We have finished the entire 208 pages of the book.
These are the five paragraphs and sentences that truly made me think and feel.
1. page 142 - 143 paragraph 4 - 5
"Milkweed," I said. She plucked it from my shirt. She held it by the seed up to the light. She dusted her nose with it and giggled. She stood on tiptoes and held it as high as she could and let it go. It sailed toward the sky. "That's my angle." she said.
I chose this paragraph because before, Janina stated that she hated Misha's angel. She despised his ideas; most likely due tot he fact that she could not see her angel. They did nothing to help her. Yet, this, this milkweed puff between her fingers is real. It represented the freedom that some would never achieve.
My group's reactions...
Ewa: It was touching. Misha wasn't really attached to anyone in the beginning and this reminded me of how he had a family now.
Gwendy: ...Aww.
2. page 146 paragraph 2 - 3
I wondered why the hanging body had stopped her. It was not the first she had seen. Death was as familiar to us as life. Even those still breathing, walking-they looked as if they were waiting for someone to tell them they were dead.
So why was my heart hammering my chest? Because the body, I could see now as I stopped beside her, had one arm. It was a boy. It was Olek. A sign was hanging across his chest. In the moonlight it was easy to see the words, but I could not read. Flat on the ground, his shadow was hanging too.
When I read this, the description truly made my heart hammer my chest as well. The solemn, grave way that Olek's death was portrayed set a gloomy, heart-stopping scene for me.
Everyone was silent for this piece of text.
3. page 148 paragraph 1 + 2
He was smiling, showing the world his brown teeth. His hand came down on my shoulder. "Misha...Misha...Is it not a beautiful day?"
I looked around. It seemed like any other day to me. Gray. Up the street a man was banging his head against a stone wall.
But I was an agreeable fellow. "Yes." I said.
This is one of the few parts of the book that made me laugh. It is hard to describe why, but the blunt language and picturing the man banging his head on a wall while Misha is saying it is a beautiful day was humorous and funny.
4. page 158 paragraph ...none.
"No." he said. He tapped my chest. "Happy is here." He tapped his own chest. "Here."
This was Gwendy's favorite because it is blunt but full of so much meaning. Reading this made me happy as well.
5. page 204 paragraph 1
She smiled and nodded and said, "We hear you. It's enough. It's over." And they walked on, and I went another way...
This made me feel like it was the end of the book. The fact that someone heard him made so much of a difference.
These are the five paragraphs and sentences that truly made me think and feel.
1. page 142 - 143 paragraph 4 - 5
"Milkweed," I said. She plucked it from my shirt. She held it by the seed up to the light. She dusted her nose with it and giggled. She stood on tiptoes and held it as high as she could and let it go. It sailed toward the sky. "That's my angle." she said.
I chose this paragraph because before, Janina stated that she hated Misha's angel. She despised his ideas; most likely due tot he fact that she could not see her angel. They did nothing to help her. Yet, this, this milkweed puff between her fingers is real. It represented the freedom that some would never achieve.
My group's reactions...
Ewa: It was touching. Misha wasn't really attached to anyone in the beginning and this reminded me of how he had a family now.
Gwendy: ...Aww.
2. page 146 paragraph 2 - 3
I wondered why the hanging body had stopped her. It was not the first she had seen. Death was as familiar to us as life. Even those still breathing, walking-they looked as if they were waiting for someone to tell them they were dead.
So why was my heart hammering my chest? Because the body, I could see now as I stopped beside her, had one arm. It was a boy. It was Olek. A sign was hanging across his chest. In the moonlight it was easy to see the words, but I could not read. Flat on the ground, his shadow was hanging too.
When I read this, the description truly made my heart hammer my chest as well. The solemn, grave way that Olek's death was portrayed set a gloomy, heart-stopping scene for me.
Everyone was silent for this piece of text.
3. page 148 paragraph 1 + 2
He was smiling, showing the world his brown teeth. His hand came down on my shoulder. "Misha...Misha...Is it not a beautiful day?"
I looked around. It seemed like any other day to me. Gray. Up the street a man was banging his head against a stone wall.
But I was an agreeable fellow. "Yes." I said.
This is one of the few parts of the book that made me laugh. It is hard to describe why, but the blunt language and picturing the man banging his head on a wall while Misha is saying it is a beautiful day was humorous and funny.
4. page 158 paragraph ...none.
"No." he said. He tapped my chest. "Happy is here." He tapped his own chest. "Here."
This was Gwendy's favorite because it is blunt but full of so much meaning. Reading this made me happy as well.
5. page 204 paragraph 1
She smiled and nodded and said, "We hear you. It's enough. It's over." And they walked on, and I went another way...
This made me feel like it was the end of the book. The fact that someone heard him made so much of a difference.
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