Journal Entry #10

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• Birth control was lehalized to married couples in 1965.
• Madonna was one of the first female rockstars!
• It's unveliableable how in 1977 after the women had some rights even the right to vote, Iris Rivera got fired because she didn't want to make coffe. Being a house wife was not her job!
• Childbirth was so dangerous that it was referred to as going down to the death's door.
• In 1900s, one out of every seventeen men had a mother or sister that died while giving birth.

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• How would society look today if birth control pills were only given to married couples?
• What would I be doing if women didn't have any rights?
• Would I still have the same family I still have today without some of the rights women fough for?
• Isn't it unveliavable how us, women, went from nothing to where we are today?
• What did people think about adoption?

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• Contraception (189): birth control (used for prevention)
• Obscene (191): offensive to morality or decency
• Hysteria (212): an uncontrollable outburst of emotion or fear

2

• "Only women who wanted to prevent pregnancies were prostitutes" (190). Women vs. Society.
• "Language validates experience, that is, gives us power to touch each other from the inside out, and share our inner world" (208). Personification.

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• I'm glad today women have freedom! "We'll change the world!" (208).

Journal Entry #9

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• Women started moving north because it was where they would have the most opportunities since they knew that there were many free slaves there.
• Wyoming was the first state that let women vote.
• Belva Ann Lockwood (1830-1917) ran twice for president!
• Women supported each other and were the ones who organized their own meetings and moved forth to seek change.
• Women's health didn't matter so much.

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• Did men think women were foolish for wanting what they did?
• What criticisms did Lockwood receive for wanting to become a president?
• If a women told their husband that they felt sick what would they do about it?
• Was there a women who supported men?

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• Lobbying (169): try to influence the votes of members
• Picketing (172): a group of people infront of a building ready to protest
• Anecdotes (178): a short account of an incident

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• "For working at least twelve hours a day, six days a week, she earned about $3-less if she damaged a collar" (171). Person vs. Person and Person vs. Society.
• "She went to push the tribe toward self-sufficiency" (175). Person vs. Society

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• There are many women to acknowledge for their bravery and their risky actions.

Journal Entry #8

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• Advocating for education took place during 1790 by Judith Sargent Steve.
  
• Elizabeth Cady Stanton supported the women rights movement and even published a book which criticized the role defined for women.
  
• Even in 2000, the Second Feminist Expo was held in Baltimore, Maryland.
  
• There are many different types of feminism such "Cultural Feminist" who celebrate women differences from men.
  
• Men can too be feminists!
  

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• What makes a person become a feminist?
  
• How were feminists treated before women had rights?
  
• What happened if a women married a women?
  
• If a women becomes a feminist, how do they know what type of feminist they are?
  

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• Exploitation (164): use for profit
  
• Patriarchy (168): a society, community based on social organization
  
• Pragmatic (168): treating historical people with special reference to their causes
  

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• "Feminists come in all shapes and sizes, all races, creeds, and colors" (161). Personification.
  
• "Opportunities that are the result of the efforts of women and men who have lived before them" (166). Person vs. Society.
• "Women are still the most universal and direct victims of our patriarchy" (167). Women vs. Society.
  

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• Even though women fought to own their rights and freedom from men there were some men that helped them move on, too.
  

Journal Entry #7

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• There was a girls group that formed called Mean Girls and they were the "rock-music heroines" (131).
• Besides all of the nice songs, the girls offered sisterhood.
• There were many critics about girls because they formed a girls group and they didn't write their own lyrics.
• There's atleast some realisation toda. "But feminism has taught us to appreciate everyday magic" (133).
• Women even had limitations when it came to playing sports. There was really no freedom for them to do anything. These women would envy us today because of all the priviledges we have and we all don't take advantage of the opportunities put in our paths.
• Some women that played sports and tryed any extend was Billie Jean King (tennis player).
• A strong women that we should all be proud of today is Jeannette Rankin who fought for women's rights and peace. And this is only one of the women that tried to change/make life better for women.
• "Women weren't always in the books" (146).

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• Did police officers favor men more than women?
• How would Ms. Jean King feel about sports today?
• Why don't we talk so much about women today in classes?
• Was there a certain group of women that got more attentions than others for a long period of time or were they all always ignored?

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• Smackeroo (131): a hard slap
• Svengali (132): a person who completely dominates another (selfish)
• Expenditure (136): the act of expending something

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• "Yet they wore leather pants, Beatle boots, and giant hairdos" (131). Imagery.
• "Discounted the value of girl gropus because most didn't write their owm music, and it was just bubble gum for the kids anyway" (133). Metaphor.

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• Women wanted to do everthing, but had limits to everything! Today we need to appreciate everything because people fought for us to have all the goods we have in our lives. We need to see the "perfect" side of life.

Journal Entry #6

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• The clothing that women wore were "images of women that society wanted them to fit" (115).
  
• In the 1740s women dressed like Puritans only wearing three colors; black, gray, and brown. Then came "An Elegant Colonial lady" (1780s), "The Empire Look" (1820s), and the corset in the 1860s which was very "uncomfortable" and reduced the waist to about 18 inches.
  
• In the 1920s women were now able to show some leg!
  
• Dior has been around the since 1947.
  
• Starting in the 1950s, clothing were being made in factories and jeans were becoming popular.
• The "Audrey Hepburn Look Takes Over", this look consists of a black dress and big sunglasses. I wouldn't be mad by this time I love dresses and bid shades!
  
• In 1968 "The hippies Make the Scene" and bikinis are now made (1970s).
• MTV influenced people to wear what ever they wanted to wear when ever, and also in the 1980s "Fashion magazines become bibles" (120).
• Fashion was now being printed every where and they beginning to change the world.
• In 1862 magazines were only two dollars for the year!
  
• In the 1890s the sizes of magazines increased from 6 by 10to 11 1/2 by 16 1/2 inches.
• Seventeen magazine have been around the World War II.
• "In the twentieth century, American women were offered more body-contorting contraptions than an Olympic gymnast: scalp-searing hair relaxers, cellulite cream, skin bleach, thigh masters" (126).
  

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• What happened if a women wore a dress above her knees?
• Who wore the first short dress?
  
• Was there a certain age that women had to be to where a specific length in dresses?
  
• Did men start wearing jeans before women or around the same time as women?
  

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• Dainty (116): of delicate beauty
  
• Pompadour (117): an arraignment of man's hair which is brushed up high from the forehead
  
• Haute (118): high class; fancy
  
• Passe (119): no longer fashionable
  
• Contraptions (126): a mechanical device
  
• Fad (127): a temporary fashion
  

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• "From Eve's fig leaf to Cinderella's slipper, from the buttoned-up look of the Puritans to the mini-skirts of the 1960s, the clothes have always been important as a mirror of the times, politically, socially, and economically" (Beckerman 115). Allusion.
  
• "The first World War ended and so did the restrictions on how women dressed" (117). Allusion.
• "I'm still waiting for the day that women's bodies aren't expected to fit the fad of the moment" (127).
  

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• Fashion has come a really long way from showing nothing but finger tips to showing as much as an individual wants. There are some fashion that I would have no trouble in wearing if I lived during the time.
  

Journal Entry #5

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• During World War II, many women got the chance to work. The women were having jobs dealing with cars because of the war. Though sometimes married women would not get hired.
  
• There were more and more jobs available for women as time went by. People were now realizing that having women working to could be beneficial.
  
• Eleanor Roosevelt was the first lady and first women to have a public career and life. She fought for rights and was hands, feet, ears and all the help to the president. It is unknown whether she was gay or not. "But by now, few of them will dispute her status as one of the greatest women who ever lived" (Krull 108).
  
• American women started voting in 1920. Women had limited rights. Their rights were so limited that even though there was discrimination, the right to vote was giving to black males before women or white women.
  
• "Bella Abzug was the first woman ever elected to Congress" (Griffith 111).
  

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• Who was the first person who publicly acknowledged women?
  
• Who gave the women their first job?
  
• What did the men in Congress say when Abzug was elected?
  
• What would have happened if a black women was elected instead?
  

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• Helm (Kuhn 100): a wheel that stirs a ship
  
• Clerical (Kuhn 100): doing the work of a clerk
  
• Teeming (Krull 105): abounding with something (people)
  
• Prominence (Krull 106): standing out
  
• Galvanized (Krull 107): to stimulate
  
• Formidable (Griffith 111): causing fear
  
• Absenteeism (Griffith 112): frequent absence from work
  

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• "All in all, women began to sense what they were capable of doing if given the chance; they saw new places and glimpsed new possibilities for their lives" (Kuhn 100). Woman vs. Self.
  
• "It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness" (Krull 108). Symbolism.
  

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• As the time goes by, women are getting more rights. Though their rights are still limited they are living a bit happier because sometthing is better than nothing.
  

Journal Entry #4

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• After the American Revolution women began to fight for what was right, they began to rebel.
  
• During the Industrial Revolution, after some years women began to raise the standards because they wanted improvement in their life.
• During the civil war, women were used as nurses and after there were more jobs available for women, not the best one's but they were getting better.
  
• There were many women that were considered "rebels" because they fought for women right. Among these women are Elizabeth Gurley Flynn who left high school to be a union speaker, Margaret Sanger who was spreading the word about birth control, and "Red" Emma Goldman who became a public speaker for social freedom.
  
• Some women were even considered dangerous because of what they became. Such as Nellie Bly an undercover investigator.
• Women did so much that they weren't recognized for. Such as Dr. Harriet Clisby, one of the first female doctors who founded the WEIU in Boston, 1877.
  

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• Were women happy because the civil war occurred?
  
• Was there a place (country or state) that gave women rights first?
  
• Did men petition so that women go back to their old ways?
  
• What did the women that were called rebels or dangerous say?
  

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• Suffragists (Decker 75): an advocate for voting rights, specially for women
  
• Ferment (Decker 76): tumult; commotion
  
• Polarizing (Decker 79): to divide into opposing factions(groups)
  
• Obscenity (Decker 79): offencive to morality
  

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• "They were taken for granted and confined as unpaid labor in the home. They were deprived of education and opportunity and told to leave the political and economic world to men" (Decker 74). Women vs. Society.
  
• "I imagine the women dressed in pale blues and pinks, some without heads or arms-sitting" (Henderson-Holmes 92). Imagery.
  

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• Women from the past, present, and future all have dreams and should have rights to do as they please because we too can change the world.
  

Journal Entry #3

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• In this era women are seeking for freedom.
  
• The women would do whatever it takes and travel any distance to pursue their dreams. They go away from their family with a dream and people who say they will help, but at the end don't.
  
• There was an act, Dawes Act passed down of 1887 which was when men were declared to do all farming and women began to lose their rights.
  
• Besides women not having many rights; Black, Hispanic, Asian, and Native American women also faced discrimination.
  
• "Even quotation books ignored them for centuries" (Maggio 65). This is saying that women were ignored so much and not cared about that they didn't have voice or got recognized for anything.
  

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• Did women take any action when the Dawes Act came into play?
  
• What would women be doing today if they had no rights?
  
• Did any men ever try defending the women?
  
• Who put the first quotation from a women in print?
  

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• Burlap (55 Tarpley): woven cloth
  
• Albeit (58 Tarpley): although
  
• Acclimated (62 Hammad): to become accustomed to a new environment or climate
• Semitic (63 Hammad): pertaining to Jews (speaking many languages)
  

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• "Others were forcibly removed from their homes and made to walk across country along the route that is now that is now remembered as the Trail of Tears" (Tarpley 55) Imagery.
  
• "Every evening, when it is time for night, a boy rides across the sky on his horse to draw down the sun" (Tarpley 55). Allusion.
  

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• Women have suffered because of the inability to do what they wanted.
  

Journal Entry #2

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• It's shocking how women would get punished if they expressed their ideas.
• Gilman is a women and at this time she is very sick, but neither her husband or her brother who are both physicians think there's anything seriously wrong with her. Gilman disagrees with both of them.
• Gilman had many ideas taht her husband never wanted to listen to. For example, she wanted their room to be downstairs and he wanted it upstairs so that's where it ended up being.
• She also wants to be able to write and is forbidden to. She tries writing when there is nobody around.
• On August 18, 1920 the nineteenth amendment was ratified and women were now allowed to vote. Woodward was a women who signed the the Declaration of Sentiments in 1828 and she also lived to vote!
• She disagreed with all property belonging to men and women being treated as slaves. SHe became part of history, November 2, 1920.

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• Did John ever think about doing special studies on Gilman?
• If John cared so much about Gilman, why didn't he let her to things she wanted to do?
• How many women ended up voting the first year they were able to vote?
• Did Woodward feel scared at any point?

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• Untenanted (Gilman 29):
• Piazza (Gilman 31):
• Galore (Gilman 31):
• Riotous (Gilman 32):
• Chattel (Woodward 49):

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• "The most beautiful place! It is quite alone, standing well back from the road, quite three miles from the village. It makes me think of English places that you read about, for there are hedges and walls and gates that lock, and lots of separate little houses for the gardeners and people" (Gilman 30). Imagery.
  
• "I had become a radical with a whole new perspective on womanhood" (McKissack 51). Man vs. Society.

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• Women experienced many hard times and had barely and rights and opportunities. Today, we should look back on that and take advantage of all of the opportunities that are given to us.
  

33 Things Every Girl Should Know About Women's History Journal ... Entry #1

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• At first, women were trying to get the right to be able to major in a certain field such as doctor, lawyer and more. Also, women fought for their rights but are not recognized or talked about as much as men like John Adams and beyond.
• When Mr. Adams was working in the Declaration of Independence, Abigail Adams (wife) wrote him a letter telling him that he should give women their rights as well. Mr. Adams thought this was very foolish and didn't listen to her.
• Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a daughter of a judge (father) and had all brothers but they died. She was very frustrated because she couldn't be a leading women as she wished. She even set up meetings with women to discuss women rights, steps they should take and strategies.
• In 1776, men of America had to write a list of grievances and so did Elizabeth Stanton. She wrote about "the autocratic rule of men over women in America" (Jenkins-Sahlin 18), and many men disagreed. As a result, as the years passed, women had more and more victories.
• Women wanted an education and always tried writing and reading on their own. They were very happy when they got their first homework!

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• Did the men ever try killing some women so that they can stop protesting?
• How did the men feel when women were getting victories after victories?
• Why aren't women studied as much as men are in history class?
• Will women studies be more enforced in the future?

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• Martyred (Johnson 10): one who makes great sacrifice
• Onset (Adams 12): beginning or start
• Foment (Adams 13): to promote the growth of development
• Vassals (Adams 13): a slave
• Vehemence (Jenkins-Sahlin 16): fury

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• "Remember all men would be tyrants if they could" (Adams 12). Man vs Man and Man vs Society.
• "Father was terribly opposed" ( Thomas 26). Man vs Man.

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• There are many different pieces written by different authors, but they all have one thing in common and that is that they are talking about women and their writes, what they tried to accomplish and the rights they had which were pretty much none!

Journal Entry #10

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• Danny and Reuven are now in college! Danny is studying about Freud and views of the mind.
• Reuven and Danny are still very good friends and tell each other their deepest thoughts.
• Reuven decided to tell his father that Danny didn't want to follow his dad and continue being a Judaism or becoming the next tzaddik because he doesn't believe in it. He wasn't sure about it at first, but now he is after all the readings he did. Reuvens dad told him that Reb Saunder will be devastated to hear this. It's better knowing the truth than living a lie.
• Reb Suander knew it all along! He knew about his son and what he wanted. He has confessed it to Reuven while Danny was there to hear it too.
• Suander acted the way he did because he didn't want Danny to come out like his brother. He knew that his son had a great mind and for the first time he has spoken and let his true feelings come out. Even "tears rolled slowly down alongside the bridge of his nose and disappeared into his beard" (279).
• Saunder has told everyone that Danny is going to study psychology and he won't be having that arranged marriage anymore. Also, Mr. Saunder explain to Danny that why he treated him with silence. He just found no better way to manage with everything going on and asked Danny for his pardon.
  

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• Will Danny regret not becoming a tzaddik?
• Why did Saunder ask Danny if he would raise his son in silence?
• Did Saunder ask Danny to explain his studies or did he just accept it not wanting to hear about it?
• How will Reuven and Danny raise their children?

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• psych (210): to figure out
• morbid (217): affected by a disease
• immaculately (218): clean; pure
• smicha (275): to rely on

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• "He was an old man with a long, gray beard who wore a black coat ans was constantly smoking cigarettes" (212). Imagery.
• "Is Danny thinking to abandon his Judaism" (265). Man vs. Man and Man vs. Self.
• "Danny is now like a person waiting to be let out of jail" (265). Simile.
• "What an anguish it is to have to have a Daniel, whose mind is like a pearl, like a sun" (276). Simile.

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• Talking about issues always makes it all for the better. Things may not have gone how everyone planned, but everyone has conceived some happiness.

Journal Entry #9

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• Back to school! This year both Reuven and Danny are very busy with school and Reuven has been chosen class president. For this reason they haven't been speaking so much, but they do speak on the phone.
• The war with the Germans is still going on and subsided around January and Reuven hasn't seen Danny since December when it started again.
• Reuvens dad is in the hospital after suffering a heart attack. Red Saunders (Danny's dad) told him he could stay with them and Reuven has moved into Danny's room.
• "There was never any simple, intimate, human kind of conversation between him and his son" (195). Reuven noticed this about Danny and his dad while he was staying at their home.
• Danny's dad has gotten mad because of a comment that Reuven made. Reuven told Mr. Saunder that some people think that they can't be waiting around for the Messiah, that they should find their own Messiah. Mr. Suander is very religious so he got offended, mad and left.
• Danny's dad is perfectly fine until he gets confronted by an idea.

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• Does Danny have a better relationship with his mother?
• When will Saunder realize the inner pain he is causing Danny?
• Does Danny not speak his ideas to his father because he's afraid he just won't listen?
• What will Saunder do when he find out that Danny doesn't want to take his position?

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• adjourned (187): to suspend until a later time
• hemorrhage (187): a discharge of blood
• convalesce (194): to recover from an illness
• sacrilege (199): violation of anything sacred

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• "Everyone turned and gaped at him in total astonishment" (186). Imagery.
• "It was like God dying" (187). Simile.
• "A very pretty girl, with dark eyes and long dark hair combed back into a single braid, and vivacious hands that seemed always in motion when she spoke" (194). Imagery.

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• Reuven's father is extremely sick! Danny is still not having a good relationship with his dad. Both young adults are going to frustrating times.

Journal Entry #8

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• Reuven and his father went to Dr. Snydman's office to check on his eye. Thank God that his eye is fine and now he can read, play baseball and do whatever he wants. He forgot to ask the doctor about Billy, but he wanted to go back to see how Billy has been. Reuven called Billy's father to see ask about Billy and he said that the operation was not successful.
• Reuven hasn't seen Danny in a week mainly because they have to study for their final exams. They spoke on Wednesday (on the phone) and Reuven noticed Danny's voice sounding sad.
• It's summer time! Reuven is back to playing baseball and most of the days both Danny and Reuven study the Talmud. Reuven invited Danny to dinner once, but he gave a "lame excuse". Reuven's dad told him that most likely Danny eats no where other than his house or his father's followers because of their beliefs, so he shouldn't ask him again.
• Danny is a teenage boy who reads a lot and he is now reading a book by Freud. After he finished reading Reuven came over and saw him mad. Maybe it was because of something he read about his religion. Danny has been questioning his own beliefs lately.
• Reuven and his father have gone on vacation near Peekskill, as they do every month of August. When he came back he found out that Danny had gone by bus to Lakewood with his father and it was terrible because they didn't say a word to each other except for the few minutes they spoke about the Talmud. Also, Danny has completed reading many of Freud's volumes.

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• I have the same question as Reuven, has Danny been reading does books about Hasidism, since that's what made him sad last time?
• Why is Danny's father so afraid to speak to him?
• When will Danny tell his father about the way he feels about their relationship?
• Will Reuven say anything else to Danny's dad?

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• kashruth (177): laws prescribed for Jews
• panzer (177): defense
• terminology (181): terms belonging to a particular science, art...

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• "I could eat a horse" (173). Idiom.
• "Its leaves were bathed in sunlight" (174). Personification.

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• Danny's relationship with his father has not gotten any better. The good news is that his goal was to start reading books by Freud and he has finished many of them, already. Reuven and Danny are still good friends. =]

Journal Entry #7

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• After a week of being absent, Reuven is back to school. All of his friends are happy to see them and all gather around him. They all want to know how he is doing and some even have side comments about "that Danny", but Reuven says nothing.
• After school, Reuven went to the library to meet up with Danny. Reuven saw Danny reading a book and just sat somewhere else because he didn't want to disturb. He still can't read because of his eye so instead he starts to do do calculus problems in his head. Few minutes later Danny came over and Reuven noticed Danny sad.
• Danny had been reading a book by Graetz and this was what got him sad. This author was calling his religion vulgar and disgusting because the "God" made the people drink a lot and give him expensive presents.
• Reuven went to Danny's house and they and Danny's dad are all talking. Danny walks out for a moment and Mr. Saunders takes the time to tell Reuven that he knows that Danny has been going to the library to read many different books and that he would like to know what kind of books Danny has been reading. Reuven ends up telling him everything!
• Danny's father just said that he knows that he and his "Abba" will be great help to Danny and that they should stay as friends.
• Reuven tells Danny that he told his dad everything and he said that it's fine, even though he would have liked his dad to ask him. Danny told Reuven that him and his dad never spoke!

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• Why didn't Reuven say something when the people were talking about Danny?
• Why is Danny sad about what he read if he doesn't want to inherit the position?
• What makes Reuven tell Danny's dad about the readings?
• Why does the kind of books Danny reads matter?
• When will Danny's and his dad relationship begin to get better?

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• incumbent (154): holding a position
• idly (156): not active
• ethical (160): dealing with morals
• twilight (161): diffused sun light
• Nu (167): 13th letter of the Greek alphabet
• goy (168): non Jewish; gentile

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• "He flipped the page with a quick gesture of his right hand, wetting the forefinger with his tongue and turning the page by pushing upward with the finger against the lower right hand corner" (153). Imagery.
• "Feeling of having crossed into a twilight world" (161). Imagery.

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• Danny's father now knows what his son is up to. I think that after this they will start to develop a better father to son relationship. Also, Danny and Reuven will continue to being good friends, understanding and supportive of one another.

Journal Entry #6

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• Reuven has already been walking around his hometown enjoying the beauty and wonders of nature.
• When he gets back home, Reuven falls asleep for couple of hours and his new friend Danny comes and wakes him up. They go to see Danny's dad because he wants to meet Reuven. Before they left they found out more information about each other such as, they both are about to be sixteen and their birthdays are only two days apart!
• Danny and Reuven are now talking about religion. Reuven tells Danny is the person they worship is the same as what he sees as God and Reuven said that, that is pretty much what it is.
• They arrive at the synagogue and Reuven notices that everyone is speaking Yiddish. He didn't hear anyone speaking English! Reuven also noticed that the people bow when someone comes because it is a sign of showing respect.
• Danny's dad (Reb Saunders) meets Reuven and Reuven doesn't know what to do or how to act. Since there was some awkwardness, Mr. Saunder just asks Reuven about his eye, then after a while they go eat dinner.
• There was much food to chose from. Reuven wasn't too hungry, but he just ate the food because he didn't want anyone to feel insulted.
• Then, lots of singing and praying began. Then talk about the teenagers future plans.
• Reuven got home at a late time and didn't notify his dad about his up coming tardiness. His "Abba" didn't reprimand him dough, he just told him to call next time. Plus he knew what Reuven was up to.

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• What has Danny told his father about Danny?
• Will Reuven bring up the conversation about inheriting positions, since he knows that Danny doesn't want that?
• Will Reuven tell his dad about what Danny has in mind?
• What would happen if Reuven doesn't listen to his dad and decides to read?

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• Synagogue (116): a Jewish house to worship
• Shul (119): Jewish place (synagogue/school)
• Congregants (131): one who becomes part of a group
• Nullify (133): inoperative
• Chant (133): a short and simple melody

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• "Most of them badly lighted. musty rooms, with benches or chairs crowded together and with windows that seemed always to be closed" (116). Imagery.
• "It's as blue as Danny's eyes" (117). Simile.
• "It slipped like a cool and silken wind from my grasp" (118). Simile.
• "The skin of his face and hands was almost as white as the tablecloth, drawn tightly over the bones, and veins showed like blue branches in his face and on the top of his hands" (131). Simile and imagery.

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• Danny and Reuven are officially friends. They have met each others families and spent much time and learned an abundance of fact about each other. Let's see where their friendship will lead to next. =]

Journal Entry #5

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• Reuven is back home! He reseves a warm welcome home from his house keeper. She prepared him a very delicious and big meal.
• After eating, "Abba" went to finish an article on his typewriter and Reuven walked slowly through the house looking and noticing everything, slowly. He noticed every inch of each object, it was as if he had been gone for months.
• Is now night time and Reuven and "Abba" are having a talk. Reuven asks him about Danny and "Abba" responds with telling him the history so that he can understand. He was telling Reuven how the Jews went to Poland because Poland wanted them there since they had a bad economy and Jews were good at making it better, since they were hard workers. "Poland became a kind of Jewish Utopia" (105).
• While in Poland, the Jews are the ones for everything they are the ones who tax and tells the people when they can or cannot do what they ask for. Because of this, there is a war that lasts ten years and the Jewish are then destroyed.
• While trying to answer Reuven's question, "Abba" compares Danny to Solomon from Poland. He says that they are alike because they both wanted to experience new things not only depend on the Talmud.
• Then, "Abba" tell Reuven that Danny is "terribly torn and lonely", and that he needs a friend to talk to. I'm almost positive that Reuven will become a great friend to Danny.

4

• How does it feel to be back home after a week?
• Did Reuven miss Mr. Savo and Billy's company?
• What does Reuven think about what the Jewish went through?
• Now that he knows about Danny, what will Reuven try to do to make him feel good?

3

• sycamores (99): a tree
• vestibule (99): a hall
• strewn (101): to let fall in separate pieces
• prelude (106): preliminary to actions, events...

2

• "We climbed up the wide stone staircase and came through the vestibule into the long hallway where it was dark and cold, and narrow like the corridor of a railroad car" (99). Simile.
• "Her long apron, her man sized shoes, and with strands of of dark hair falling across her forehead from the braided bun in her head" (100). Imagery.
• "Scooped me into her huge arms as though I were a leaf" (100). Simile.

1

• During this few pages, Reuven has come back home and is seeing everything very different. He now knows more about Danny and this can lead to a good friendship.

Journal Entry #4

5

• Reuven's dad went to visit him at the hospital and he looks very sick. Reuven told him about Danny's visit and "Abba" told him that they should become friends and that he will have his eye examined on Friday and might be able to go home Friday as well.
• The next day, when Reuven woke up, there was a curtain around Mr. Savo's bed and Reuven was not able to see him and has no idea as to what's going on with him.
• Danny goes to visit and Mr. Savo's curtain is still closed. Therefore they both go to the hall and talk a lot. Danny tells him so many things that he's never told anyone before. They talk about school and the many books Danny reads per week. They are both enjoying each others companies.
• Then they both start talking about religion. Reuven tells Danny that it doesn't look like he wants to be a rabbi because he doesn't like God. Danny tells him that he doesn't really like God, but he has to be a rabbi because it's an inherited position even if he doesn't want to.
• While both Danny and Reuven are talking "Abba" comes and both Danny and "Abba" are staring at each other suspiciously. Then to find out that "Abba" is the one that has been recommending Danny all of the books he has been reading.
• It's already Friday and Reuven is anxious to finding out about his eye and going home. Reuven's eye is in good conditions he will go home now, but has to come back for check-up in ten days. He went to say bye to Mr. Savo and he told Reuven that he got his eye taken out he didn't say anything earlier because he didn't want Billy to get scared since he was getting surgery done.

4

• How nervous is Reuven about Friday (eye check)?
• What happened to Mr. Savo?
• Why are Danny and "Abba" acting so suspicious?
• When will Reuven get back to playing baseball?

3

• shabbat (78): a day to pray
• tefilling (80): leather cases containing Hebrew text
• fervently (82): feeling enthusiasm
• brooding (84): painful memories
• tzaddik (86): Jewish spiritual leader

2

• "His cheeks were sunken, his eyes were red, and his face ashen" (78). Characterization.
• "True friends are like two bodies with one soul" (79). Simile.
• "The black patch that covered his eye looked like a huge skin mole" (81). Simile.

1

• Reuven is now out of the hospital, but found out new things before leaving. To his surprise, his dad already knew Danny and his eye is good. "No one knows he is fortunate until he becomes unfortunate" (78).

Journal Entry #3

5

• Reuven is still in the hospital. This day, he has woken up to loud noises and soon finds out that the noise is about the European invasion. He turns on the radio his dad brought him when he came to visit since Reuven has been told that he can't read, and here him and his room mates at the hospital listen to the news on the European invasion.
• When they were all listening to the radio it was mentioned that German torpedoes attacked a Norwegian boat and then it started sinking and the people started throwing their selves off. Reuven begins to pray and says that he has in mind of becoming a priest even though his dad wants him to become a mathematician.
• Mr. Galanter went to visit and check on Reuven. While he was there, Billy asked him why he wasn't in the war and Mr. Galanter got said and said that he simply couldn't. Billy repeated how his dad was one of the people who flew the airplanes. Billy then asked Reuven why his dad wasn't in the war and Reuven told him that his mom died in an accident so his dad had to take care of him and his sister.
• Danny went to apologize for hitting him in the eye with the ball. Just by thinking that he may be blind Reuven started talking bad and yelling at Danny. Danny left and said sorry.
• Danny came back once again to apologize and this time they both spoke calmly and spoke and laughed together.

4

• What does Reuven think about the war?
• Does Reuven want to be part of the war someday?
• Is Danny really sorry for what he did to Reuven?
• Will his dad let him get back to playing softball if his eye is all better by the time he leave the hospital?

3

• phylacteries (61): a receptacle containing holy relic (Jewish book)
• Hasid (72): a member of the Jewish sect that observes strict Orthodox
• apikorsim (76):

2

• "The sun streamed in" (66). Personification.
• "His shoulders seemed bowed" (66). Imagery.

1

• Reuven is still in the hospital and there are many important issues going on around the world such as the European invasion. Even though he has no new news about his eye, he is feeling better and many people are showing him that they care. Hopefully everything will go will with his eye.

Journal Entry #2

5

• Reuven got hit very badly by the ball during the baseball game and had to be taken to Brooklyn Memorial Hospital by his coach (Mr. Galanter).
• He was in the hospital because the while playing softball the ball hit him badly in his eye. While at the hospital, many doctors (more than three) come to check his eye and by this point he is getting very nervous.
• Reuven can't stop thinking about his team loosing and Danny Saunder (the boy who batted the ball that hurt him). He nearly hates him now.
• Reuven was taken away to a new room couple of minutes after he got to the hospital (Sunday). When he woke up it was already Monday and he was in a room with complete strangers among them was a blind boy named Billy and a older man. Mr. Savo. Billy decided to call Reuven Bobby because he says that Reuven sounds to old.

4

• Did Mr. Galanter have permission to bring Reuven to the hospital?
• Reuven just found out that there was glass at the edge of his pupil! How nervous is he feeling about his eye vision now?
• Mr. Savo asked Reuven if he "always wear that thing on [his] head". Does he wear it to play softball too?
• Reuven's mom hasn't been to see him, where is he?

3

• groin (38): hollow part at either side on the front part of the body
• fringe (41): an outer edge
• kosher (47): allowed to be eaten or used (Judaism)

2

• "Opened my left eye and gasped the with the pain" (40). Imagery.
• "Thought as a ring post" (48). Mr. Savo says this about the nurse. Simile.

1

• Reuven got hurt real bad at the softball game and he is now at the hospital waiting until the doctor comes to him and tells him that he can leave. He has made two new friends and his dad and Mr. Galanter visit which is making his stay feel a little better.

Journal Entry #1

5.

• The story begins with background information and this is letting the reader know the characters nationality and what to expect. First, the students in this book have to study both English and Hebrew since they are Jewish and live in the United States. They go to school from 8 or 9 in the morning until 4 or 5 in the afternoon.
• A teacher thinks that the students need to be in shape in case they get called for war or something. So a softball team is started and the protagonist (Reuven), makes it into varsity softball team.
• The rabbis (religious leaders) thought that softball was a waste of time in Jewish school.
• Reuven and his team now have a game versus another Jewish softball team and Daney is telling him that this team is real good and that they are "murderers". This team they are facing is good in the hitting, but not in the field.
• Reuven got hurt and he wanted to keep on playing, so he lied to the coach and said he was okay. In a matter of minutes he had to sit out because he wasn't in good conditions. Unfortunately his team lost 8 to 7.

4.

• What would happen if a boy didn't want to join the softball team?
• Were there any other sports in the school?
• Will Reuven believe everything Daney tells him now?
• What are Danny's intentions?

3.

• yeshiva (11): Jewish school for religious elementary students
• shrewd (12): astute
• apikorsim (26): to maintain an opinion

2.

• "They play like it's the first of the Ten Commandments" (15). Simile.
• "That batter who stood now at the plate was broad-shouldered and built like a bear" (22). Simile.

1.

• Reuven is now part of a softball team and he is taking the games very seriously. It's all about practice because it makes for perfect. Reuven won't give up until they defeat the "murderers".