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Thursday, November 29, 2007

So Far From The Bamboo Grove #1

1. Yoko is a caring, young girl of the family that acts toward her age. She gets whiny when she doesn't get what she wants sometimes, such as walking when she's tired, or eating when she's hungry. Yoko is nice, especially towards people who need help. For example, she gave the rest of her food to the woman in the train.

2. Yoko and Ko are really pretty normal for being sisters, since they always fight, though they're caring. They love each other, but can hate each other at times. Yoko can get annoyed of how bossy Ko can be, but Ko is doing it for their own good. Ko is just being bossy because she just wants Yoko and the family to be safe. I guess Yoko calls her "honorable sister" since Ko is brave and caring for the family, especially towards Yoko.

3. The Kawashima family were nice to the patients on the train. They didn't really complain about them, and they helped them in the tough situation. They shared some of their food, especially when they didn't have many much. As much as how unusual the author described the train, it didn't seem like the family minded where they were. I think that it was worth the generosity since the nurse saved them from being captured by the solider.

posted by charisse @ 6:18 PM

2 Comments:

At Saturday, December 01, 2007 9:32:00 AM, Trent S. said…

Nice Job! On your 1st reading response on the bamboo grove. I agree with the 1 one. She can get whiney! I also agree with number 2 and 3. Especially number 3. The Kawashima family are really really nice to the patients that are onboard. I also liked how you used some of t he words in the book like "honroable sister"! Again great job!!! =D
At Monday, December 03, 2007 7:35:00 PM, sofia. said…

I agree with Trent and every thing he said about you post. I liked the way you were really descriptive when you described Yoko, if I never read the book I would get a really good picture of Yoko's personality in my head. Great Job! ~Sofia :)