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Kimberly spends years translating as she comes to the US and begins to assimilate to life here - first with school and working at the factory and later with the private school and life of the upper class. <br />3. The relationships with Matt and Curt differ in their expectations - what they expect from Kimberly. I think Kimberly initially chooses Matt because there is comfort in the familiar. I didn't really see a future for her with either boy. I think she was so driven that the only way for her was making it on her own.<br />4. I think this is what normally happens - it is easier for younger people to adjust with such large changes. I think Ma still takes care of Kimberly as much as she can but is more resigned with Kimberly being the leader in outside communication.<br />5. I think that you never know if things will be easier. Kimberly's life was easier but she might not have had the same opportunities had her father lived.<br />6. 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Language of the novel evolves with respect to K...1. Language of the novel evolves with respect to Kimberly's exposure to her peers use of the language. The progress of Kimberly's English helps narrate Kimberly's embrace, acceptance, adjustment and comprehension of American culture and the release of her native Chinese culture.<br /><br />2. Kimberly's first day in school displays the very essence of her struggle with translating language, etiquette and customs. She constantly compares Chinese customs and etiquette to American. Take for instance when Kimberly observes the relaxed and reclined body language of her peers as they listen to their teacher Mr. Bogart. She mentions how in China students were to sit erect and position their hands folded behind their back as a sign of respect to the teacher. Another account is when Kimberly (Best student in Hong Kong) thinks she is excelling in mean, medium, mode math problems on a test and later discovers that her Chinese method of arranging her answer is not how they do it in America. Also consider the game of Cooties which requires one to pass the cooties along by touching another. Chinese custom requires one to ask permission before touching. Kim struggled with this concept. With all this said Kimberly is forced to adjust into a learning curve of customs. Besides the English language, Kimberly is translating American customs and etiquette to that of Chinese. Moreover she quickly discovers the two are vastly different.<br /><br />6. Kimberly decision of to keep the poverty of her home life a secret from her friend Anette really annoyed me. I understand she felt embarrassed and felt her friend would not understand or be able to make her situation any better. But, Kimberly was aware that her living circumstances were of inhumane conditions. So many occasions I wanted her to go to the principle or the teacher across the hall who seemed to really take interest in her students and say, "May I ask you a question?". <br /><br />8. All in all, immigrants from other countries enter America and experience a culture shock. It is natural for people of any race to compare what they know with what appears foreign. However, not all immigrants are dealt the same living circumstances or means of survival. Some come to live with/rely on family, others resort to assistance from social services or purchase apartment/homes from their hard earned savings. Kim's case was unique in a way, she and her mother entered America with expectations of living with Kimberly's Aunt Paula. Kimberly's mother was supposed to earn their keep as a nanny. But because of Paula's paranoia of Kimberly's mother's illness she discriminates and finds them a home in the undesirable projects. Things then did not turn out as they planned.<br /><br />9. Kimberly's circumstances were alarming. No one should be forced to live in a building deprived of heat or infested with roaches and rodents dimply because it was all that that they could afford. As I read this I felt so sorry for Kimberly to have to enter a country of said promises and live in filthy and hazardous conditions. Kimberly's story in Girl In Translation exposed me to an unpleasant reality of immigrants of 1980. Immigrants experience fear, self consciousness, loneliness, discrimination and daily struggle to adjust to American customs, to feel accepted, and to excel. It's not easy, but possible.<br /><br />10. I'm not certain of what has changed per-Se, but I believe there are more programs established to prevent immigrants from falling into the pits of American poverty. Federal agencies are becoming more thorough at investigating companies for illegal use of immigrants.Tysheenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04819112802427742199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200373895016479510.post-3953240451557415382012-01-02T13:10:35.417-05:002012-01-02T13:10:35.417-05:001. I think life with Ernest offers her excitement...1. I think life with Ernest offers her excitement and purpose which is something she has lacked since the death of her mother. I think she risks losing herself in Ernest - he is all encompassing and not forgiving.<br /><br />2. I think Hadley and Ernest share "chemistry" with one another and both of them are ready to go out and see the world. The challenges are that Ernest is just starting out in the world and Hadley really wants convention.<br /><br />3. I think Ernest was very magnetic and larger than life - but he wouldn't have been the type of person I would choose for a long-term partner. <br /><br />4. Life was difficult for them in Paris at first and I think Ernest found his stride much quicker than Hadley. I think that Ernest was quick to meld into a place and make it his own where as Hadley was more tentative - she had nothing there and Ernest had his writing.<br /><br />5. Hadley has more conservative views than most of their social circle and feels uncomfortable which lowers her self-esteem. I think in the end it gives Hadley a stronger sense of self, the ability to stand up for herself and know what it is that she really wants.<br /><br />6. I think Hadley is patient and tolerates a lot during their marraige - and also trys to fit in even though she isn't always comfortable. Their marraige is monogamous much longer than anyone around them and it is more conventional than anyone else in their circle.<br /><br />7. I think having Ernest's voice allows you to understand how he views things - how his life has impacted him. It made me want to go read more of his work - especially A Moveable Feast.<br /><br />8. Literary spouses had no "role" except one of support. Hadley is restricted into acceptable roles of that time - even the 1920's had limited opportunities for women - the women around her are wives, artists, writers, or out for someone's money (for the most part). If she has been an artist she would have had a voice of her own - but I don't think she would have been attractive to Ernest.<br /><br />9. I think motherhood gives Hadley purpose, but it is a restriction for Ernest and in some ways it seemed to be the beginning of the end of their relationship - at least the better part of their relationship.<br /><br />10. Ernest questions whether Hadley is supportive of him when she loses the valise of Ernest's work...and I don't think he ever trusts her quite as fully again.bikkihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17438493644769472450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200373895016479510.post-64197092063035331422011-12-03T17:48:41.835-05:002011-12-03T17:48:41.835-05:001. Ernest is an exciting planet around which Hadle...1. Ernest is an exciting planet around which Hadley can orbit and find utility, which her life lacks due in part to her mother’s illness/death and her father’s suicide. Orienting her life around him is exciting at first, but once his success expands him beyond her, she is once again hollow and wanting. <br /><br />2/3. Ernest is passionate, driven, hungry for life, all alluring, desirable qualities in a man. Hadley sees herself as the lone counterpoint to these extremes. But fame turns these qualities into exaggerated caricatures of themselves, and Hadley cannot stand against them. <br /><br />5. Hadley doesn’t dress or behave to be thought extraordinary. She doesn’t see herself as a repressed woman nor does she seduce for kicks. Despite her insecurity, she seems more self-possessed than many of the other women in the novel. Ernest loves and cherishes her this way but desires Pfife for wanting something bad enough to take it.<br /><br />6. Hadley’s determination to love, tolerate, and self-repudiate for Ernest and his need for her stability keep them together. Pound and Shakespeare have incorporated infidelity into their marriage, and Scott and Zelda have a wild imbalance that prevents either of them from straying too far.<br /><br />7. Ernest’s POV illuminates his issues and points to his hopelessness so clearly that their situation becomes even more pitiable.<br /><br />8. The spouses are to tolerate and temper their beloveds’ passions. In opting out of the piano recital, Hadley misses her chance to gain some hand in her marriage that she could never otherwise obtain. Short of that, because she’s a chaste, ordinary, determined-to-be-content woman, she just accepts her lot. <br /><br />9. Bumby gives Ernest more to worry and rant about, as the case may be. He gives Hadley life, love, and a reason to go on when she otherwise might not.<br /><br />10. When Hadley loses those pages, she knows she has also irrevocably lost Ernest and his complete trust. How can he truly forgive when he’s long harbored suspicions that she doesn't really want him to write as much as he does?<br /><br />15. The book is about chaos, passions, and life-as-sport. Hadley is the antithesis of those things. Grounding Ernest, she allows him to get lost in the fracas, ruin himself, recover, then write. Without the safety of Hadley, none of it would be possible.<br /><br />17/18. Pfife likes and envies Hadley and steals her husband as proof. But because she can compartmentalize her feelings, she can say, “I like you and I’m going to take your husband.” Had Hadley had suspected Pfife’s intentions, her passive fear and silence would have paralyzed her early on and prevented her from doing anything about her suspicions.<br /><br />19. Ernest tries to make his marriage work for himself only. Hadley would have lost herself completely had she stayed. Hadley knows from the beginning that their marriage can work only as long as he’s committed to it. She could fight all she wants, but in the end, Ernest would not yield. She knows that, and surprised that she cannot live with his terms, she ends it.<br /><br />21. Hadley is extraordinary because she saw him for exactly what he was and loved him for it. Ernest never changed: his passions and extremes just had greater boundaries in which to play. She regarded him as grand, important, and wonderful, all that “prince” connotes, from day one and never changed her opinion. 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Marginalizes characters have it just as rough as the main, although Agnes & Jakob and George make out all right in the end.<br /><br />3. Agnes’ narrow vision prevents her from seeing Howlett’s manipulation and Jakob’s love, but it also allows her to create new female roles. Like many extraordinary gifts, it has positive and negative implications. <br /><br />4. If by “feminist,” we mean a woman who believes in a woman’s right to fully actualize without being held back by men and their interference, then Agnes is a flaming feminist, and her audacity is inspirational. Conflicting feelings about womanhood stem from the fact that we wear so many costumes in a lifetime that we feel almost schizophrenic. Against the backdrop of her life theretofore, Agnes’ above statement encapsulates the dualities of feminism – women want to be all we can be without forfeiting the privileges of our gender. <br /><br />5. Agnes lives with an underlying belief that her father’s erasure is a wrong that needs righting, and her life’s choices reflect that. Although she thinks of her father incessantly, not until he repudiates her in France did I realize how much of a father quest this book was. My heart ached from then on because I felt as if her entire life up until that point had been a waste. And she articulates this perfectly when she says to Jakob, “The things I used to be certain of have suddenly ceased to be.” Yes, I was quite moved by the novel’s dénouement. <br /><br />6. George and Agnes love each other deeply. If not for George’s encouragement and instruction, Agnes may have died a slow, painful death in a traditional female role. Grandmother, Laure and Agnes form a circle of love that sustains them all until the former two pass away, and George finds a hearth and a home with the three women. <br /><br />7. I knew that from the novel jacket, but it doesn’t change how I read the novel. <br /><br />8. Howlett’s one-word response to Agnes’ story binds her to him because she receives his “praise” as though it were coming by proxy from her father; I doubt this is what Howlett intends yet he uses her need for him to advance both their careers. In contrast, when she tells her story to George, she has had the time and experiences to see her life in a different light. She doesn’t seek approval or understanding but in receiving it freely from George, she releases her past and finds the courage to face a future she has yet to create. <br /><br />9. Women had few options then. Laure does what is expected of a beautiful girl, but in the end, she dies without her husband at her side and at the hand of mental, emotional, and physical illness. Agnes carves out a path for herself, or so she believes, and has to begin anew when it disintegrates in her hands. George seems to have gained much from the novel’s start to end even though her situation has changed the least. In finding a home with the White Ladies, she finds a place where she can be herself.<br /><br />10. Agnes must indeed die in this novel and her death is beautiful. Her father’s rejection is the best thing that happens to her in the story, and without it, she would always be searching, never settled or satisfied. Now that the question of gaining her father’s acceptance has been answered with a resounding “no,” she can expel his ghost and figure out who she is, apart from his daughter and lone loyal cheerleader, and create a life that matters to her.denise Leora madrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15190768642433678070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200373895016479510.post-85567612934025704262011-10-22T09:34:46.597-04:002011-10-22T09:34:46.597-04:001. The Howlett Heart functions as a guide post in...1. The Howlett Heart functions as a guide post in the novel - it serves during specific points to lead Agnes closer to her father. Almost every significant interaction regarding the heart gives her another clue. I don't know that it evoked anything for me personally - I always find it a miracle how we are created and how many of us are created without serious defect so inevitably there are some of us that have defects. It is amazing what they are able to fix today versus in the time period of the book.<br /><br />2. I think Agnes, Jakob, Dugald, Laure, and Miss Skerry are all marginalized. They all fall outside normal mainstream conventions for that time period - which was much more strict and less forgiving of differences. Dr. Howlett, Dr. Clarke, the other doctors at McGill are all more mainstream characters. I think those characters that are marginalized have more difficult lives.<br /><br />3. Agnes doesn't see clearly until she is given glasses at school and then a whole new world is opened to her - a world of possibilities. She chooses to build a dream world by looking at Howlett and her father unclearly until the end of the book, which is what she means by her statement. Her father can't see at the end of his life when he chooses not to confirm that Agnes is his daughter. He has put blinders on and lived a life while ignoring his past. Different characters in the book choose to see what they want - their vision is an outside reflection of how they are choosing to see the world around them.<br /><br />4. I think that for her time, Agnes could be considered a feminist. She wanted women to have the right to go to medical school and be doctors. She told Huntley that she wasn't "taking" her sister, but she was going of her own free will - insinuating that women had a right to choose where they were going. <br /><br />5. Agnes is searching for her father - it is a quest of decades and she is always searching for clues and hoping that he will reach out to her. In the meantime she becomes successful and builds her own career. It has a twist because Agnes is female and her father won't claim her as his daughter when she shows up at his door.<br /><br />6. Yes - I think in the end Agnes and Jakob will have a successful love relationship. <br /><br />7. No, it doesn't change my approach to the novel, but I do find it intriguing.<br /><br />8. By telling her story to Howlett she gains a benefactor which allows her to become a success in her own right. By telling her story to Skerry she gains closure and acceptance...and I think she realizes the opportunity with Jakob.<br /><br />9. Laure was traditional and chose to be with a man who loved her, but it was too much for her and lived the end of her life with help. 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Yes, Agnes has to give up the dream of her father in order to find a life for herself.bikkihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17438493644769472450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200373895016479510.post-75349188844483484132011-10-10T17:25:02.390-04:002011-10-10T17:25:02.390-04:00Thank you for the discussion questions as our book...Thank you for the discussion questions as our book club in NYC is also currently reading this great book.<br /><br />JanetAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200373895016479510.post-68840988596796333462011-10-08T18:40:48.433-04:002011-10-08T18:40:48.433-04:001. A 40-something scientist looking for love and ...1. A 40-something scientist looking for love and meaning in life. I think the past has shaped her in that she is still haunted by it - literally in her dreams and thoughts.<br /><br />2. I think it says that she is comfortable with what she knows - that she will not change for the sake of change. That she is expansive. <br /><br />3. She is having an affair with Mr. Fox - I would not say that it is love and I am not sure they have a future. It is a relationship full of rules. He wants Marina to go to the Amazon because he thinks she can get the job done. She agrees because her office mate is dead and she feels responsible - and interest in the opportunity I think.<br /><br />4. I think Marina is drawn to Annik because she is so assured and calm. I think Annik sees the potential in Marina that Marina doesn't have the confidence in yet. I would agree with Barbara's assessment of Annik - I think she was a woman who wrote the rules instead of playing by them.<br /><br />5. I do like these women and the story of their relationship - although I don't think my opinion changed of them as the story went on. Life is complicated and they are complicated women. I think Marina never told anyone the entire story of Annik because it is a story where she sees herself failing.<br /><br />6. I think there is a reason that biologically we can't have children after a certain age. This research gives Marina hope that she should have a child in her early 40's easier than before. I don't think it is fair to children to have them when you are older - having friends whose parents were in their 50's when they were born. It is hard to be young when your parents are aging. I think science should improve on nature in other areas then letting women have babies into their 50's or 60's.<br /><br />7. I think Annik does a good job of practicing what she preaches. I think I would rather go along quietly and be able to observe the world. I find it sad that I travel half way around the world to be faced with a plethora of KFC's and McDonald's. <br /><br />8. I think the Lakashi are tolerant of the researchers. I think the Lakashi have more modern items around them and a realization of the greater world because the researchers are there than they would have had otherwise. I think the researchers are shown a different way of life - which impacts us as much as we let it.<br /><br />9. I don't think I could live in the jungle. I am not sure I am up to it.<br /><br />10. The natural world is the setting for the story - almost its own character. The environment influences the actions of the characters - how they react with one another, the decisions they make, and what their future holds. I think Marina eventually gains her bearings - and is surprised by it.<br /><br />11. Annik keeps her in the jungle with her pregnancy and eventually finding out that Anders is still alive. I think Marina begins to see the options in life. I don't know if she'll return - but I can see her doing it.<br /><br />12. I can understand the choices Marina made - although they were difficult. Easter was a surrogate child to Annik and a sacrifice for Marina. I think Marina would try to have a child after her experiences with Easter.<br /><br />13. I think she makes some drastic life changes - I can't imagine going back to the same life after all of that.bikkihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17438493644769472450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200373895016479510.post-62109395971118589682011-10-08T18:20:32.091-04:002011-10-08T18:20:32.091-04:006. I do not think that a traditional family is re...6. I do not think that a traditional family is required to have a happy, well-adjusted child. I think it requires love, attention, and care - whether it is from one parent, a village, or a traditional two-parent family (however that two-parent family is made up). <br /><br />7. I think laws should protect volunteers - especially if it would encourage more people to volunteer. I don't think you can expect volunteers to be held to the same standards as trained professionals.<br /><br />8. I can understand why she kept it a secret, but I would hope that if you were going to marry someone you would feel like you could tell them something like that. I think it takes a long time to repair broken trust and although it can be repaired it definitely damages the intimacy in our lives. Why trust someone with your secrets when you don't trust them?<br /><br />9. I think she was a bit of a helicopter parent. I think good parents let their kids make mistakes and choices, ultimately letting them learn about the affect of their decisions. I do think she is a good mother and I don't think she favors one child over another, but rather treats them differently. You can't treat each child exactly the same - they have different needs and wants.<br /><br />10. I didn't like Amanda. I was glad to see that she had learned some humility and compassion by the end of the book. I don't know that I ever would feel bad for the bully and I wouldn't take their personal circumstances into account. How many times do we hear stories of people who overcame exceptional odds to accomplish great things? <br /><br />11. I do know at least one or two people who are sue-happy who I think don't like to take responsibility for the choices or circumstances. I didn't have a strong opinion about the lawyers strategy - they are trying to do their jobs and protect Rose. I think school holds some responsibility for the safety of the students and insuring they are in a building that is secure.bikkihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17438493644769472450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200373895016479510.post-5205934062669835342011-10-08T18:20:18.429-04:002011-10-08T18:20:18.429-04:001. I think a mother is anyone who loves, cares fo...1. I think a mother is anyone who loves, cares for, and is responsible for a child. I think a mother-child relationship child is different because you are willing to sacrifice and give up so much for your child that you wouldn't be willing to give up for anyone else. Throughout art you see images of mother and children - historically the fathers were not involved like mothers. I don't think we diminish them and I think there are always exceptions to the rule of the mother-child bond, but it is different. <br /><br />2. I think in the age of electronic media bullying has become more advanced. I think we hear more about bullying because of the media and the internet, but not that it is more prevalent today. I think parents and schools should be aware and do all they can to have a no tolerance policy and be held accountable for the behavior. I think children should be spoken to and taught that it isn't right. As a child who was completely ostracized by all the girls in 5th grade I know how painful it is - I think those who watch and don't say anything should be held accountable too. I like to think that if my school would have had a program to build self-esteem and community it would have helped. Anything would have been better than a disinterested teacher who allowed it to occur daily and parents who didn't speak to their children.<br /><br />3. I haven't seen bullying like that as an adult (thank goodness!), but I think adults can think more rationally with the situation and know how to deal with it or ignore it. I think children mimic those authority figures around them so it is important for them to have good examples around them.<br /><br />4. I think Rose should have alerted the school and tried to help that way before confronting the children directly. I would be willing to talk to other parents, but there are so many people who are afraid of confrontation and wouldn't do that. I ended up transferring schools and then in 7th grade went back to school with the girls who had previously bullied me...they stopped and life was better, but it was a difficult choice.<br /><br />5. I think physical differences - or any kind of differences that make children different can mark them as targets. Children are cruel. It is our job as parents and mentors to try and make them realize that there is nothing wrong with being different and to teach compassion. I thought Melly's father was superficial based on his reaction. She was healthy otherwise which is way more important!bikkihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17438493644769472450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200373895016479510.post-80423249957257503392011-10-08T17:57:00.011-04:002011-10-08T17:57:00.011-04:001. Cathie starts a group so she can find friends....1. Cathie starts a group so she can find friends. Her children have left home and she is at the empty nest phase of life. She has more time, she is more secure and she is ready to be in a different place in life.<br /><br />2. Denise and Cathie are very different - almost opposite in every way. One is more introverted, the other extroverted. One is more of a planner, the other spontaneous. The examples go on and on. I think their relationship works because the complement each other and have those characteristics that the other lacks. There are always those special people that you meet and have an impact on your life.<br /><br />3. I can't remember specifically why she tells it, but it paints a picture for the reader about how difficult it was for Cathie as a single parent. What she struggled through and overcame. <br /><br />4. I think owning material objects comforts each of the women in separate ways. It gives Cathie a sense of home to finally own her own residence. It is hers - not some transitory spot that she can't feel secure in. She has never really had a home and it is like a piece in a puzzle that was always missing.<br /><br />5. I think in some ways Cathie envies the ease of the Denise's marriage with John, but she realizes that type of relationship wouldn't work for her. I think the marriage works for Denise because it allows her space, but she doesn't have the romance that she longs for from John. I think John and Denise have their own form of love - love takes many different forms and we don't know what works for other people.<br /><br />6. I think Cathie isn't sure what to do for Denise and Denise isn't clear about her expectations with regards to the MS. I think Cathie does her best to take care of Denise as much as Denise will let her. <br /><br />7. I just remember the trip being horrible and how I can imagine this happening to me on vacation with some people I know - I would be Cathie and it would not be good.bikkihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17438493644769472450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200373895016479510.post-9668812208596934952011-10-08T17:44:19.015-04:002011-10-08T17:44:19.015-04:00I am trying to catch up on my posting so I may be ...I am trying to catch up on my posting so I may be a little fuzzy about what happened since I read this awhile back:<br /><br />1. I agree with Jen in that a main theme was definitely good vs. evil and what we do to survive. I think you could also see the theme of what happens when we try to control nature - which isn't meant to be controlled.<br /><br />2. I think the quote at the beginning of the book summed it up well: "The road to death is a long march beset with all evils, and the heart fails little by little at each new terror, the bones rebel at each step, the mind sets up its own bitter resistance and to what end? The barriers sink one by one, and no covering of the eyes shuts out the landscape of disaster, nor the sight of crimes committed there."<br /><br />3. I think if anything like that were to happen then it is quite possible that any reaction could be taken in response. We never know what our response will be until we are faced to make a decision.<br /><br />4. Yes. I enjoyed the book and thought that Cronin did a good job of moving the reader through the beginning through the trauma to the re-building of the world and how those who were left coped. It was very realistic to me. <br /><br />5. I did not have a hard time transitioning - I thought the author did a good job of preparing the reader for what was next. I wasn't prepared for learning that this was going to continue for two more books, but I would be interested in reading where the story goes from here. <br /><br />6. I thought the book was very detailed in the search for others so the last 100 pages seemed long...but at the same time I was anxious to see what would happen next. Then I remember feeling let down that there wasn't a true ending...I would be waiting for the next book to see what was happening next.<br /><br />7. I think the author is very detailed so there where parts that I thought were slow...but I always wanted to know what was going to happen next and where the story was going to take me. <br /><br />8. I think the FBI agent loved Amy the most and I think Amy loved him the most (I can't remember his name!)<br /><br />9. The ending was satisfying, but I still am interested in the next book.<br /><br />10. I would rate it 3.5 starts out of 5. It was a solidly good read for me. I enjoyed it even if there were a few parts that were slow to me.bikkihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17438493644769472450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200373895016479510.post-79434995325933335152011-09-26T13:04:22.065-04:002011-09-26T13:04:22.065-04:001. For me Promise Bridge turned out to be a novel ...1. For me Promise Bridge turned out to be a novel that shed light on the evolution of human behavior. This novel reminded me that even in the worse times in history some form of humanity was present. It was a beautiful and inspiring story of friendship, love, bravery, hardship and self-discovery that touched me deeply.<br /><br />2. When in the captivity of social decorum Hannah and Colt were unable to be "themselves", they always had to keep up appearances for the sake of reputation and family honor. But once they were in the North where all things were believed to be and live free of persecution, they realized that they no longer had to pose. Hannah could now freely interact with the ex-slaves and Colt could now freely practice medicine without any criticism from his father.<br /><br />3. Hannah felt more alive in Mud Run because it relieved her mind off of her own reality.<br /><br />4. Colt was Hannah's heroic knight. There are many circumstances in this novel where Colt steps in with his clever mind and medical knowledge to save the day. However, Hannah’s perception first changed when he chose to help her hide the runaways from harm rather than turning them in. If Colt would have turned both Livie and Marcus in he would have gained the good graces and praise of his father, but because of his nature and kind heart he chose not to. <br /><br />5. The mix of friendship, suspense and romance greatly affected the pace of the story. By mixing such elements it kept the story engaging and interesting, because the story never had a stagnant period…something good or bad was bound to happen. The plot twist I enjoyed the most was discovering that preassembly uptight “anti-abolitionist” Aunt Augusta and Colt were involved in the Underground Railroad.Tysheenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04819112802427742199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200373895016479510.post-19575577976090538602011-07-27T12:58:53.332-04:002011-07-27T12:58:53.332-04:001. Cathie feels the need to start a women's gr...1. Cathie feels the need to start a women's group to find friends.<br /><br />2. Cathie and Denise are like night and day; where as Cathie is more calm and calculated and Denise is robust and spontaneous. However, it's those very traits that cause the two women to find completion of what they were lacking.<br /><br />3. Cathie tells this story to convey to her readers exactly how hard it was being a single mother. As for the other women in the memoir it serves as a catalyst of comfort to confide..Tysheenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04819112802427742199noreply@blogger.com