5 Comments
- Hershey treated the orphans like his own sons.
- After creating his own chocolate and town, Hershey made an orphanage school dedicated for abandoned boys.
- Hershey hardly spend the money he earned on himself, but he spend it on for the need and his wife.
- Hershey Park and chocolates brought people joy.
- It is sad that a man like Hershey could not have a child that was his blood.
4 Questions
- Did Nelson's mother gave her sons up to Hershey because she could not raise two boys and a baby herself?
- How did people feel about Hershey's chocolates?
- Why does Hershey's Park sounds so...perfect?
- How did others such as Hershey's competitors, thought of Hershey?
3 Vocabularies
- Rambunctious(pg. 127)-adj. difficult to control or handle.
- Amenities(pg. 132)-noun. an agreeable way or manner.
- Poignant(pg. 144)-adj. keen or strong in mental appeal.
2 Literally Devices
- "bring the ship into port"(pg 135).- Idiom, i think it means to bring success.
- "... a character who was brilliant, congenial, generous, and just" (page 138)- Characterization, describing Hershey's character.
Summary
After Hershey's success in chocolate and town, he made an orphanage and school in his town. During the time he made the orphanage, there has been many corruption and government wanted to create a place for abandoned kids so they would not be corrupted. Through the chapter it has reveal that Hershey loved to spoil his wife, Cathrine, Kitty. Hershey always worried of his wife's health and also his workers which is why people thought of him as a good man for he always treated everyone equally. Hershey's success ed people to come to his town and admire it and causing more people to come.
5 Comments
- Wow, Kodak was formed around the late 1800s, I thought it was made around the mid 1900s.
- People says fashion and food starts in Europe and move east, United State was far behind.
- Hershey was a dedicated man when it comes to work and his wife.
- Hershey's dreams of a Utopian was a dream he truly believed in to come a reality.
- Hershey does not seem to relay on his mother's family anymore.
4 Questions
- Had competition push Hershey to make his chocolate the best?
- Why do people call Henry Hershey (Hershey's father) "dad"?
- Did people not believe that Hershey could create a town?
- Did Fanny Hershey (Hershey's mother) still loved Henry Hershey through the years they were separated?
3 Vocabularies
- Entrepreneurs (pg. 88)- noun. contractor.
- Crystallizing (pg. 101)- verb. to give definite or concrete form.
- Commodities (pg. 123)-noun. something of use, advantage or value.
2 Literally Devices
- "After it was finished it was so rich, like butter..."(page 98).- Simile,Hershey was making cream and his cream came out rich and it was compare as butter.
- "...to watch her husband's dream rising out of the earth" (pg. 11).- Idiom or metaphor, his dream is coming true.
Summary
Hershey starts to build his Utopian, his father has brag about it before it was made, and a bigger factory for his chocolate. He wanted to build houses that are comfortable for the people that would live in it and it would give them pride. Hershey's plan for his town were very detailed and caused people to be amaze that he would build one. Hershey's father passed away causing the love between his father and his mother to be questioned. Other than that, Hershey made new chocolate that we know as Hershey's Kisses and almond.
