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Take thorough notes on the reading and
class discussions. You will be able to use these notes for your final
test
CHARACTERS:
PROTAGONIST MAIN CHARACTER): Adem Hoti,
age 14, an ethnic Albanian Muslim,
loves soccer
OLDER SISTER:
YOUNGER SIBLINGS:
COUSIN:
EX-SOCCER FRIEND:
GYPSY FRIEND:
INFORMER NEIGHBOR:
MAJOR CONFLICTS:
1. person vs person -
2. person vs self -
3. person vs fate -
SETTING:
TIME:
PLACE:
LITERARY
DEVICES/FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE:
Find textual evidence of the writer's
use of literary devices...
SIMILES:
p. 25 - "...my stomach felt like a tightly
stretched balloon."
p.
p.
p.
p.
METAPHORS
p. 28 - "promises became fate... chains that dragged you down"
p.
p.
p.
SYMBOLISM:
p. 27 - the poem symbolizes rebellion because Fatmira was
brave enough to read her poem, and in Kosovo, it's illegal to have a voice
against the government
p. 32 - the bridge symbolizes...
p. In the title the Cross symbolizes ...
PERSONIFICATION:
p. 10 - "Dread tingled in my arms"
p. 37- "wet lumps of earth felt heavy and dead"
p.
p.
p.
ONOMATOPOEIA:
p. 7- the crows were "cawing"
p.
p.
p.
p.
HYPERBOLE:
p.22 - "If I ever escaped to Italy, I
would buy 1000 soccer balls..."
p.
p.
p.
CULTURAL SIMILARITIES & DIFFERENCES:
What aspects of Adem's culture are very similar to
or different from yours?
Culture that is
similar:
1. Kids watch
MTV
2. Jeans are popular clothing
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Culture that is different:
1. The border closed; Adem can't visit his relatives
2. Children are separated at school on the basis of their ethnic background
3. There are no books, chairs, or heat in school
4. It's a bad omen to leave black
sunflowers standing in field
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
THEME: "Children
are deeply affected by conflict in their world"
What evidence can you find in the book that agrees with the theme?
1. Children are tear-gassed in school.
2. Some children are not allowed to have books, chairs, or electricity in
school.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
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