PD2-3 HOM reading log by Minjia Zhang

zhangminjia — 2025-01-02 11:59:32 UTC

Post your response to the following three question:

Share a quote that you found interesting, meaningful, or personally relatable. Include the page number and the title of the vignette.
Example: From "Title of the Vignette" (page ...), one beautifully written sentence I found is, "Quote."
Why do you think this quote is important or special? How does it connect to your own life, feelings, or experiences?
Based on what you have read so far, what questions do you have about the story? What is something you are curious about or want to understand better?

gilbertroland — 2025-01-02 14:26:17 UTC

From "Hairs" (Page 6), I just found out one meaningful sentences which is, " sweet to put your nose into when she is holding you, holding you and you feel safe, is the warm smell of bread before you bake it, is the smell when she makes room for you on her side of the bed still warm with her skin, and you sleep near her". The way how author explain her mother looks like is quite the same as my mom. The only person that makes me safe when I'm around her. I can just talk and sit next to her whenever I feel bad. I'm curious about how's the author's life at the end of the story.

xuzhijian — 2025-01-02 14:28:19 UTC

The title of the Vignette "My name" shows the girl's name meaning, but in the article says :" She was a horse woman too, born like me in the Chinese year of the horse-which is supposed to be bad luck if you're born female, Chinese and Mexicans don't like their women strong."On page 10. I think this is misunderstandings and stereotypes.😁but, in Chinese tradition people seems will think women should always take care of family🧐

zholdoshbekovasumaia — 2025-01-02 14:31:31 UTC

Sumaia

Example: From "Boys and Girls" page 9 one beautifully written sentence I found is "Until then I am a red balloon, balloon tied to an anchor".

For me this quote is like metaphor, that shows how lonely is character now, also it shows exact feeling and explaining the feeling of character. I have a lot of siblings that are younger than me, so when they were a little babies I am as a oldest daughter helped to my mom to take care of little babies. So, sometimes when I wanted to go with my friends even just to walk, my young siblings were asking to take them with me which is was fun for them but boring to me. Because the difference between my siblings and me was too big. I am curious about how she is going to found that "best friend".

caoyuyang — 2025-01-02 14:34:38 UTC

From " Boys & Girls" (page 8), one meaningful sentence I found is, " The boys and the girls live in separate worlds. The boys in their universe and we in ours."

I think this quote is special because it shows us that boys and girls like two different groups, they don't really connect to each other. In my own life, some males also don't really want to work with females.

The questions I have is why Esperanza is hard to find a friend.

anbushinovdanir — 2025-01-02 14:36:42 UTC

From "Marin" (27) " I like Marin. She is older and knows lots of things. She is the one who told us how Davey and Baby's sister got pregnant and what cream is best for taking off moustache hair and if you count the white flecks on your fingernails you can know how many boys are thinking of you and lots of other things I can't remember now"

For this quote is very interesting because I thing a lot of people can reflect their own life episode with human like Marin. For example me I knew 1 boy I am not remember his name, but he shows me always different things as Marin.

My question is, Does that book will whole about Esperanza's childhood or then we will read about her adults? I want to understand better metaphor about cats.

2025-01-02 14:37:25 UTC

Example Page 10 chap My name.''In English my name means hope .I n Spanish it means too many letter .it means sadness, it means waiting.''Page 10 chap My name.I think this important because it tells that one person' s name can have different meaning to others's language.This connect to my own life because my name in Arabic it means God's friend and in my language it means unique.

sawrou

novembredolensky — 2025-01-02 14:39:38 UTC

"My Name" (page 11)

"At school they say my name funny as the syllables were made out of tin and hurt the roof of your mouth, I would like to baptize myself under a new name."

This quote is important because some people don't like the names that their parents gave them, they feel umcorfortable when people call them. This is also how I feel about when people call me by my Fisrt name because for me it looks ugly.

My question is: Is it illegal to baptize under a new name?

Novembre Dolensky

2025-01-02 15:51:42 UTC

KAREN PARRA

From "My nam" (pg11) one beautifullu written sentence i found is "And the story goes she never forgave him. she looked out the window her whole life, the way so many women sit their sadness on an elbow. I wonder if she made the best with what she got or was she sorry becuase she couldn't be all the things she wanted to be.Esperanza .I have inherited her name."

For me this quote is special becuase it shows the meaning of his name and how this is special for her and have the interesting histoy and how she feel special for the meaning of his name.

2025-01-02 15:53:27 UTC

One example from the book is, "Nenny is too young to be my friend. she's just my sister and that was not my fault". For my this quote remembers me when I was litter and I was the youngest of three bothers and they take care of my, but they had their own friend in the neighborhood. this made me feel sometime uncomforted because I wanted to do the same thing as my biggest brother and have friend like them.

Rosangel

2025-01-02 18:16:15 UTC

A quote from the house on mango street is " I want to be like a waves on the sea ,like the clouds in the wind, but I'm me. One day I'll jump out of my skin . I'll shake the sky a hundred violins."

2025-01-02 21:33:27 UTC

Darina Nimgirova

From the vignette “My name” (page 10) the line is: “ In English my name is hope. In Spanish it means too many letters. It means sadness, it means waiting”.

This quote is important because it shows how Esperanza feels about her name and her identity. Her name means different things in English and Spanish, which shows how she feels caught between two cultures. I think it’s special because it makes me think about how my own name or background shapes who I am.

My question is: Why does Esperanza feel conflicted about her name?

baradjikassan — 2025-01-02 23:37:08 UTC

Example from "My Name" (page 10): I just found out one meaningful sentence: " In English, my name means hope. In Spanish, it means too many letters." This quote is important because it shows people how She has taken a positive word, hope, and given it three negative descriptions on he name in different language. Esperanza hates her name. Meaning "hope" in Spanish, her name carries a lot of connotations. I think it's special because it makes me think about what my own name means in my language.

My question is: how does she feel about her name in a different language?

hernandeztiuagustinacarolina — 2025-01-03 03:41:06 UTC

One example that I chose is From "Boys and girls " ( page,8) An interesting phrase I found was “Boys and girls live in separate worlds. Boys at their college and we at ours.” To me, this example is interesting because it shows a separation, like the separation of gender. I find what this example shows funny because when I was a child, my friends at school would never talk to boys because we said boys couldn’t talk to us and all the girls couldn’t talk to or play with them because we said they were violent, which was funny because we made it into a game. This example probably brings back a lot of childhood memories.

My question is: did they feel comfortable and happy feeling that each gender is separate, or that each group lived their life differently?

2025-01-03 14:25:11 UTC

From 'my name' is says " In Spanish my name means hope and in English is too many letter" this make me think something people making fun with others name and this is not a good thing for the way the name sound it does mean the meaning your name sound in other languages. I think our parent give us a name because of a special that had happened in his life and also in their culture. And I think it is a good thing you don't have to be unhappy for that. You should feel happy with the name you have.

Brithney Denius

abreugomezlijia — 2025-01-03 18:06:34 UTC

The line "I am a barrio girl" from "The House on Mango Street" (page 4) impacts me as in particular well-written. This quotation is important because it illustrates the feeling of feeling part of something. The word "barrio" describes a neighborhood that is often connected to urban Latinx communities. Esperanza Cordero, the main character, accepts herself and the cultural environment that effects her experiences by calling herself as a “barrio girl." Anyone who is unhappy with their identity in relation to their environment has great meaning in this statement. It attracts up the ways in which our environment forms our objectives and belief in self.

2025-01-06 23:57:57 UTC

The tittle of the vingette " hairs" page,7 one beautiful sentence that I found is "the snoring, the rain, and mama's hair that smells like bread" is a poignant and evocative phrase that captures a tender moment. It's special because it highlights the comfort and security of home, where even the most mundane sounds and smells can be soothing. This quote connects to my own life, as I have fond memories of my mother's cooking and the cozy atmosphere of our home on rainy days. I'm curious about how the story will explore the themes of family, love, and belonging, and how the protagonist's experiences will shape their identity.(evers🐮)

zhangminjia — 2025-01-09 11:29:28 UTC

Post your response to the following questions:

Find two quotes with page numbers that show different types of figurative language. Identify the type, explain the literal meaning, and discuss why the author used this figurative language and how it makes the story or message more powerful or interesting.
Find one quote that relates to the theme of 'growing up.' Explain how the quote connects to this theme. Then, analyze the narrative elements in the quote by identifying one (such as characterization, conflict, point of view, setting, or plot stages) and explaining why it applies.