The book Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli is a book that makes you think a lot. You don't really no anything about the background of the characters or the setting of the book. The farther along you read, the more you begin to learn about the main character, Misha, and what exactly is going on in the small town of Warsaw, Poland. This makes the reader ask lots of questions.
Throughout the book, Misha mentions the Jackboot soldiers. The reader knows as much as Misha knows about the Jackboots. They hate Jews and they control the town of Warsaw. That is all the reader knows about the Jackboots halfway through the book. A question I have about the book is: Will the Jackboots effect the outcome of the story, and if so, how?
Another question I have comes at about halfway through the book. Uri, the character who is looking after and fighting for survival with Misha, has been gone more and more since the Jackboots have put the Jews in the Ghetto. Where could Uri possibly have gone? I predict that Uri will leave one day and never return to the Ghetto, but in the end of the book, he will have an effect on the outcome.
Thanks, Cleo. This is a good start. You have the beginnings of some inferences and some good questions. You even made some predictions. Now, expand further. What historical information do you know that could add to your thinking? What are the characters motivations?
ReplyDelete4/5 points. Needs further expansion.There are also some mechanical errors. Example, "no" instead of "know".
This is sel.
ReplyDeleteYou did include alot of important facts!
good job!