The glass castle : In pages 42-47, we read about Rex and Rose Mary getting into a domestic dispute. We also read about the kids getting into fights - Jeannette gets jumped, and Brian tries to help
her fight the girls that jumped her. They also talk about prejudice. This book is going to
bring up a lot of social issues. One that we have already briefly talked about as a class
was poverty. What are some other social issues that you are seeing pop up in this book so
far? What was happening in the book to make you think of these social issues?

The authors choice of words and language

Ithink she called him it

here here are the quiz answers thats all i can do hope i was able to =]    

i see some of you tried the true/false quiz of what was real and what was made up in little women. no one got 100% but you were very close! here are the answers:

hannah the servant  false– the alcotts could not afford any servants in those daysthe christmas play (“the witches’ curse, an operatic tragedy)  true  – this play is actually a composite of actual plays written and performed by louisa and anna.amy burns jo’s manuscript  falsemarmee’s temper  trueamy falling through the ice  falsejo pinching meg’s papered locks before the ball  falsemeg being dressed up as a doll at annie moffat’s  falseamy bewailing her pickled limes  truebeth receiving the piano from mr. lawrence  true  – in harriet reisen’s book louisa may alcott the woman behind little women, lizzie received a piano as a gift in walpole, nh when she was twenty from dr. henry whitney bellows (see chapter 9 in the book)mr. march’s illness  false  – louisa was writing about her own illness her civil war nursing stintjo sells her hair.  false  but it was based on something true, that louisa had all her hair cut off during her illness after the civil warbeth wasted away and died peacefully.  false  lizzie (aka beth) did waste away but she was in tremendous pain, was often quite anxious, and even went through a spell where she rejected her family and wanted to be left alone (anna said in a letter that lizzie had called her “horrid.”)jo published her first story, “the rival painters.”  trueamy writes her own will.  true?   not sure on this one (i know, i shouldn’t have included it if i didn’t know the answer! )jo rejects laurie’s love.  false