sbta Alexis: Ch.17&adobe

1.Describe the nurse in your own words.
She was beautiful, and had really white teeth that looked nice with her dark skin.

2.Why were Ishmaels friends teasing him about? Have you ever been in that situation.
His friends were teasing him about liking the nurse. I have not been in that situation.

3.What did your friends tease you about?
My friends tease me about being weird.

4.What did the nurse tell Ishmael about them being friends?
She told him that if he wants to be his friend he has to ask her and earn her trust.

5.When he was talking to the nurse he was quiet in the beginning, and he stated he didn’t trust anyone in his life. Why does he feel this way? Give me examples.
He feels like this because he feels people befriend others to exploit them. The lieutenant, made him question adults trust especially.

6.Have you ever been in a situation where you feel the same as Ishmael?
Yes i have felt like i can not trust a lot of people. But now i do not care. I have nothing to hide.

7.What did the nurse give Ishmael?
The nurse gave him a Walkman, and a Run DMC cassette.

8.How does Ishmael respond when he unwraps the gift? Why??
He was very happy, but realized how he was acting so he stopped.

9.Describe when Ishmael shot the prisoners that had allegedly shot him.

10.What was Esther’s response to Ishmael’s story?
She felt really bad for him, but didn't know whether to hug him or rub his head.

11.Why didn’t Esther want Ishmael taking the walkman with him?
She didn't want him to take it because then other boys would want to steal it.

12.What stood out to you the most about his story of his past ? why/?
The thing that stood out most about is that he really didnt notice or seemed to care about being shot.

13. What do you think about his lieutenant?

I think his lieutenant is cruel, for brain washing little boys and making them fight.

14.Has he ever been injured? Tell me what happened.
Ishmael was shot during a fight with the rebels. He was going unconscious and had to be taken care of or else he could of died.

15.What did Ishmael see when he tried to remember his child hood?
Ishmael would remember himself slicing another mans throat.

16.Explain his surgery, how did the doctors fix him up. Detail
The doctor started working before the drugs kicked in. The doctor stuck a crooked looking scissors inside the wound and fished for the bullet.

17.What is the worst thing you have ever endured?explain.
The worst think I have ever endured was having my ankle caught in a bicycle wheel.

18.What did he do right after he gained consciousness?
When Ishmael gained consciousness he started cleaning his weapon.

19.What did he do to the “people responsible for his foot”
To make the prisoners suffer, Ishmael shot them in the feet and then waited a day to kill them. He was irritated by the look in their eyes.

20.When he gets flashbacks, how does he feel? Have you ever received flashbacks, what are they of?
Ishmael feels overwhelmed with his flashbacks. I have flashbacks of mean things i have said to a certain someone.

21.Why did Esther come on her Day off?
Esther came to take Ishmael to the doctor and to give him a tour of the city.

22.What cassette did the field worker buy him at the market?
The field worker bought Ishmael the Bob Marley cassette.

23.Why do you think song writing is a passion for Ishmael?
I think he like it because it relaxes him and he loves music, and everything that has to do with music.

24.Have you ever written a song? Why?
No i have never.

25.Why did Ishmael like the story of Rastafarianism and King Solomon and the queen of Sheba?
He liked it because he related to it. He to traveled the long distance and was driven to achieve his goal.

26.He listens to Bob Marley to avoid nightmares, what is your favorite song from marley? Why?
What phrase did Ishmael start to believe?
My favorite song is three little birds. I like it because it is a happy song.
He started to believe that everything that happened was not his fault.

Esther is like a savior for him, who is your person that has helped you out of your rut?
Yes, my family has helped me out many times.

Why did Ishmael like talking to Esther?
Ishmael liked talking to Esther because she would listen.

Delved :to carry on intensive and thorough research for data, information, or the like; investigate

Many people delve when they have to do an essay.

conversation:informal interchange of thoughts, information, etc., by spoken words; oral communication between persons; talk; colloquy.

The two teenagers had a long conversation and got to know one another.

Burdensome:distressing; troublesome.

Doing taxes is sometimes can be burdensome.

wharf:a structure built on the shore of or projecting into a harbor, stream, etc., so that vessels may be moored alongside to load or unload or to lie at rest; quay; pier.

In Seaport village they have wharfs. Some are very beautiful.

cringe:to shrink, bend, or crouch, esp. in fear or servility; cower.

I cringe at the thoughts of rats.

genuine:possessing the claimed or attributed character, quality, or origin; not counterfeit; authentic; real

The couple was genuinely happy when they committed to each other in their wedding.

anguish:excruciating or acute distress, suffering, or pain

The football player were filled with anguish after loosing the game.

rastafarianism:a religious cult, originally of Jamaica, that regards Africa as the Promised Land, to which all true believers will someday return, and the late Haile Selassie I, former emperor of Ethiopia, as the messiah.

I think that rastafarianism is interesting.