1st Journal Entry of A Gracious Plenty

5 Comments

• Finch grew up having to look different from everyone because of a childhood mistake she did when she was younger.
  
• Lucille explained to Finch why people hates her so much because of the way she looks is different from others.
• Adults who mistreated Finch when they were younger wanted to apologize to Finch because now they are more mature and to look back at what they did wrong.
• Finch life is revolve around the cemetery causing her to not have much of the social life, but it is also because people don't want to associate with her.
  
• Lucille was was able to understand Finch more and soon they became friend because they were able to relate to one another.

4 Questions

• Does all children suffer from a punishment to learn of what they did wrong?

• Was Finch able to see the dead because of the hot water incident or because she works at the cemetery?
• Was Lucille disappointed because Finch did not know who she was, but the whole entire did?
• Does Finch pity the strays because they are unnoticed by people like her?

3 Vocabularies

• scalding(page 14)-noun,causing a burning sensation
• cordial(page 15)-adjective, courteous and friendly
• authentic(page 20)-adjective, not false or copied, genuine
  

2 Literally Devices

• "'They hate me. They try to tear up everything I got.'"(page 24) Man vs. Society
• "...my face like a piece of wood left out in snow and wind." (page 12) Simile, she is comparing her face to a piece of wood that is left out.

Summary

Overall, in the past pages I read so far, Finch described how she was burned as a kid and that she looked the same through out her life. Finch have the ability to see ghosts and be friend with those in the cemetery. She was able to have a friendship with a dead girl, that she used to despise while growing up, and understand why people stay away from her.

posted by Angellica M. @ 11:58 AM