Post # 3

Quote #1: The rest of us waited. Everyone waited. We had been on our journey to Eithiopia for perhaps six weeks and at the river, our group was mixed with other travelers.
Page:186 Said By: Valentino

Response: I thought that this quote related to question number 2. I thought this because it was about how his journey was and thats what the question is asking about what its like. I thought that this was about instead of to America it was to Eithiopia. I thought that this just described how long it took and about the river and group of travelers.

Character Judgement: I think that Valentino describes a lot when he is saying something. It seems like from the book when Valentino is talking he always describes it. So that we can understand what is actually going on in the book.

Question #1: Why do you think that all of them had waited and waited for eachother on the journey?

Quote # 2: In the middle of the tree i found a nest and in it, three small eggs. I didn't wait. I ate two of the eggs while still in the tree. I ate everything, the shell, the feathers inside, I ate it all before i could think.
Page: 210 Said by: Valentino

Response #2: I thought this quote related to question # 3. I thought this related to it because since he was so hungry that he would eat anything. I thougth that this quote was very different but for some interesting reason it stood out to me, because it was different. I thought it was wierd how he would eat everything and especially an egg with the feathers and the shell. I can imagine how disguisting that might have tasted but since he was hungry he wanted to eat.

Character Judgement #2: I thought that this quote said a lot about Valentino, and what he had to do on his journey when it came to wanting food. It told me that he would do anything to get what he needed for more energy.

Question #2: Would you ever do what Valentino did, if not why (because if you were hungry wouldn't you want food to)?

Post # 2

Said by Narrator on page 91
Quote #1: My mother stood rigid. I hid behind her legs. The man's gun was still held high, pointing upward. I decided to run if he lowered his gun. The horseman yelled in the direction he had come, pointing to me and my mother.

Response : I think that this quote related to number 4 (What challenges do the charcters face upon there new arrival.) I thought it related to that because in the beggining of the quote it says "I hid behind her legs", it made me seem like the narrator is not as brave. Or being little he was just very scared and that was one of the challenges.

Character Judgement: I think based on my quote he was not so sure of what was going on from when it continues in the book. He was not so sure of what was going on so he just hid behind his mothers legs. I think that this would be hard for me to be in an actual situation like this but he went through something difficult every once in a while.

Question: If you were in Daves position (from the quote) would you have ran or stayed their with your mother?

Said by Narrator and on page 111
Quote #2: We met at Kakuma, in a home economics class. She was three years younger than me, and very smart, which is how she and I found ourselves placed together.

Response: I thought this quote sort of related to question number 3. The only reason I thought it did was because it describes how he met Tabitha I believe it is. I thought it was just that one sentance explained how he met her and ended up meeting her. How he described she was smart and yougner then him and how they ended up together in class. It was very simple but it explained how he met her

Character Judgement: From this quote it does not say a lot but I thought it was nice to just tell us how he met her. From reading it, it describes how he wants us to know basically every detail so we know everything about the person he is talkign about.

Question: Why do you think that in his old home (Kakuma) required each boy to be paired with a girl? (this is said after the quote)

Quote # 1

Said by Dave

Page number 29

"Written words are rare in small villages like mine, and it is my right and obligation to send my stories into the world, even if silently, even utterly powerless"



I think that this quote relates to question number 6. I think that this quote relates to it because Dave explains in just a few words that he had small villages. I just pictured in my mind, Dave lived in a small village. I like how Dave explains how he wants to send his stories into the world even if they end up not being read or heard or seen. He still wants to write about it because its what is going on for him. He is still writing what is going on or what he thinks about it and how he feels.



Question: What are your opinions on this quote, if so explain?

Quote #2
Page 50 (said by Narator)

Now he searches for a solution. He begins to open drawers. I hear the rattle of silverware and worry that he might do something drastic. He opens five, six drawers and cabinets. Finally he emerges from the kitchen with a phone book and holds it over my head.

This quote in a way relates to 5. It relates to it because he was explaining he heard the rattle of what might have been going on or what was he looking for. All he really was looking for was a phone book. Later on they said what are you doing with that, I wondered why it was so bad. It is just a phone book but maybe its because there in this new place and they wanted to do things.

Question # 2: Why do u think he was looking for a phone book?

Field Trip Response

From Home to Haven
From Home to Haven was basically all about Jewish life, big things that occurred to Jewish people. I learned a few different things about what happened in the past with Jewish community Jewish people in general. I learned a lot of different things about this place, I found out that my inventor that I had chosen for art last semester was actually Jewish, in which case I did not know of. A few different things I learned while I was in the exhibit were: In 1883, Jewish poet Emma Lazarus penned the lines that come to speak to every American Immigrant and that are now inscribed on the base of the "Statue of Liberty." I also learned something about how they contributed to history, Jewish people were the most to help during the Civil Rights Movement. I think that this taught me a lot of different things. Even little things such as earlier on in times a lot of Department stored were owned by Jewiish People. Or the first Jewish person sat in congress in 1841

Children of Immigrants
Picture name: Immigration Rally, Chicago 1998
Response: I like this picture because it shows how the little girl in the picture is looking up to the American Flag like she wants to be a part of America. To me it seems like this was supposed to mean how the little girl wants to live here in America. Or how she wants to be able to do things that she cant where she lived or lives.
Essay name: Paul Tran- The Preuss school UCSD
Response: This esaay was about a lot of immigrantsa have escaped war and about how violence had come to their doorsteps. What immigrants do is they come here for more peace and loving not just because they want to. Its becuase they have had enough of the war going on in their own country.
Quote: "The greatest thing I hope for in my life is to become a successful person and to have family and friends to support me, not to be looked at by just the color of my skin but who I am inside."
Written by: Samira Durakovic, Yugoslavia
Response: I chose this quote because I actually could relate to it in a way and I liked how this person wrote it. I can relate to it because I want to grow up to become a successful person while having the people I love around me to support me and encourage me through it. I think that I can also relate is because I also do not like to be judged by my race just for my own person inside. Like this person said. I thought it encouraged me to go for the highest opportunity and to not care what other people have to say or think about it.