• What experiences do you share with the characters? I know that i follow what my family believes because i was born in to it.In what ways is your family similar or different from those in the book? My family is different in this book the mom makes her kids go to church and they join it me and my little brother used to go to church often when we were little but as we got older

• What did you learn about a character or group of people that you have not personally experienced? On strict region rules that i have to follow, i know what i believe in but im not bug on it like the characters in the book.

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  Religion was an important part of this chunk because this shapes the whole story basically. The mom was a Jew and her first husband changed her mind and she became a christian. She changed how she viewed god and became a very interested christian she would go to church often. When she was a Jew, she was forced to follow specific rules that her family made her follow. She changed her religion because her family basically kicked her out of their life's after she was caught dating her black boyfriend.

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"Your father changed my life . He taught me about a god who lifted me up and forgave me and made me new".

• Give context for your quote. What was happening in the story that made. She was an orthodox jew and her first husband changed her beliefs about god and she became a christian.

1. What recurring patterns (repeated or related words, images, etc.) can you find? What is the effect of these patterns or motifs? The author uses patterns in this book by switching up who's story is being told every chapter is being told by author the mom or the son.

2. How do rhetorical strategies (like ethos, pathos, logos) enhance the story?  The author uses pathos in many ways in the chapter he tells the story of the mom and how she was basically kicked out her own family because she was dating someone who was darked skinned. This makes the readers feel bad for how she treated by her family.

3. Are there any gaps you'd like the author to fill in, or pieces of information you think were missing? Yes, Sometimes i feel think the author doesn't fully finish a chapter and then the next chapter switches (POV) and we dont get the full story.

2. How might readers in different time periods or of different ages interpret the text? Because they don't understand how things worked or how people were back in the day cause i didn't live throught it. So its difficult for us to understand properly.

3. How do your values alter your perceptions of the text? I think I'm more grateful for what i had and have more then before cause now i see how people how it rough and i had it easy. So i think that I'm a lot more grateful for that.

“You only have one or two good friends in life,” she used to preach at us, and for her, Irene was one of those."

• This shows how impotant Irene was to the mom and losing her husband and her bestfriend killed the mom mentally. She was mentally gone and she was a mess cause only Irene understood her and she was only happy with Irene.

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  The moms helath during this chunk was bad she went through a lot in these couple of chapters. She lost her two most impotant poeple in her life (her husband and bestfriend). Her life completely changed and so did she, She became depressed and wouldnt talk or want to do anything. She was like this for 10 years trying to get over the death of her husband and her "sister" Irene she the only one that would comfort her and get her and help her. Irene was there since day one and when she passed it was like the ten years was going to start again.

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• What experiences do you share with the characters? I know what it feels like to lose someone very very important to you and it honestly does kill your movatation to do anything and mentally as well. In what ways is your family similar or different from those in the book? I think my family is different because we dont let eachother fall into depression like the kids did to the mom. What did you learn about a character or group of people that you have not personally experienced? I havent experienced like falling into bad habits like drugs drinking or stealing. i dont think i will ever fall into those things and i dont want too.

“You only have one or two good friends in life,” she used to preach at us, and for her, Irene was one of those."she was explaining why she became a Christian and started believing in god when her husband changed her religious beliefs "I accepted Jesus that day and He has never let me down from that day to this. I later got on as the church secretary"(pg.137).

• this shows how big of an impact her husband and god made to her life that she changed everything to rely on god.

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  She was an orthand jew and that's was taught in her life since born in her life. When she married her husband her whole family and culture gave up on her. Her husband later changed her for the better to believe in god and that he will protect her and never give up on her.

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• What experiences do you share with the characters? Of changing for the better like the mom changed her belief for the better. In what ways is your family similar or different from those in the book? I think we are different cause my family will never give up on each other. What did you learn about a character or group of people that you have not personally experienced? . That I haven't changed for someone like that in my life.