numberr 6

FiveCmmnts
- Her aunt is moving to England
- The narrator watched her aunt as a machine melted slik together
- The narrator knew her father would always give her a present.
- She wasnt able to wer most of the stuff her step father gave to her
- The narrators step father wants her to move in w. him

FourQuestions
- Why did her stepfather want her to move in w. him ?
- Were the presents for her birthday?
- why hasn't the narrator been taught to dance when her stepmother was such a goodd dancer
- Why did she go to a catholic school if her family didn't seem to be religious?

ThreeVocab
- rheumatism-any disorder of the extremities or back, characterized by pain and stiffness.
- chemises-a woman's loose-fitting, shirt like undergarment

TwoLiteraryTerms
- "Hours and hours and hours I thought" : repetition


OneOverviewSentcee
She talks about many things that she has to forget about for some reason.

numberr 5

FiveeCmmnts
- The narrator started crying after what happened w. the girl and boy who were following her.
- She went to a catholic school with nuns
- The girl began to crack her knuckles, trying to intimidate the narrator
- Another boy helped the narrator with the books she dropped
- Alexander comforted the narrator.

FourQuestions
- What made the narrator cry ?
- Why didn't the nuns try to amke her feel better ?
- What is so nice about Helen's hair that the narrator wants her hair to look like hers ?
- Why didn't they have any looking-glass?

ThreeVocabb
pelted-to attack or assail with repeated blows or with missiles.
jostling-to bump, push, shove, brush against, or elbow roughly or rudely.
basin-a circular container with a greater width than depth, becoming smaller toward the bottom, used chiefly to hold water or other liquid, esp. for washing.

TwoLiteraryTerms
- "He had the eyes of a dead fish" : metaphor

OneOverviewSentence
Basically explains her talking to a nun in school.

numberr 4

FiveCmmnts
- The family saw a parrot die, it was caught on fire
- It was bad luck to see a parrot die
- It's like backwards here.

FourQuestions
- Were the black people given more respect than white people ?
- Why were white people called white niggers?
- Where did the superstition of parrots dieing come from ?
- Why was the narrator being followed while walking to school?

ThreeVocabb
- horripilate : the raising of the hairs on the skin as a response to cold or fear; goose bumps or goose pimples
- harridan : a scolding old woman; nag
- contumely : Rudeness or contempt arising from arrogance; insolence.

TwoLiteraryTerms
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OneOverviewSentencee
This part of the book is basically about how her family had to leave their house.

numberr 3

FiveeCmmnts
- Mr. Mason dislikedd Aunt Cora.
- Just as Aunt Cora's husband dislikedd her family.
- And he hated the West Indies.
- There was an old mans bloody hand near the stable.
- Annette was not being resonable

FourQuestions
- Why didn't Mr. Mason likee Aunt Cora?
- Why didn't Aunt Cora's husband like her family?
- & her husband hate the West Indies?
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ThreeVocabb
- stimulte : to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on.
- quavered : to perform trills in singing or on a musical instrument.
- erosive : wearing away by friction

TwooLiteraryTerms
- "Let sleepin dogs lie" : hyperbole
- "the called us white cockroaches" : metaphorr.


OneeOverviewSentencee
- The section explained the narrators childhood in a bit more detail.

numberr 2

FiveCmmnts ;
- It was very hard to understand the first few pages of the chapter
- Rhys was talking about people w.out mentioing names to leave the reader in suspense.
- The narrator disliked her fathers second wife becuase she was too young.
- Mr. Luttrell grew tired of waiting and had his own misfortunes


FourQuestions
- Why did Mr. Luttrell grow tired of waiting?
- And for wht ?
- Wht possedd to go andd swin out intoo the seaa ?!
- Has Mr. Luttrell been found yet ?

ThreeVocabb ;
- Rejuvenate : to make young or youthful again.
- distinctly : without doubt; unmistakably.
- prosperous : having or characterized by financial success or good fortune

TwooLiteraryTerms ;
- "...underneath the tree ferns, tall as forest trees ferns..." : methaphor

OneOverviewSentence ;
- In this section, the narrator explained more her relationship w. her father and new stepmother.

Wide Sagrasso Sea

FiveCmmnts
- Jean Rhys, was born at Roseau, Dominica
- Her family was never really poor.
- Her father was a Welsh doctor and her mother was a Creole- a white west indian
-Jean came to England at the age of 16 to a Duth Poet.

FourQuestions
- What did Rhys parents oppose of her marring a Dutch ?
- Why did Jean leave England and then return back to England ?
- Why did Rhys disapper after writing Good Morning, Midnight?
- Are all of Rhys books personal to her ?

ThreeVocab
- emancipated : not restricted by custom, tradition, superstition
- immensely : huge ; vast.

TwoLiteraryTerms
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OneOverviewSentence
- These few pages were just overviewns on Ryhs life and past.