusive father.

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One new thing I learned about the boy is that he is thoughtless because he wanted to ride in the wagon but never took turns with the girl. In the text it states, "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." The author included this information about the character because it shows how desperate the boy was to ride in the wagon and then became greedy and didn't want to take turns. If we didn't know this information about the character, the story would be different because we would think that the boy was just happy to be riding in the wagon and not be pressuring the girl.

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One new thing I learned about the boy is that satisfied. In the text it states, "She found many of herself pluming 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 look very happy and self-important." The author included this information about the character because they wanted to give us more details to understand the story.

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One New Thing i learned about the character Papa is that he is Cruel Because He thinks that the boy is the only one that can push the girl but the girl cannot and if he finds out the the boy does not push the girl he would get screamed at.In the Text it states¨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.¨ The Author included this information about the character Papa because They wanted to tell us the readers that It wont be fair for one person to do all the work and not the girl.If we didn´t know this information about the character The story would be differenet because it will not tell us if papa is a good person that thinks that they both have equal turns.

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One new thing I learned about the boy is he is untrustworthy because he goes corner and throw her out the red wagon so he get make her pull the red wagon went he is ride it it.In the text is states¨when they finally got daring enough to go around the corner he would immediately dump her out and demand that he be pulled.If we didn't know this information about the character, the story would be different because he will not dump her out and they will have a good relationships and they both will have fun and see will not have bruises,dirty torn clothes.

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One new thing I learned about papa is he was displeased when the boy was in the wagon and the girl was pulling the boy because when papa saw the girl come back with bruises and dirty ripped clothes and papa starts to yell at the boy.  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 because of how we can see both the father and the grand father tower up on the boy when they sometimes see the boy is rarely pushing the girl. If we didn't know this information about the character, the story would be different because we would have not known about how the father and the grand father tower up on the boy when the father see that the boy is rarely pulling the girl in the red wagon and when he see the girl coming with bruises and with dirty ripped clothes.

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One new thing I learned about Papa is that he is controlling. In the text it states, "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." The author included this information about the character because then we wouldn't know who was causing this problem with the wagon. If we didn't know this information about the character the story would've been different because then they both wouldn't fight for the Red Wagon.

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One new thing i learned about papa is that he is furious. 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 because we wouldn't know if he was always furious.

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One new thing I learned about Papa is that he is displeased. In the text it states " 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. That if he did not what boys should do then they would take the toy away. "

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One new thing i learned about the girl is that her brother makes struggle.In the text it state ''She grew up and found that red wagon of her memory had never existed.Going through boxes of 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 because he wanted to show that the girl was so oblivious about riding the wheelbarrow thinking that it was a wagon. If we didn't know this about the character the story would be different because we wouldn't have known about all the means things the boy did to the girl.

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A good character trait for the father that he is furious.
One new thing I learned about the character Papa is that he yells at the boy because he rarely pull the wagon and that he throw the girl off of the wagon and he demand the girl to pull him. . In the text it states "Sometimes the father and the great- grandfather would find out that the boy rarely pulled the girl."When they finally got daring enough to go around the corner he would immediately dump her out and demand that he be pulled." The author included this information about the character because she wanted to tell us how he childhood was and how her father acted when he found out the girl pulled the boy. If we didn't know this information about the character, the story would be different because we wouldn't know why the father yells at the boy and

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One new thing I learned about the grandfather  is that he is unkind.In the text it states,"They would stand towering over him speaking in harsh big voices, explaining that he was a 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 let's people know on how the grandfather is being so unfair to the boy.If we didn't know this information about the character, the story would be different because we wouldn't know how unkind the grandfather was being to jimmy.

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One new thing i learned about the dad is that he is frustrated.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.The author included this information about the character because he wanted us to know what the parents would do to  the boy when he didn't behave good.If we didn't know this information about the character, the story would be different because we would just wonder if he ever got in toruble.

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One new thing I learned About the girl is that her older brother would always have to pull her beause they were plaaying and then when it was her brother turn she would find it hard because a was a little fat and her brother would laugh because she strugle pulling him. In the text it states, "In the photo s the boy looks very happy and self-important. she looks apprehensive , unsure." The author included this information about the character because they want people to know that she would always be unhappy and her brother would. If we didnt know this information about the character, the story would be different because

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One new thing I learned about Papa is that he is furious.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"The author included this information about the character because people would've thought that jimmy is getting away with his rough playing with sally.If we didn't know this information about the character, the story would be different because the reader would think The dad doesn't care that jimmy has been doing this or might say "bad parenting"

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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 the brother is that he is overbearing. In the text it states,¨ 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.¨The author included this information about the character because he or she wanted to show that the brother is rough when he plays and he doesn't care how his sister feels.

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One new thing I learned about papa is that he yells at the brother because he dumped the sister out of the on the wagon. 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 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." The author included this information about the character because, It shows us how papa doesn't like the sister pulling the brother. If we didn't know this information about the character, the story would be different because We wouldn't know how papa would feel about the sister pulling the brother.