BATLCS -Kendall Ewing by Kendall Ewing https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps Made with mirth en-us 2021-10-26 13:53:55 UTC 2021-12-07 15:07:58 UTC hello@padlet.com Character kendallewing https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1848330158 The narrator - seventeen years old. Main character (?). Luo's best friend. Father is a doctor, mother is a parasitic disease specialist. Can play the violin. 

Luo - eighteen years old. Best friends with the narrator. Quirky, smart, quick thinking, calm, cool, and collected.  Luo's father is a famous dentist.

The headman -  scary looking (three spots of blood in his left eye, nose hairs). Intimidating. Strong figure and Communist.

Luo's father - famous dentist who worked on Mao's teeth. Accused of sleeping with his nurse (did not actually). ]]> 2021-10-27 14:06:07 UTC https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1848330158 summery kendallewing https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1848476066 the narrator describes. their living conditions (phoenix mountain and the house on stilts) as well as their 'job,'moving human and animals excrement from the village is not vary civilized]]> 2021-10-27 14:45:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1848476066 potential big idea kendallewing https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1848494766 They escape from the re-education by going and watch movies then telling the story after. gives them a sense of hope. ]]> 2021-10-27 14:50:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1848494766 summery kendallewing https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1858785480 Luo and the narrator meet the tailor on their way to visit Four-Eyes. Later, when they go to have Luo's trousers lengthened, they meet the Little Seamstress. They learn more about the tailor from the LS. There is a little bit of flirting between the LS and Luo. ]]> 2021-11-01 13:43:25 UTC https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1858785480 Characters kendallewing https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1858854930 The little seamstress - daughter of the tailor. She can't read much, but like to talk to people who can read and wright. Flirting with Luo. Alone the majority of time.

The tailor - Father of the LS. he's Wealthy, powerful, treated like royalty/celebrity. Travels from village for his tailoring services.

Four - eyes - Luo and the narrator's friends from the city. he is being re-educated in a different village.
Luo - appears to like the LS. He denies his interest in the seamstress by saying "she is not civilize, at least enough for me"(27). despite the poor living conditions, he continues to grow ]]> 2021-11-01 14:05:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1858854930 summery kendallewing https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1858877286 Luo and the narrator have to work at a new job - working in the coal mine.  They think there going to die in the mine, and eventually Luo comes with malaria. Luo receives a letter from the little seamstress  in which she tells him that headman of her village has asked that the boys come there and tell the stories of the movies they have seen.]]> 2021-11-01 14:13:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1858877286 vocabulary word - macabre( pg. 30) kendallewing https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1858886595 definition:(adjective) disturbing and horrifying because of involvement with or depiction of death and injury.]]> 2021-11-01 14:16:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1858886595 Characters kendallewing https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1864708860 The narrator - scared of dying in the mine (would see his life flash before his eyes often). Worried he'll never see his parents again.

Luo - scared of dying in the mine. Comes down with malaria. 

The little seamstress - Thinking about Luo. She can read and write, thanks to her father, the tailor. Flirting with luo again through the letter. She spoken to her village headman to see if luo could come to the village and tell the stories of the movie ]]> 2021-11-03 13:54:14 UTC https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1864708860 Vocabulary word - unabashed (pg. 25) kendallewing https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1864710510 Definition: (adjective) not embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed.]]> 2021-11-03 13:54:43 UTC https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1864710510 Summary kendallewing https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1864724249 We meet the narrator and his best friend Luo, who are both being re-educated in a small, mountainside village. The headman of the village is inspecting a violin the narrator brought with him. The narrator gives us some context about the Cultural Revolution and re-education camps. Luo's dad (a famous dentist) is publicly humiliated for mentioning Mao and Jiang Jieshi in the same sentence. ]]> 2021-11-03 13:58:32 UTC https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1864724249 Vocabulary word - risible (pg. 4) kendallewing https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1864725974 Definition: (adjective) such as to provoke laughter.]]> 2021-11-03 13:58:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1864725974 vocab word - poultice (pg. 37) kendallewing https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1864780664 definition: (noun) a soft moist mass of material typically of plant material or flour, applied to the body to r]]> 2021-11-03 14:14:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1864780664 kendallewing https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1875362729 the new job could be an way for escape. luo is still sick. luo has a ]]> 2021-11-08 15:07:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1875362729 summery kendallewing https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1881588241 They were in trying to find a day to get the more book four eyes had. then when they got there four-eyes was deal with lice all over his body and started to boil his clothes. then told them his thousand-metre-cliff. the lice lay eggs all over there clothes so that's why he boiling his clothes. then he goyt a letter from his mother about talking about a deal for the four-eyes. then he when on a journey to try to find a song line for his journal.]]> 2021-11-10 15:15:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1881588241 Summery kendallewing https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1881615217 they try to get him by eating pebbles and as they eat it miller sings the mountain song so luo and the narrator get more books.]]> 2021-11-10 15:24:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1881615217 Characters kendallewing https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1881627906 The Narrator - The Narrator speaks mandarin  


Miller -  he doesn't even know where he lives

lou - he thinks quickly on his feet  ]]> 2021-11-10 15:27:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1881627906 summery kendallewing https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1881668574 The narrator gives four-eyes the songs but then when four-eyes didn't approve of the song because he wanted romantic song not the ones he brought him. then the narrator tries to tell him to give him the books. four-eyes doesn't let him have them then the Narrator fights Four-eyes and leave.]]> 2021-11-10 15:40:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1881668574 Why does the narrator attack Four-Eyes? kendallewing https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1881675903 changing the line to the original song or it could be the fact that he did all that work for nothing. 

]]> 2021-11-10 15:42:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1881675903 Characters kendallewing https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1881692034 The narrator - he fights four-eyes

luo- supportive of The narrator

Four-eye - he is a jerk ]]> 2021-11-10 15:48:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1881692034 summery kendallewing https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1881713972 we meet four-eyes a friend from there formal life. Four-eyes feeds them luo's sickness then the narrator finds a suit case under four-eyes bed the four-eyes freaks out when they ask him about it. then they figure out that four-eyes has secret books. The Narrator helps four-eyes when he looses his glasses then four-eyes gives them the book by balzack.]]> 2021-11-10 15:55:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1881713972 summery kendallewing https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1886873869 The narrator, luo, and the seamstress they when to go watch a movie the seamstress then tells Narrator that he was the better storyteller.   then this women shows up  and the narrator meets her. the little seamstress tells them they should steel the books.]]> 2021-11-12 15:15:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1886873869 vocab word - portor kendallewing https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1891460666 a person who cares people or luggage ]]> 2021-11-15 14:43:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1891460666 Characters kendallewing https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1891477397 seamstress - she tells narrator that he is a good storyteller.

The narrator - he lies about thing. he is talking about the books. he is starting to like the seamstress.

four-eyes mother: she is rich, her son can do no wrong.

luo: he  is just there.
]]> 2021-11-15 14:49:01 UTC https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1891477397 vocab word - vivacious kendallewing https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1897160656 attractively lively and animated]]> 2021-11-17 15:16:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1897160656 summery kendallewing https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1897184547 Luo set of to go take a another Balzac book to the little seamstress. he hat to cross the ridge that was 50 meters with a fare drop, on of the time the narrator tagged along and was terrified of the ridge. after the spent the night The narrator had a nightmare were luo and the seamstress were crossing the ridge as she feel to he terrible death. The narrator was scarred that this nightmare will happen and told luo to tell the seamstress to not go on that ridge. ]]> 2021-11-17 15:24:56 UTC https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1897184547 Characters kendallewing https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1897195477 Luo - he was scarred of heights since they were kids. he took another balzac book to the little seamstress and wasn't warred about the narrator dream

The narrator - he had a bad dream and was worried about the little seamstress. he was thinking that it would actually happened]]> 2021-11-17 15:28:41 UTC https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1897195477 summery kendallewing https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1902303319 the headman came back with Honorable tooth problems the doctor pulled out the wrong tooth, he insisted that luo father was a dentist he thought that he could fix this, luo refused. The tailor came to there village with many fabrics for the woman that night and the little seamstress. The narrator told the tailor a story that night and it when on for 9 whole nights. the tailor made the story a big part of phation. The head man hear the narrator told the story to the headman and told them that they were going to send him to the afishals. then luo told them that they had a deal and let him go.]]> 2021-11-19 15:13:43 UTC https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1902303319 characters kendallewing https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1902306495 The narrator -  the narrator is a sadist he likes to see the pain of the headman. he is scared to go to jail and didn't know if he could survive the torcher. his story telling is now better than luo's. 

Luo -  comes up with the sewing machine/drill idea to help save the narrator. Loyal to his friend.

tailor - appenly didn't need sleep - works all day and listens t the boys stories all night. western literature is influenced him.



]]> 2021-11-19 15:15:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1902306495 Character kendallewing https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1923145886 Luo - Secretly attached to his keys. it was first his parice but now doesn't want to visit there again. he receives a telegram that he has to go see his mom because she is hospitalized.


The little seamstress - She wants to make luo happy, she tries to retrieve the keys but a snake shows up. she has learned how to swim. she is more comfortable and more independent. She enjoys acting ]]> 2021-12-01 15:59:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1923145886 characters kendallewing https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1927532614 The narrator - he has become a good story teller. he is getting closer with the little seamstress. he likes the seamstress A LOT
he got caught with a book]]> 2021-12-03 15:06:25 UTC https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1927532614 charaters kendallewing https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1931326210 the narrator - he went on a long journey to try.


the seamstress - she is conflicted about wanting to keep the baby ]]> 2021-12-06 15:02:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1931326210 characters kendallewing https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1933740416 the seamstress - she want to be a city girl she grows up. she has been shadowed by luo, the narrator.  she changes her appearance 

luo - he sees her change as his doing.

the narrator - felt portrade ]]> 2021-12-07 14:57:34 UTC https://padlet.com/kendallewing/1l9s7rar2g82zpps/wish/1933740416