Connections Pg 5 paragraph 1 when Likshmi does a ton of chores this reminds me of my house now. Sense my dad moved back in mom has stopped doing some of the things she used to do. Now my dad tells us to do the things she used to do. He expects a lot out of my brother and I. It takes a lot of energy to not rebel and listen. Pg 8 when Lakshmi’s step father jokes about how marrying off a daughter. That it is like selling a goat. The goat is only good for milk and butter. When its time to eat it cause your family is starving you don’t cry when you kill it. This reminds me of my uncle Mark he buys pigs and raises them. They slaughter them when they become of age and weight. So they don’t get attached to the pigs they name them after foods they will make. Like bacon and ham. Pg 11 the way they count the seasons. They do it just like we do. They check of days that go by at school and count the days like our average calendar. At home though the seasons are marked by women’s troubles like of child death and born. We name out seasons though. Pg 16 when Ama tells Lakshmi about how she needs to suffer. All women in the village suffer for the man of the family. The men work but the women slave at home. This reminds me of living on the farm and TV shows. On the farm our horses did all of our work for us. On TV The Fresh Prince of Bellaire they treat Jeffery not well at all. Yet he works for them still. Pg 25 When it finally pours. This reminds me of a song we play in church. It’s called let it rain. Ama turns her face towards the heavens. She accepts the rain and enjoys it. In the song it says “open the flood gates of heavens, let it rain”
Pg 5 paragraph 1 when Likshmi does a ton of chores this reminds me of my house now. Sense my dad moved back in mom has stopped doing some of the things she used to do. Now my dad tells us to do the things she used to do. He expects a lot out of my brother and I. It takes a lot of energy to not rebel and listen.
Pg 8 when Lakshmi’s step father jokes about how marrying off a daughter. That it is like selling a goat. The goat is only good for milk and butter. When its time to eat it cause your family is starving you don’t cry when you kill it. This reminds me of my uncle Mark he buys pigs and raises them. They slaughter them when they become of age and weight. So they don’t get attached to the pigs they name them after foods they will make. Like bacon and ham.
Pg 11 the way they count the seasons. They do it just like we do. They check of days that go by at school and count the days like our average calendar. At home though the seasons are marked by women’s troubles like of child death and born. We name out seasons though.
Pg 16 when Ama tells Lakshmi about how she needs to suffer. All women in the village suffer for the man of the family. The men work but the women slave at home. This reminds me of living on the farm and TV shows. On the farm our horses did all of our work for us. On TV The Fresh Prince of Bellaire they treat Jeffery not well at all. Yet he works for them still.
Pg 25 When it finally pours. This reminds me of a song we play in church. It’s called let it rain. Ama turns her face towards the heavens. She accepts the rain and enjoys it. In the song it says “open the flood gates of heavens, let it rain”