Connection Questions

1. What is the difference between the toys in the “pink aisle” and those in

the “blue aisle”? What assumptions do the toys in those aisles reflect

about gender?  
 The pink and blue toys are meant 
tell you which gender. Pink toys are towards girls, while the blue toys are towards boys. The system of having the toys basically color coordinated. 

2. How do you explain the anxiety, anger, and fear Duron describes feeling

when C.J. started playing with “girl toys”?  I think 
I think that its not what the parents wanted or did not expect that he would be playing with girl toys and sometimes they would try and hide him "the sight of our son playing with girl toys or wearing girl clothes made our chest tighten, and forged a lump in our throat"

3. How do you respond to the assumptions people make about your gender?

To what extent do you embrace and reflect them? To what extent do you

reject them? I don't really care what people think, and I really don't say anything because I could not care less.

STORIES WE TELL OURSELVES


Connection Questions 1.6
Connection Questions
1. What does Conley say about the difference between how black and white people describe themselves? Why do you think he believes that? Some would be Black people think that they cannot rise above their levels, and Black people emphasize their skin color while white people do not. I think that he believes this because these differences exist because of his personal experiences living among the black.

2. Do you agree?  Yes i do agree because if you grow up in something and you see that, that's what they do and i think that's what most think also they they cant rise above their levels.


3. Make a list of the adjectives that describe you. Which did you think of first? Which took longer to think of? Why were you were able to think of some adjectives more easily than others?
Funny, Black, unfocused, white, The ones that took longer are things about my personality, and I was able to think of them because that's what people say and I remember it.


Connection Questions 1.3
1. What does Rodríguez mean when he uses the phrase “two names, two worlds”? What two worlds does his name represent? The author puts out his reflection on his name which shapes his identity. As he expresses in his poem.


2. What assumptions does Rodríguez think others might make about his identity because of his name?
 Some would be that he only speaks Spanish, and dances the Salsa.

3. What does your name suggest about your identity?
People think that I'm a girl and I don't know anymore.


Connection Questions 1.5

Connection Questions

1. Why does Julius almost put the book of haiku back on the shelf? What factors lead to his momentary doubt that haiku is for him?  I believe that he has other options of books to read that are better or more appealing to him.

2. What does it mean to “find yourself”? Where does Julius Lester say he finds himself? Where do you go to find yourself? You just go and do something and maybe have a spark on what you really are.

3. What are you passionate about? How do the things you are passionate about help shape who you are? I really like gaming and it really does not change me and if I did not I would be the same.

Mocking Bird 3

1. Why does Scout go to the front porch?
She went to the front porch because she did not feel well after school and she said she does not want to go back to school if it was ok with Atticus, also because the lord sent her more then she could bare.

 
2. What reasons does Scout initially give for why she doesn’t need to go to school? Is Atticus convinced by them? 
The first reason scout gives Atticus is  her saying that he never went to school and he turned out right and that Atticus could just teach her like Atticus's granddaddy taught him
and her uncle Jack. I do not think that Atticus is convinced.


3. Scout eventually tells Atticus what happened at school, and Atticus takes a patient stroll before responding. What is his advice?  What happened at school was scouts teacher said that Atticus taught her all wrong and that they can not read with each other anymore. Atticus's advice was "if you you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you'll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view"
to Scout, and how does he apply that advice to the situation Scout found herself in at school?
4. How does Scout’s reaction show that she disagrees with Atticus? She responded as saying "sir" like she was confused and did not know what was happening and saying it in a way it looks as if you was being like I don't agree at all.
5. Why does Atticus interrupt her response this time? What does his response tell the reader about his view of the law and of rules
generally? This is showing that he likes to be respected and Scout does not really understand what he means or what he is saying so he keeps trying to explain, sense he is a lawyer he has to, wants to respect the law.


Mocking Bird Chapter 7 

2. How does the relationship between Scout and Jem change over the first seven chapters? How does Scout understand the changes Jem undergoes?
I believe that Jem has started to become like more reserved and he started getting annoyed with Scout and does not want to spend that much time with her and started spending less time with her.

3. In Chapter 3, Atticus and Scout talk about “Maycomb’s ways.” What stands out to you most about the customs, traditions, and unwritten rules of Maycomb’s society?
I think something that stands out o me is everyone knows each other and knows each other's business of one another. Some more things that stand out to me is the towns hospitality, how they show how important education is for children and how good/bad peoples Family reputation can be.

4. What is “the other”? Who are “the others” in Maycomb? What roles do race, class, and gender play in establishing who is the other? What role does gossip and superstition play? What about stereotypes? What about fear? I believe that the "other" in Maycomb is a somebody that does not belong there but  Race, class, and gender all describe  "the other" because they're categories or things that separate people from others to see how they are different. Gossip and superstition continue to be about the other or it isolates "the other." The fear is saying that you could fear a person.

5. What events and experiences begin to change Jem’s feelings about Boo Radley in these chapters? What does this suggest about how we can better understand people different from us?
I believe that Jem starts out by thinking that Boo was like a monster, as time goes on Jem with or has seen that Boo is not a bad person and we can better understand people by basically you could put yourself in their shoes and not stereotype people and not judge them on their race, class, gender, or more

Cunninghams Ewell

)Absence of shoes said how he got them Dirtiest human they ever seen

Face said he got hookworms dark gray neck

Clean shirt                                                          backs of hands were rusty 

Overalls fingernails were dirty 

Country people dirty

Farmers really low 

Don’t take stuff they can't pay back No money, the poorest people

Don't have a lot of money No education

White White

Blue eyes 

“Raised on fish food”

2) Is Atticus using stereotypes while describing either family? If so, which family? 

I believe that Atticus is not stereotyping the Cunningham's because he is saying everything that is true and he is not assuming it because he says they are poor and live on a farm, also saying they will never pay in money and they don’t. I do think that Atticus is stereotyping the Ewells because he treats them with less respect than the Cunningham's and makes the Ewells to show worse.

3) Why does Atticus treat the Cunningham's with respect and the Ewells with disdain (look up the word if you have to)? I believe Atticus treats the Cunningham's with more respect because they are different and maybe he has known them better and they have more respect for them than the Ewells.

4) Is Atticus treating the Ewell’s with the same respect and fairness he seems to have for other families? He tries to but it seems that he does not because they are the whole reason the trial is going, the Ewells break laws and are just bad in general if you compare them to the Cunningham's

5) How does your answer contradict Atticus as the unflawed hero of the story? If it doesn’t, why did you answer “Yes” to question 4? I believe he is a hero but he is not unflawed.