Quote #1: Elli: "Are you interested in the presidential campaign?"
Significance: It shows how Elli is adjusting to her life in America. By now she's been here a while, and she's becoming very familiar with America. She is involved in the presidential campaign, showing that she is part of the U.S now and she wants to see who will lead her country. She cares about America and wants to be a part of it.
Personal connection: I can connect because I feel like Elli does. When I am new too something, or I don't know much about it, I don't really care for it. Once I get used to it I start to become more involved, like Elli. I care about what is going to happen next, and how I can influence it.
Question #1: Are the presidential candidates in the book actual real ones from the past?
Quote #2: Elli: I want you to be proud of me, Papa!
Significance: This shows how Elli's life was back home. She obviously loved her dad a lot and wanted to come to America because it was her father's dream country. Every thing that she did in America was to help her family and try to make her dad proud. Even though her father's dead, Elli still wants to have the life in America that her father would've wanted her and her mother to have.
Character judgement, Elli's father: Elli's father must have been a very good person for Elli to try as hard she does to make him proud. He seems like he influenced Elli to dream big and work hard. From what Elli and her family have said about her father, she has a lot of his personality in her and it makes her a better person.
Question #2: Did the book ever say her father's name?
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Hello, America #6
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Quote #1
This quote has a lot of meaning. It shows that Elli is starting to fix into her new life in America. She has accomplished many things including now being a true citizen of America.
Question #1
I think they may be the reals ones because this book is based on a true story, but they might not.
Quote #2
This quote tells us a little more about Elli's life back in her home country. Like you said she loves her dad a lot, and everything that she did was for her family.
Question #2
No, the book did not ever say his name.
-cj
Quote #1
I agree with you completely because it is showing how she is getting more and more used to America. Elli is getting envolved which is making her fit in more with normal Americans.
Question #1
I do think that they would be the same because it is a true story but could of been different at the same time.
Quote #2
Ellis father is dead and she needs to get over that and stop always thinking of him every time she has to make a choice, in her life. I also do feel that it is ok for her to feel that way because her father died.
Question #2
I don't think that the book ever stated his name.
~Madeline
Quote #1: I really like the quote and how it shows that she is making a new life in America. I chose the same quote too. It has a lot of meaning and I am glad for her.
Question #1: I don't know if they were the same presidents as they were then, but it is a true story so they should be.
Quote #2: I really think that that quote shows a great personal connection to home. It shows how much she really misses her father.
Question #2: I really don't think that the book said her fathers name at all throughout the entire book. They always called him papa.
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