Group+Five

Book Group Template DATE: 3/19/10 GROUP #: Five MEMBERS: Allan Weck, Matt Louis, Nick Miele

For your reading of Montana 1948, book groups will meet four times to discuss the novel and address each aspect listed below. Take notes on your wiki for each of your meetings and save it to your group’s Wiki, noting the date and members names at the top.

This is the reading/book discussion schedule. Be sure you have completed each part prior to the book discussion day.

1) Part One, Friday, March 19th 2) Part Two, Tuesday, March 23rd 3) Part Three, Thursday, March 25th 4) Afterward/Epilogue, Friday, March 26th

Directions: Write your notes for every category below on your group’s wiki space. Be sure to discuss in your groups:

• Imagery/ Symbolism- matt louis -watson- pg 29, paragraph 2

Marie rolled onto her back and brushed her hair back from her face. Her cheeks now glowed so brightly they looked painful, as it they had been rubbed raw. Her eyes seemed darker than ever, all pupil, black water that swallowed light and gave nothing back. Her lips were pale-dry and chapped. Her dress had ridden up over her knees and the sight of her sturdy brown legs and bare feet was strangely shocking, a glimpse of the sensual in the sickroom... This passage shows imagery because it describes Marie's description of her being sick.

-watson-pg 35, paragraph 1

...Aunt Gloria was barely five feet tall,and she had silver blonde hair. -I thought this was interesting how someone could be so short and this is great description of Aunt Gloria. • Character Behavior or Psychology: For Part one you must focus on characterization of the main characters listed below. 1. What the character says 2. What the character does 3. What others/narrator says about the character** You must use textual evidence for each of these three elements of characterization **I'm not sure why all of the characters are not done.**
 * For each character, discuss all three modes of characterization:

Narrator’s Father Narrator’s mother (Gail) Marie and Ronnie Tall Bear Uncle Frank (and Aunt Gloria) Grandfather

• Interesting Passages (at least two passages, cited in proper MLA format) - Matt Louis -watson- pg 29, paragraph 2

-Marie rolled onto her back and brushed her hair back from her face. Her cheeks now glowed so brightly they looked painful, as it they had been rubbed raw. Her eyes seemed darker than ever, all pupil, black water that swallowed light and gave nothing back. Her lips were pale-dry and chapped. Her dress had ridden up over her knees and the sight of her sturdy brown legs and bare feet was strangely shocking, a glimpse of the sensual in the sickroom... -This passage was interesting because it showed in great detail how sick Marie was. This is a well written description. • Questions/ Predictions you have:**
 * Please be sure that when you cite you use the author's last name and the page number.
 * I believe for Uncle Frank, he is not going to get accused of rape because he is higher up in the social class and the Indians are at the lower part of the social class and they will believe the people that are higher up then lower on the social class
 * I believe that the sick girl is going to die.

• Connections to modern life or your personal life

There are many things that are gonna happen in this book that can be related to real life, for example rape, also if you know someone close has broken the law and you know that they didn't do it but they need your help.

** WHat you did complete was done relatively well. In future posts, be sure that you have all the necessary information. 15/20**

=SECTION 2=

-(Watson 59, paragraph 3) Mr. Young Bear, as my father insisted I call him, was a stern, censorious man. He was physically imposing-tall, barrel-chested, broad shouldered, large-headed-and he never smiled. His lips were perpetually turned down in an expression both sad and disdainful. He seemed to find no humor in the world, and I have no memory of hearing him laugh.
 * Imagery/ Symbolism- Matt Louis

-(Watson 65, paragraph 5) She turned a slow circle. "But the wind has a different smell here. IN North Dakota it always smelled like dirt. Even in the middle of winter with all that now there could still be the smell of dirt in the air. As if the wind came from some open place that never froze. But here the wind smells like the mountains. Like snow. Like stone. No matter how far away the mountains are, I still feel them out there. I can't get used to it. I never will. I guess I'm a flatlander at heart."

Interesting Passages (at least two passages, cited in proper MLA format)- Allan**
 * "Grandpa stood on the front porch to greet us. He was dressed in his Sunday rich ranch owner best- white Western shirt and... As he stood there the wind lifted his hair and made his large head seem even larger.(Watson 69) This passage is interesting because it helps give you a glimpse of how the grandfather presents himself


 * Questions/ Predictions you have**:- Nick
 * I believe that the uncle will not get accused of rape. He is higher up on the social status scale, when the Indians are lower on the social status scale. Uncle frank is white and he is a doctor which makes him very high up.
 * Will Wesley still try to prove Uncle frank guilty even though he knows that he did it, or even if he knows that he didn't do it, will he still attempt to prove him guilty.


 * Connections to modern life or your personal life- Allan**
 * A connection to real life is the sympathy. We over hear Grandpa say that the father even knew Uncle Frank has always been into Native American girls. If the father knew this you would think he would have solved the cast already, but Uncle Frank is his brother, and he is not going to throw his own brother in jail right away.
 * Another connection to real life is David. Everyone, at some point in their life, gets told they are too young to hear something, and are told to leave the room. As soon as you leave the room, you, like David, will immediately run to the other side of the door and listen. This shows innocence and curiosity.

=PART 3=

-(Watson 109, paragraph 9) My father turned back to us but didn't speak. He walked over and picked up his hat. He looked it over and began to reshape it, denting ti just so with the heel of his hand, pinching the crown, restoring the brim's roll with a loving brush-and-sweep. He dropped his hat in the center of the table and said solemnly to me, "<y brother- your uncle- has run afoul of the law. I had to arrest him. You understand that, don't you? That I had not choice?" Interesting Passages (at least two passages, cited in proper MLA format)**
 * Imagery/ Symbolism
 * "My father took out his handkerchief and blew his nose- had been crying quietly and I hadn't noticed? He put his hat on and went out the back door.(Watson 112)" This passage is interesting because it shows that the narrator's father might not be as tough as he tries to appear in situations.

My predictions in the book were wrong. The only right prediction I had was that Uncle Frank will get arrested and he did. But he didn’t get arrested for rape, but he was a suspected person for murder.
 * Questions/ Predictions you have**:


 * Connections to modern life or your personal life**