In chapter 1, Dede has a flashback. How does she feel about the interviewer who visits and asks her about her sisters? On the last page of the chapter, how does the tone change when Trujillo's name is mentioned?
Virginia "She'll bury us all, her father adds, laughing, in silk and pearls." This quote seem significant to me how the father starts predicting how his daughters are going to be when they grow up and thinks that Dede is going to have the best future as millionaire.
Dede feels uncomfortable with the interview. Also in the last page when they say Trujillo's name they say it with a loudly probably meaning the family dislikes him.
Right--Notice that she "will bury us;" what end result is being foreshadowed with this language? And also notice how Dede has a real business person's attitude when the father gives away goods from his store: she is so practical minded!
These are posts from Celia, Brandon, and an anonymous source: One of the quotes I found that was important was on page 9 "Yes, for sure, our Dede here is going to be the millionaire in the family. I find this quote important because Dede and her need money to buy stuff that they need .
"There are the three pictures of the girls, old favorites that are now emblazoned on the posters every November, making these once intimate snapshots seem too famous to be the sisters she knew." (5) I chose this quote because I thought it was interesting how Dede sees her past. She sounds objective almost as if her family no longer belogs to her, rather it belogs to society and how they have chosen to remember her family.
"Before she knows it, she is setting up her life as if it were an exhibit labeled neatly for those who can read: THE SISTER WHO SURVIVED."(5) Why do you think that Dede sees her life as an "exhibit"? What does her attitude towards her life seem to be from this quote? Also the previous quote was mine. "There are the three pictures..." -Celia M.
Virginia
ReplyDelete"She'll bury us all, her father adds, laughing, in silk and pearls."
This quote seem significant to me how the father starts predicting how his daughters are going to be when they grow up and thinks that Dede is going to have the best future as millionaire.
Dede feels uncomfortable with the interview.
Also in the last page when they say Trujillo's name they say it with a loudly probably meaning the family dislikes him.
Right--Notice that she "will bury us;" what end result is being foreshadowed with this language?
ReplyDeleteAnd also notice how Dede has a real business person's attitude when the father gives away goods from his store: she is so practical minded!
These are posts from Celia, Brandon, and an anonymous source:
ReplyDeleteOne of the quotes I found that was important was on page 9 "Yes, for sure, our Dede here is going to be the millionaire in the family. I find this quote important because Dede and her need money to buy stuff that they need .
"There are the three pictures of the girls, old favorites that are now emblazoned on the posters every November, making these once intimate snapshots seem too famous to be the sisters she knew." (5) I chose this quote because I thought it was interesting how Dede sees her past. She sounds objective almost as if her family no longer belogs to her, rather it belogs to society and how they have chosen to remember her family.
"Before she knows it, she is setting up her life as if it were an exhibit labeled neatly for those who can read: THE SISTER WHO SURVIVED."(5)
Why do you think that Dede sees her life as an "exhibit"? What does her attitude towards her life seem to be from this quote?
Also the previous quote was mine. "There are the three pictures..."
-Celia M.