Salvage the Bones: Close Reading by Teeka James https://padlet.com/katherinejames1/blugj423di5rjiln Made with the help of a typing monkey en-us 2021-04-28 18:52:48 UTC 2021-04-28 19:54:48 UTC hello@padlet.com Into the woods to the east of us, about a mile through pine and oaks so big and old their arms have grown to rest in the dirt, there is a pasture full of grazing cows. A wooden and barbed-wire fence rims the pasture. In the middle sits a big brown barn, and next to it, a small white house with a high sloped tin roof and small windows. White people live there. (64) katherinejames1 https://padlet.com/katherinejames1/blugj423di5rjiln/wish/1470692152 2021-04-28 18:58:47 UTC https://padlet.com/katherinejames1/blugj423di5rjiln/wish/1470692152 When I can breathe, I leave the stall to splash cold water on my face, but my eyes still look red, my eyelids swollen in the funhouse mirror. And then I think that Manny saw me, and that he turned away from me, from what I carry, pulling his burnt gold face from my hands, and then I am crying again for what I have been, for what I am, and for what I will be, again. (147) katherinejames1 https://padlet.com/katherinejames1/blugj423di5rjiln/wish/1470699659 2021-04-28 19:00:36 UTC https://padlet.com/katherinejames1/blugj423di5rjiln/wish/1470699659 The blood on Daddy’s shirt is the same color as the pulpy puppy in China’s mouth. China flings it away from her. It thuds on the tin and slides. Randall comes running. Big Henry kneels with Daddy in the dirt, where what was Daddy’s middle, ring, and pinkie finger on his left hand are sheared off clean as fallen tree trunks. The meat of his fingers is red and wet as China’s lips. (129-130). katherinejames1 https://padlet.com/katherinejames1/blugj423di5rjiln/wish/1470707250 2021-04-28 19:02:24 UTC https://padlet.com/katherinejames1/blugj423di5rjiln/wish/1470707250 Canned goods was the only kind of groceries Daddy knew how to make, so we were never short on Vienna sausages and potted meat. We ate Top Ramen every day: soupy, added hot dogs, drained the juice so it was spicy pasta; dry, it tasted like crackers. The last time we’d had a bad storm hit head-on, Mama was alive; after the storm, she’d barbecued all the meat left in the silent freezer so it wouldn’t spoil, and Skeetah ate so many hot sausage links he got sick. Randall and I had fought over the last pork chop, and Mama had pulled us apart while Daddy laughed about it, saying: She can hold her own. Told you she was going to be a little scrappy scrawny thing—built just like you. (6). Bloomsbury Publishing. Kindle Edition. katherinejames1 https://padlet.com/katherinejames1/blugj423di5rjiln/wish/1470714055 2021-04-28 19:03:59 UTC https://padlet.com/katherinejames1/blugj423di5rjiln/wish/1470714055 barbed-wire fence: this keeps the cows in and others out. It's a symbol of the division in society, how Esch and her family are not welcomed by the white community in the area. katherinejames1 https://padlet.com/katherinejames1/blugj423di5rjiln/wish/1470853088 2021-04-28 19:39:15 UTC https://padlet.com/katherinejames1/blugj423di5rjiln/wish/1470853088 Bobby https://padlet.com/katherinejames1/blugj423di5rjiln/wish/1470856831 When Esch explains her actions of splashing the water on her face, she not only paints a picture of what she is doing, but how it effects her mentally, and it transitions into her speaking about how she looks swollen. This directly has to do with how she views herself, and makes her cry. Therefor, this part of the passage is small, but has a big impact on Esch’ emotional state. ]]> 2021-04-28 19:40:15 UTC https://padlet.com/katherinejames1/blugj423di5rjiln/wish/1470856831 Justin https://padlet.com/katherinejames1/blugj423di5rjiln/wish/1470861138 The description of Daddy's fingers being chopped off like tree trunks being chopped down puts an image in our heads that creates a horrifying image. ]]> 2021-04-28 19:41:23 UTC https://padlet.com/katherinejames1/blugj423di5rjiln/wish/1470861138 Shamir Bey https://padlet.com/katherinejames1/blugj423di5rjiln/wish/1470867100 In the quote when it’s says “A wooden barbed-wire fences rims the pasture” shows how good the imagery is and how we can see it and it gives a great image in our head.]]> 2021-04-28 19:43:02 UTC https://padlet.com/katherinejames1/blugj423di5rjiln/wish/1470867100 Netane https://padlet.com/katherinejames1/blugj423di5rjiln/wish/1470867782 The canned foods and top ramen highlights the real struggle and puts an image in our heads. Also, I'm pretty sure most of us can relate eating that most of our lives.

]]> 2021-04-28 19:43:13 UTC https://padlet.com/katherinejames1/blugj423di5rjiln/wish/1470867782 The food that were talked about creates the watery taste in the readers mouth. Most people have ate those foods. It highlights also the struggle for food. https://padlet.com/katherinejames1/blugj423di5rjiln/wish/1470871473 nate]]> 2021-04-28 19:44:10 UTC https://padlet.com/katherinejames1/blugj423di5rjiln/wish/1470871473 Dillan https://padlet.com/katherinejames1/blugj423di5rjiln/wish/1470878223 The description of all the foods shows that they did not wasted the food and they appreciated the little things in their lives]]> 2021-04-28 19:46:04 UTC https://padlet.com/katherinejames1/blugj423di5rjiln/wish/1470878223 Lucas https://padlet.com/katherinejames1/blugj423di5rjiln/wish/1470894592 I think this passage is very descriptive with all the food they have. It shows that that their dad cannot cook so they have to buy ready to make foods. It shows the struggle that they are going through.

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