the golden room - the perfect day
The golden roomImportant points:
Difference in Leslie’s background and upbringing
Difference in Leslie’s relationship with her parents and Jess’ relationship with his parents
What Jess learns
How leslie’s father makes Jess proud of himself
Janice avery’s secret
Leslie’s upbringing
- mother is a poet and father is a political writer- so it is no wonder leslie is an imaginative and talented writer,
- No TV, but they listen to classical music, reading widely and having discussions
- Spirit of openness and exchange of learning in her home- parents learn the song miss Edwards teaches Leslie and Jess and leslie and Jess learn songs from Bill.
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à thus, Leslie is cultured, intellectual and imaginative and is able to appreciate stories.
Golden room-
- Filled with happy and wonderful experiences
- Burkes- introduce Jess to a new world
- Jess learns how to appreciate poetry and classical music
Leslie’s relationship with her father
Calls parents Bill and Judy- Shows that they are equals,
Relationship is closer to being friends.
Places importance on spending time together ( bonding time)- leslie ‘understands her father’
What does this show about Jess’ relationship with his parents?
his discomfort with Leslie's relationship with her father shows that he is unaware of how a good parent-child relationship ought to be.
does not know any families where the parents are friends with the children because
at home his parents don’t spend time with him and only ask him to do his chores.
Bill’s kindness to jess
Gets jess to help him to renovate the room
he gives Jesse a SENSE OF ACHIEVEMENT,
unlike when jess spends time at home- he is only ever asked to do chores.
What do we learn which is new about Janice Avery?
- vulnerable/ to be pitied- as she is abused- beaten regularly by her father
- has no true friends- her friends told all the 7th graders her secret
- our feelings change from dislike/ disgust to pity/ sympathy
>> now we see Janice- the bully turned victim.
à WHAT DOES THIS SHOW? Characters in literature not perfect BUT NOT completely mean/ cruel etc..- have their flaws and their strengths/ weaknesses.
Characters:
Leslie: brave/ cannot resist a challenge- speaks to janice in the toilet even though she has offended her before because Jess challenged her.
- Kind- listens to Janice’s worries and offers good advice by telling her not to bother about what her friends say and relates her own experience
- Sensitive/observant she realises that jess is jealous of their friendship and she ensures that she does not reveal their secret hideout, terabithia.
Jess: Soft-hearted/ sensitive to other people’s feelings- feels sorry for Janice when she cries, even though he disliked her for what she did to May Belle.
Childish/ petty- not able to understand that Leslie’s friendship with her father is not the same as her friendship with him.
Chap. 7-EASTER
Impt points:
- Jess’ father being laid off work- family now very poor
- Jess invites Leslie to go to church with him for Easter
- Leslie acting ‘like a girl’, wearing dresses, unlike her usual attire of boyish clothes- shows respect for Mrs Aarons
- Leslie shows that she can be dainty and polite- calling Mrs Aarons Ma’m (Madam)
- Mrs Aaron’s secret fear that leslie despises them
- Leslie understanding the meaning of easter and the beauty of the bible story- calls it a ‘beautiful story’ even though she is not Christian.
- But Jesse- not a believer/does not even know what he believes in
- May Belle- childlike/ trusting- believes that if they do not read the bible , they will go to hell
http://terabithia-bridge.blogspot.com/
THE EVIL SPELL
Refers to the flood that fills terabithia-
Mood/ atmosphere: gloomy/ominous
à serves as a hint/clue that something terrible will happen later in terabithia. ( foreshadowing)
this event is leslie _falling___________ in the __river_______ during the ___flood_____ and _drowning________.
It also shows us that Leslie’s mother is rather liberal/ unconventional ( not your average mother, does things out of the ordinary) she allows Leslie to go out despite it being a heavy downpour. She herself remebers the time she walked in the rain.
Characters: pp.103-104
Leslie- adventurous/ independent- shows that when she wants to do something, like crossing the creek despite the rain- nothing stops her.
- motivated/ takes her responsibilities seriously- In Terabithia____________, she speaks like a queen and Jess feels guilty for not acting like a king. ( pp105)
- p.105-106-> leslie acts like a queen, she speaks as if she is saying a prayer
Jess:
- ‘ cautious/ careful- recognizes the danger of the creek
- ‘fear of the crossing rose with the rise of the creek’
- ‘dread lay on Jess’ stomach like a hunk of undigested donut’ ( he was fearful of the flood)
- faces his own fears: he knows that he is quite timid/ cowardly-‘ he minded being afraid’, ‘ no guts’, ‘ how was he going to be king of terabithia’
- again no self-confidence but is aware of his shortcomings- ‘made with one piece missing’-- courage
as he would be happier at home than in the rain especially since it is so dangerous in the creek.
THE PERFECT DAY
à ironic- started out as a wonderful day but had a tragic end
impt points:
Miss Edmunds takes Jess to gallery in Washington
Her generosity and tact-buying him lunch as he is too poor to afford it. jokes that she is a ‘liberated lady’ and thus flatters Jess instead of making him feel bad about being poor.
Jess learns to appreciate art and the various great artists
Tragic- as Jess did not ask Leslie to join them and Leslie drowned as a result.
First time we see that his mother and father actually care for Jess
All at dinner table
worried/ anxious and sure that Jess died in the flood.
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