Interpretive Questions: Answer all questions in complete sentences, using quotes to support.1.) Why does Dade spend so much time on the roof of the store?
He is getting his way out of doing the chores. He also day dreams and looks for himself and discovers while staring out at the view.
2.) Why does Dade try to confuse his father by looking at the clouds when his father speaks to him about his future?
So that it look likes he is going to make a good decision. He is also avoiding the question because he doesn't know the answer he is thinking about it.
3.) Why does Dade think that the discovery of what he wants will come to him when he is on the roof?
He thinks that the stars and the universe will give him answer. The "stars" are feeding his ambition and deciding the path of his future.
4.) Why does Dade finally tell his mother, “I’m not sure what my dreams are,…And I’m never going to discover anything”? (p. 147)
He is loosing hope in himself. He is believing his mom and discovery will happen. But maybe he is destined to live a normal life. That he has lost hope on his dream.
5.) Why does Dade feel “alone in the world” at the end of the story? (p. 150)
His dad wants him to take over the store. His mom wants him to follow his dreams. And he doesn't know what he wants to do. He is stuck in the middle because he wants to please everyone but he also wants to do what makes him happy.
6.) Why does Dade let the woman go after they go into the stockroom?
He doesn't know what to say. He did a heroic deed by catching the shop lifter. But he freezes and panics.
7.) Why does Dade feel that the woman who is shoplifting knows something about him?
He pity's her because he understands that she is stealing for survival and not for her own needs. She is not pushing it by stealing for herself. He knows that she is stealing for her own needs.
8.) After he sees the air force jets, why does Dade decide that he wants the woman to be caught?
He has been waiting for a sign in the stars and the sky. He sees the jets as a sign of action to get the woman in trouble for shoplifting.
9.) Why does Dade feel “strong and good” when he catches the woman but then feel “flushed…with remorse”? (p. 148)
He is having a moral dilemma. He dilemma is by doing the wrong thing and the right thing. Doing the wrong thing is by letting her go and the right thing is catching her. He doesn't know what to do.
10.) Why does Dade walk with the woman after he lets her go?
He might just want information from her. He wants to see if his side of the story is true.. He wants to know why she is doing what she is doing.
Vocabulary in Context:
1.) Appease (p. 134)
Quote: "To appease my father I cleaned the electric star, and though he often came outside to sweep, he stopped telling me to come down." (P.134)
Definition (based on context/in your own words): satisfy
Synonym: alleviate
Sentence (underline the vocabulary word): I seemed to appease my dad by washing the car.
2.) Competence (p. 137)
Quote: "For years my father had been trying to teach me competence and industry."(P.137)
Definition (based on context/in your own words): sufficiency
Synonym:suitability
Sentence (underline the vocabulary word): My family is teaching me competence by showing me examples of other family members that I look up to.
3.) Retrospect (p. 148)
Quote: "I was standing in front of the counter, hands in my pockets, my mother's eyes watering over, the guard looking out the window at a couple of girls, everything revolving around the point of calm that, in retrospect, precedes surprises." (P.148)
Definition (based on context/in your own words): contemplation of past
Synonym:remembrance
Sentence (underline the vocabulary word): In retrospect, the Super Bowl was more intense in the past.
4.) Precedes (p. 148)
Quote: "I was standing in front of the counter, hands in my pockets, my mother's eyes watering over, the guard looking out the window at a couple of girls, everything revolving around the point of calm that, in retrospect, precedes surprises." (P.148)
Definition (based on context/in your own words): go in order
Synonym: sequential
Sentence (underline the vocabulary word): The banana was delicious, which precedes the apple earlier.
5.) Remorse (p. 148)
Quote: " this flushed me with remorse." (P.148)
Definition (based on context/in your own words): grief
Synonym: guilt
Sentence (underline the vocabulary word): It flushed me with remorse when my mom said that we couldn't go anymore to the court.
Thinking Map:
Use textual evidence to show examples of when Dade is doing something to please himself or when he is doing something to please others. Include 5 examples and support with page numbers and opinion for each column.
Himself:
He goes on the roof by himself and stares at the sky.
He lets the woman go.
He goes on the roof and avoids work.
Pleases himself by letting her go so that he doesn't feel guilty.
Pleases himself by finding more about the woman during the walk.
Pleases others:
Pleases mom by staying on roof and looking for discovery.
Pleases dad when working in store.
Pleases mom by letting the shoplifter go.
Pleases dad when catching kids stealing.
Pleases the woman by letting her go.
He is getting his way out of doing the chores. He also day dreams and looks for himself and discovers while staring out at the view.
2.) Why does Dade try to confuse his father by looking at the clouds when his father speaks to him about his future?
So that it look likes he is going to make a good decision. He is also avoiding the question because he doesn't know the answer he is thinking about it.
3.) Why does Dade think that the discovery of what he wants will come to him when he is on the roof?
He thinks that the stars and the universe will give him answer. The "stars" are feeding his ambition and deciding the path of his future.
4.) Why does Dade finally tell his mother, “I’m not sure what my dreams are,…And I’m never going to discover anything”? (p. 147)
He is loosing hope in himself. He is believing his mom and discovery will happen. But maybe he is destined to live a normal life. That he has lost hope on his dream.
5.) Why does Dade feel “alone in the world” at the end of the story? (p. 150)
His dad wants him to take over the store. His mom wants him to follow his dreams. And he doesn't know what he wants to do. He is stuck in the middle because he wants to please everyone but he also wants to do what makes him happy.
6.) Why does Dade let the woman go after they go into the stockroom?
He doesn't know what to say. He did a heroic deed by catching the shop lifter. But he freezes and panics.
7.) Why does Dade feel that the woman who is shoplifting knows something about him?
He pity's her because he understands that she is stealing for survival and not for her own needs. She is not pushing it by stealing for herself. He knows that she is stealing for her own needs.
8.) After he sees the air force jets, why does Dade decide that he wants the woman to be caught?
He has been waiting for a sign in the stars and the sky. He sees the jets as a sign of action to get the woman in trouble for shoplifting.
9.) Why does Dade feel “strong and good” when he catches the woman but then feel “flushed…with remorse”? (p. 148)
He is having a moral dilemma. He dilemma is by doing the wrong thing and the right thing. Doing the wrong thing is by letting her go and the right thing is catching her. He doesn't know what to do.
10.) Why does Dade walk with the woman after he lets her go?
He might just want information from her. He wants to see if his side of the story is true.. He wants to know why she is doing what she is doing.
Vocabulary in Context:
1.) Appease (p. 134)
Quote: "To appease my father I cleaned the electric star, and though he often came outside to sweep, he stopped telling me to come down." (P.134)
Definition (based on context/in your own words): satisfy
Synonym: alleviate
Sentence (underline the vocabulary word): I seemed to appease my dad by washing the car.
2.) Competence (p. 137)
Quote: "For years my father had been trying to teach me competence and industry."(P.137)
Definition (based on context/in your own words): sufficiency
Synonym:suitability
Sentence (underline the vocabulary word): My family is teaching me competence by showing me examples of other family members that I look up to.
3.) Retrospect (p. 148)
Quote: "I was standing in front of the counter, hands in my pockets, my mother's eyes watering over, the guard looking out the window at a couple of girls, everything revolving around the point of calm that, in retrospect, precedes surprises." (P.148)
Definition (based on context/in your own words): contemplation of past
Synonym:remembrance
Sentence (underline the vocabulary word): In retrospect, the Super Bowl was more intense in the past.
4.) Precedes (p. 148)
Quote: "I was standing in front of the counter, hands in my pockets, my mother's eyes watering over, the guard looking out the window at a couple of girls, everything revolving around the point of calm that, in retrospect, precedes surprises." (P.148)
Definition (based on context/in your own words): go in order
Synonym: sequential
Sentence (underline the vocabulary word): The banana was delicious, which precedes the apple earlier.
5.) Remorse (p. 148)
Quote: " this flushed me with remorse." (P.148)
Definition (based on context/in your own words): grief
Synonym: guilt
Sentence (underline the vocabulary word): It flushed me with remorse when my mom said that we couldn't go anymore to the court.
Thinking Map:
Use textual evidence to show examples of when Dade is doing something to please himself or when he is doing something to please others. Include 5 examples and support with page numbers and opinion for each column.
Himself:
He goes on the roof by himself and stares at the sky.
He lets the woman go.
He goes on the roof and avoids work.
Pleases himself by letting her go so that he doesn't feel guilty.
Pleases himself by finding more about the woman during the walk.
Pleases others:
Pleases mom by staying on roof and looking for discovery.
Pleases dad when working in store.
Pleases mom by letting the shoplifter go.
Pleases dad when catching kids stealing.
Pleases the woman by letting her go.