Roar Entry #2

Krik? Krak! Entry #2

5 strong comments about characters and plot
1. The Massacre River is full of blood from Haitians being slaughtered by Domincians.
2. Josephine describes Haitain jails as dismal and unsanitary.
3. Josephine and her mother perform rituals and ceremonies at the River.
4.Josephine's mother made a statue cry.
5. Josephine was born on the night Dios Trujillo ordered the Haitians to be killed.

4 insightful questions
1. What did Josephine's mother die from?
2.What was the conflict between Dominicans and Haitians?
3.Is Manman really a witch?
4.Why did people dip their hands in the Massacre River?

3 vocabulary words and definitions; give page #
1. hoarse pg. 37 having a vocal tone characterized by weakness of intensity and excessive breathiness; husky
2. muster 37 to gather, summon, rouse
3. colic pg 39 paroxysmal pain in the abdomen or bowels.

2 examples of literary terms; give page #
1. "A miniature teardrop traveled down her...face...like dew on the tip of early morning grass" Smile pg. 33
2."The cows are yellow like cornmeal" Simile pg. 34

1 summary sentence:
In this story, 1937, Josephine talks about her mothers failing health which ultimately leads to her death.