Expository Writing by Lydia Lee https://padlet.com/21_94086/tg1jtdoelu0l Made with mirth en-us 2018-02-12 19:33:36 UTC 2018-02-14 02:32:20 UTC hello@padlet.com Journey to Jama 21_94086 https://padlet.com/21_94086/tg1jtdoelu0l/wish/230793897 Lydia Lee, Boys Without Names, Kashmira Sheth]]> 2018-02-12 19:39:28 UTC https://padlet.com/21_94086/tg1jtdoelu0l/wish/230793897 Forward 21_94086 https://padlet.com/21_94086/tg1jtdoelu0l/wish/230796684     Gopal lives with his family in a small village called Matheran where they own a farm. Baba, Gopal's dad, borrows money from a money lender and can't pay it back within the time the man wants it back, so he has to work hard 12-hour days. Even though he does this, the money lender asks for demands for more and more. Eventually Baba is fed up with it and decides they should move to Mumbai to live with Gopal's uncle, Jama. Their destination isn't easily reached like they had hoped. 
     I dedicate this to Mrs. LaPorte because she's the one that is making me read this book. I honestly thought her books would have been boring, but they honestly are really good. So I appreciate her sharing her books with all of us students and being able to read this book.  ]]> 2018-02-12 19:44:45 UTC https://padlet.com/21_94086/tg1jtdoelu0l/wish/230796684 Table of Contents 21_94086 https://padlet.com/21_94086/tg1jtdoelu0l/wish/230805522 Entry 1: Gopal's Strengths and Weaknesses

Entry 2: Effects of the Moneylender

Entry 3: Gopal's Moving Process

Entry 4: Author's Page ]]> 2018-02-12 20:01:13 UTC https://padlet.com/21_94086/tg1jtdoelu0l/wish/230805522 Gopal's Strengths and Weaknesses 21_94086 https://padlet.com/21_94086/tg1jtdoelu0l/wish/230808438     The main character is Gopal. Gopal is a fourteen year old boy who lives in India. He is very intelligent and resourceful, and he's multilingual because he lives in a place where many different languages are spoken. There is this curiosity and quietness to him that makes him a mystery to some. These are good qualities, however there are some disadvantages to them. Since the moneylender knows he is his father's son, he wants him to come work with his dad, too, so that he can help "pay back" the money. Although, he isn't very strong in a physical way. He's scrawny and rawboned instead of big and muscular, so he would struggle to help with the work his father does.]]> 2018-02-12 20:07:14 UTC https://padlet.com/21_94086/tg1jtdoelu0l/wish/230808438 Effects of the Moneylender 21_94086 https://padlet.com/21_94086/tg1jtdoelu0l/wish/231262406      The antagonist at this point in the story is the moneylender. He's a pushy and  cruel man who gets what he wants. Since he had loaned money to Gopal's family, he thinks he's entitled to demand for more and more when they already don't have much to give. Hints as to why they got a loan from him in the first place. Gopal's dad works hard for him, yet he still takes advantage of him.
     On account of this, their family has to secretly leave their village. They had to run away because if they stayed they would have more things taken from them and Gopal would've had to work and do things he shouldn't have to. So, they take a train to their uncle's home who lives in Mumbai, yet their trip doesn't go as smoothly as they wished for. 
]]> 2018-02-13 19:52:00 UTC https://padlet.com/21_94086/tg1jtdoelu0l/wish/231262406 Gopal's Moving Process 21_94086 https://padlet.com/21_94086/tg1jtdoelu0l/wish/231262529   The main conflict is that Gopal's dad couldn't pay back the moneylender, as I'm sure you've figured out. This caused many problems for his family. They had to move without telling anyone goodbye or where they were headed and leave without a trace. I think this had an emotional effect on all of them because they knew the odds of seeing their friends or anyone else in the village again weren't good. Along with that, they wouldn't get to have their farm, the pond, the big gorus-chinch trees, or fresh, clean air anymore.
     One way this could've turned out different is if Gopal's dad hadn't borrowed money from the moneylender. They could've had more money and kept their farm, so they would've had food. Therefore, if he hadn't borrowed money they wouldn't have had to move to Jama's. Also, he wouldn't have had to leave his friends and everything he loved most in the world aside from his family.
     In the way the story goes, what initiates the problem is his family not being able to pay the money back. Not long after they leave the village, they figure out they don't have enough money to go straight to Mumbai, so they have to go to Dadar (another big city) and find their way from there. On the train, they meet a nice man who gives them food, and he teaches them how to play games with a whole deck of cards, in which they'd never had a whole deck before. Once they reach the station, the kind man gives them the cards and wishes them luck on their trip. They're stuck in the streets for two nights while their Baba goes to Mumbai to find Jama and bring him back to get them. When their Baba doesn't show after two days, they have to find a way to get money. For instance, Gopal carries people's luggage when they leave the station. So, they get on a train to Mumbai and find Jama and then they live with him and all is good. 

]]> 2018-02-13 19:52:13 UTC https://padlet.com/21_94086/tg1jtdoelu0l/wish/231262529 Author's Page 21_94086 https://padlet.com/21_94086/tg1jtdoelu0l/wish/231262582      Some things I've learned from reading my book is that India is a very diverse place. Boys Without Names describes things from a perspective I couldn't have known without reading it. Many people in India live in what we Americans would call poverty, yet that's all most of them know and think isn't a bad position to be in. I enjoyed learning these differences because it changes my views on the world. I can't say there's anything I haven't enjoyed about it. ]]> 2018-02-13 19:52:19 UTC https://padlet.com/21_94086/tg1jtdoelu0l/wish/231262582