Color of Water Post #2

5 Things I Understand
1. What Tateh did for a living
2.WhyRachel was embrassed by her mother
3.How living in Suffolk was
4.The difference between Mameh and Tateh
5.Why Rachel's family had no family life

4 Questions I Have
1.Why didn't Mameh want to go south?
2.Why didnt Suffolk like Jews?
3. What happened to Sam after he ran away?
4.Why is Helen being so bad?

3 Vocab Words
1.denizens- citizens
2. absentminded- deep in thought
3. frantic- emotionally out of control

2 Literary Elements
1. "go around singing like a cantor and such." simile
2."talking to him was like talking to a wall" simile

1 Summay Sentence
1. In these 5, chapters, we learn more about Rachel's family and her children in detail.