Tuesday, December 15, 2009

ch 17 voc and questions

Ch 17 questions

  1. Describe the nurse in your own words.
  2. Why were Ishmaels friends teasing him about? Have you ever been in that situation. What did your friends tease you about?
  3. What did the nurse tell Ishmael about them being friends?
  4. 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.
  5. Have you ever been in a situation where you feel the same as Ishmael?
  6. What did the nurse give Ishmael?
  7. How does Ishmael respond when he unwraps the gift? Why??
  8. Describe when Ishmael shot the prisoners that had allegedly shot him.
  9. What was Esther’s response to Ishmael’s story?
  10. Why didn’t Esther want Ishmael taking the walkman with him?
  11. What stood out to you the most about his story of his past ? why/?
  12. What do you think about his lieutenant?
  13. Has he ever been injured? Tell me what happened.
  14. What did Ishmael see when he tried to remember his child hood?
  15. Explain his surgery, how did the doctors fix him up. Detail
  16. What is the worst thing you have ever endured?explain.
  17. What did he do right after he gained consciousness?
  18. What did he do to the “people responsible for his foot”
  19. When he gets flashbacks, how does he feel? Have you ever received flashbacks, what are they of?
  20. Why did Esther come on her Day off?
  21. What cassette did the field worker buy him at the market?
  22. Why do you think song writing is a passion for Ishmael?
  23. Have you ever written a song? Why?
  24. Why did Ishmael like the story of Rastafarianism and King Solomon and the queen of Sheba?
  25. He listens to Bob Marley to avoid nightmares, what is your favorite song from marley? Why?
  26. What phrase did Ishmael start to believe?
  27. Ester is like a savoir for him, who is your person that has helped you out of your rut?
  28. Why did Ishmael like talking to Esther?

Ch. 17 vocab

  1. Delved
  2. Conversation
  3. Burdensome
  4. Wharf
  5. Cringe
  6. Genuine
  7. Anguish
  8. Rastafarianism
  9. destination
  10. somber

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