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The first section’s theme I would say would be, “Learning and remembering a father.” The whole first section tells about Obama’s father. Obama was a young boy when his father left him. He grew up without him, then as a man Obama get’s a call saying his father died. So the whole first section he talks about all the stories he has heard about him.

The only reason why Obama has a clue of who is father was, is because of the stories he had heard when he was a little kid. Also in the first chapter he gets to look back at them stories, from his mom and grandpa, as a man. So he notices more and gets a better conception of what his dad was like.

1. Morrison personifies Winter and uses metaphors comparing Mr. Macteer to when she says in the book “his high forehead is the frozen sweep of the erie, hiding currents of gelid thoughts that eddy in the darkness.”
2. Pecola is harassed by the boys while she was on her way home. They started to circle her and shout names, and telling her her dad sleeps naked. The boys are just putting her down, making her feel unwanted. All bullies do this to kids because they feel like there better, and they want to prove it by teasing them.
3. Maureen Peal is a follower, she thinks that other kids pick on Pecola and think they’re better than her so she starts doing the same. I think Moureen is just trying to fit in and don’t want to start off in the wrong group of friends, were she will get picked on if she hangs out with Pecola.
4. Claudia and Frieda think that Maureen is so perfect, because she’s white, pretty, and comes from a wealthy family. So they start to wonder if they’re good enough.
5. I think that the MacTeer sisters’ frightened by the prostitutes so they just stay away from them.
6. Geraldine had an obsession, she was getting mad at Pecola because she was accused of killing the cat.
7. Geraldine spoils junior with everything he wants but she doesn’t show any affection towards him. He realizes she doesn’t love him at much as she should, and she treats her cat like a lonely child. So he took it all out on Pecola because he can’t take it out on his mother.
8. Junior treats Pecola like she is not a person with no feelings. Then he starts to become friends with her to take her to his house and persuade her to kill the cat. Geraldine also treats her like nothing and flips out on her. This time no one is there to stick up fer her.

Act I:

1.What causes do Salerio and Solanio suggest for Antonio’s melancholy?

Salerio and Solanio think Antonio is distracted because his money is tied up in his ships, which are sailing on dangerous seas. Antonio denies this suggestion, which makes Solanio guess that he’s in love, an answer Antonio also rejects.

2. What humorous advice does Gratiano offer Antonio?

Gratiano tells Antonio, “With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come, …Why should a man whose blood is warm within..Sit like his grandsire…And creep into the jaundice.. By being peevish?” In other words, he suggests Antonio is acting old before his time.

3.Why does Bassanio want Antonio to loan him more money?

Bassanio ask Antonio for more money because he has to compete with Portia’s suitors,”questionless be fortunate”.   i.e., win the wealthy heiress’s hand, thus solving his financial problems and winning portia.

4.Why is Portia angry with her deceased father?

Portia is angry with her deceased father because of his will. His will says that Portia can not choose her own husband,and she would like to. ” She says,”I may neither choose who I would nor refuse who I dislike, so is the will of a living daughter curbed by the will of a dead father.”

5.Why does Nerissa tell Portia she “need not fear” her unwelcome suitors?

Nerissa tells Portia she “need not fear” he unwelcome suitors, meaning that Portia will find love in one of the suitors.

6.What do Portia and Nerissa think of Bassanio?

Nerissa claims that Bassanio, “of all the men that ever [her] foolish eyes looked upon, was the best deserving a fair lady.” Portia agrees to Nerissa’s statement which simply means that Bassanio  is the only man worthy of Portia’s love.

7.According to Shylock, why does he hate Antonio?

Antonio is a christian and he spat on Shylock.

8.Why is Shylock indignant over Antonio’s request?

Shylock is indignant over Antonio’s request because he thinks that Antonio is a hypocrite, having first talk badly of him for loaning money and now asking him for a loan.

9.What is Antonio’s response to Shylock’s accusation?

Antonio dose not deny what he has done, and he tell Shylock, ” If thou wilt lend this money, lend it not As to thy friends… But lend it rather to thine enemy,.. Who if he break, thou mayst with better face… Exact the penalty.”  Meaning to lend the money not as a friend but as an enemy.

10.In exchange for what does Shylock agree to lend Antonio and Bassanio the money?

Shylock asks Antonio to sign a bond stating that, if he doesn’t repay Shylock within the selected time, he must sacrifice an equal amount of his flesh.

Act II:

1. Why does Morocco fear that Portia will rejected him at the outset?

Morocco fears that Portia will rejected him because of his skin color.

2.What is Bassanio’s reservation about Gratiano accompanying him to Belmont?

Bssanio makes Gratiano promise to behave on the trip to Belmont.

3.What is Jessica’s dilemma concerning her father, Shylock?

Jessica is ashamed of being Shylocks daughter.

4.How does Lorenzo plan to disguise Jessica in order for her to escape from her father?

Lorenzo plans on dressing Jessica up as a boy in order to escape from Shylock.

5.Before going to dine with Antonio and Bassanio, what advice does Shylock give his daughter?

Shylock tells Jessica to lock all doors and to stay inside.

6.Why does Jessica not want Lorenzo to see her when he arrives at Shylock’s house?

Jessica dose not want Lorenzo to see her because she is embarrassed dressed up as a boy, she wants Lorenzo to see her when shes all dolled up and pretty.

7.What is Morocco’s rationale for choosing the gold casket?

Morocco chooses the gold casket because he thinks shes he worth nothing less.

8.What news has Saliero heard, making him anxious?

Saliero received news that ships had sunk, he was scared it was his friend Bassanio’s ship.

9.How does Solanio interpret Antonio’s sadness at Bassanio’s departure?

Solanio belives the reasoning for Antonio’s sadness is because his best friend Bassanio left, and he is nothing without him.

10.Which casket does Aragon choose, and why?

Aragon chooses the silver casket, he chooses this casket because he believes he deserves Portia.

I am from Philly,

from rain and sun.

I am from the cement in my yard.

I am from the trees  outside,

and from the furniture inside.

I’m from watching tv all day

to eat Ellios at night.

I am from what’s up to deuces.

I’m from sports and sleeping,

from waking up for school.

I am from the family that loves me,

and the friends that got my back.

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