King Of Shadow
By: Susan Cooper
I read from chapter one through chapter three.
My blog post this week is just barely going to tell you about the beginning of the book, and then it is going to talk about the eight words in my title.
The book starts out with boys playing tag. There were about 20 boys who were picked to do something at the Globe Theatre in London (read the next paragraph to find out what.) The main character is Nathan, or Nat and he is telling the story.
The boys are picked to act in two Shakespeare plays because they are amazing actors. One of the plays is A Midsummer Night's Dream and the other one is Julius Caesar. Nat is playing Puck who is the most important character in A Midsummer Night's Dream. A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy play which for Shakespeare meant not really funny, but that there were a couple of couples that ended up getting married in the end. That is where the love part comes in. There are two human men and two human women. Both of the men like one of the women, and the other women who nobody likes, likes one of the men. In the end they all end up getting married, but Puck tries to fix things first. It gets confusing, so I am going to move onto the word Arby in my blog title. Arby, is the director of the play. He is the one who tells people what to do, and he is the one that made them play tag at the beginning. Towards the end of chapter two, Nat ends up getting sick. Earlier on in the chapter, he was acting a little funny, like things were spinning and dizzing. The result of that was that he ended up pucking and going to be sick. Nat is staying at the Fishers house. Some of the other boys are staying at other families' houses or somewhere else, but Nat is staying at the Fishers house.
Question: I wonder what the Fishers house looks like? Is it big, or is it small?
Prediction: I predict that Nat will end up getting hurt when he actually jumps off of the stage in the real performance. (That is a part that I didn't explain in my summary of the chapters I have read.)
Connection: My connection this week is not from me personally, but from somebody else. The VanderBeeks who are in Costa Rica for a year. She commented on her blog how good it was to be able to see her mom (or grandma to the kids) just through Skype. They have been away from their family for ten months. Nat has been away from his aunt for awhile just like the VanderBeeks have been away from their family for a while.
Key Question: There is no Key Question this week!!! :) :)
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I am also still reading Cheaper By The Dozen
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Friday, March 15, 2013
Cheaper by the Dozen Part 2
Cheaper by the Dozen~Frank B, Gilbreth and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
I read from page 22 to page 52
This week they told about how their dad taught them to do the touch system for typing and how to multiply really fast in their head. Ernestine was the fastest at typing and their dad wanted to take her to a typing competition, but their mom wouldn't let him. He taught them by giving all of the children a typing chart with the fingers on. They then put colored chalk on their fingers and the paper keyboard to represent which finger went on which keys. Then, once they learned the order of the keys and things they would be able to type of the brand new typewriter that dad had just bought. The person who could type the fastest at the end of the two weeks that they had to learn the fingerings and things, would get the typewriter. Martha was the fastest at multiplying in her head and dad wanted to take her to a competition and their mom let him. He taught them to multiply two digit numbers in their head at the dinner table one night. They had to memorize the squares of all of the numbers up to twenty. It took a couple of months, but eventually they got the hang of it and so did the littlest child. Their three year old son was able to multiply in his head pretty fast as well.
Question: I wonder how they all took turns using the typewriter because there were so many of them that were trying to practice their typing, and only one typewriter.
Prediction: I predict from the title of the next chapter that some of the kids got to skip grades because they were so smart. The title of the next chapter is "Skipping Through School."
Connection: I am going to connect to the part in the book about learning to type. We use a system in our school called Ultra Key. On the key board on the screen they have all of the keys color coated by what finger goes on them. We used that system in third, fourth, and fifth grade to learn to type fairly fast and accurately. That is sort of similar to what they used to type on the typewriter.
Key Question: There is no Key Question this week!!! :} :} :} :} :} :}
I read from page 22 to page 52
This week they told about how their dad taught them to do the touch system for typing and how to multiply really fast in their head. Ernestine was the fastest at typing and their dad wanted to take her to a typing competition, but their mom wouldn't let him. He taught them by giving all of the children a typing chart with the fingers on. They then put colored chalk on their fingers and the paper keyboard to represent which finger went on which keys. Then, once they learned the order of the keys and things they would be able to type of the brand new typewriter that dad had just bought. The person who could type the fastest at the end of the two weeks that they had to learn the fingerings and things, would get the typewriter. Martha was the fastest at multiplying in her head and dad wanted to take her to a competition and their mom let him. He taught them to multiply two digit numbers in their head at the dinner table one night. They had to memorize the squares of all of the numbers up to twenty. It took a couple of months, but eventually they got the hang of it and so did the littlest child. Their three year old son was able to multiply in his head pretty fast as well.
Question: I wonder how they all took turns using the typewriter because there were so many of them that were trying to practice their typing, and only one typewriter.
Prediction: I predict from the title of the next chapter that some of the kids got to skip grades because they were so smart. The title of the next chapter is "Skipping Through School."
Connection: I am going to connect to the part in the book about learning to type. We use a system in our school called Ultra Key. On the key board on the screen they have all of the keys color coated by what finger goes on them. We used that system in third, fourth, and fifth grade to learn to type fairly fast and accurately. That is sort of similar to what they used to type on the typewriter.
Key Question: There is no Key Question this week!!! :} :} :} :} :} :}
Saturday, March 9, 2013
Cheaper by the Dozen Part 1
Cheaper by the Dozen~Frank B. Gilbreth and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
I read from page 1 to page 22
In the beginning, they described the family and how it ran. They described that the dad would try and figure out how they could get things done with less motions. For example, he buttons his shirt bottom up because it saves him four seconds from if he went from the top to the bottom. He also did that for businesses. He would try to figure out how he would be able to make their production rate go much faster. They explained how he would call the family assembly call to give out gifts, or introduce them to someone, or make an announcement, or he would use it if there was an emergency like a fire or something because the children could evacuate the house VERY quickly. They explained how he showed them their new house. He told them that it wasn't the best, and then he drove to a neighborhood with a rundown house. They all got out thinking that this was their house and they didn't know how to respond. Then their dad looked at the address and said that he had gotten it wrong. When they got to their actual house, they didn't know if he was joking or not. It ended up that he wasn't joking. They explained how everybody had a job in the car. They certainly got a lot of attention when they were driving down a street and the dad would just talk right along with the people. They told about a joke that one of the kids played on the dad. If you want to find out more detail, you should go pick up the book and read it for yourself.
Question: I wonder how their family ever gets along. Think about the TV. Who would get the remote?
Prediction: I predict that in the next chapter, I will figure out who Mrs. Murphy is because her name is in the title of the chapter.
Connection: I am going to connect this week to the movie Home Alone. In that movie, a little boy gets in trouble and is told to go up the attic or something like that. The family has cousins, aunts, and uncles over because they are leaving for Paris (I think.) Well, the next morning they take a head count, but a neighbor boy gets counted and they think that they have enough kids. It wasn't until they were on the airplane that they realized that they had left him home alone and forgotten about him. That is sort of like what I am telling you about in my Key Question. When one of the kids gets left at a restaurant and they don't notice until they are almost home.
Key Question: For our Key Question this week, we had a choice whether we wanted to write a paragraph comparing two of our characters from our book, a paragraph on a problem that occurred and they had many different solutions for it, or if there was something that happened to the characters that had a lot of effects on them. The last one that we were allowed to do was persuasion. We have to do one that we haven't done yet. The only one that I haven't done yet is problem and solution.
There are problems that occur in this family considering problems occur when there are only five people in a family, imagine the problems with a 14 person family. A problem that occurred in this family is people would get left behind in places and really, you wouldn't get noticed because there were so many other kids. To solve this, they always take a role call before they leave. They had it once where they left someone at a restaurant and they didn't notice until the trip was about done that they were missing him. So, now they always take role call before they leave for somewhere or from somewhere. That is how they solved that problem.
I read from page 1 to page 22
In the beginning, they described the family and how it ran. They described that the dad would try and figure out how they could get things done with less motions. For example, he buttons his shirt bottom up because it saves him four seconds from if he went from the top to the bottom. He also did that for businesses. He would try to figure out how he would be able to make their production rate go much faster. They explained how he would call the family assembly call to give out gifts, or introduce them to someone, or make an announcement, or he would use it if there was an emergency like a fire or something because the children could evacuate the house VERY quickly. They explained how he showed them their new house. He told them that it wasn't the best, and then he drove to a neighborhood with a rundown house. They all got out thinking that this was their house and they didn't know how to respond. Then their dad looked at the address and said that he had gotten it wrong. When they got to their actual house, they didn't know if he was joking or not. It ended up that he wasn't joking. They explained how everybody had a job in the car. They certainly got a lot of attention when they were driving down a street and the dad would just talk right along with the people. They told about a joke that one of the kids played on the dad. If you want to find out more detail, you should go pick up the book and read it for yourself.
Question: I wonder how their family ever gets along. Think about the TV. Who would get the remote?
Prediction: I predict that in the next chapter, I will figure out who Mrs. Murphy is because her name is in the title of the chapter.
Connection: I am going to connect this week to the movie Home Alone. In that movie, a little boy gets in trouble and is told to go up the attic or something like that. The family has cousins, aunts, and uncles over because they are leaving for Paris (I think.) Well, the next morning they take a head count, but a neighbor boy gets counted and they think that they have enough kids. It wasn't until they were on the airplane that they realized that they had left him home alone and forgotten about him. That is sort of like what I am telling you about in my Key Question. When one of the kids gets left at a restaurant and they don't notice until they are almost home.
Key Question: For our Key Question this week, we had a choice whether we wanted to write a paragraph comparing two of our characters from our book, a paragraph on a problem that occurred and they had many different solutions for it, or if there was something that happened to the characters that had a lot of effects on them. The last one that we were allowed to do was persuasion. We have to do one that we haven't done yet. The only one that I haven't done yet is problem and solution.
There are problems that occur in this family considering problems occur when there are only five people in a family, imagine the problems with a 14 person family. A problem that occurred in this family is people would get left behind in places and really, you wouldn't get noticed because there were so many other kids. To solve this, they always take a role call before they leave. They had it once where they left someone at a restaurant and they didn't notice until the trip was about done that they were missing him. So, now they always take role call before they leave for somewhere or from somewhere. That is how they solved that problem.
Cheaper By The Dozen
I chose to read Cheaper By The Dozen
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| This is about the only picture that I could find of this exact book cover. |
Friday, March 1, 2013
Alone
Mary Ingalls On Her Own~Elizabeth Kimmel Willard
I read from page 152 to page 180 (the end of the book)
This week, Mattie was asked to leave the college like I said last week. That meant that Ben was going to go home as well because he was only there to try to help Mattie. Mary was sad that Mattie was gone once she found out her whole story. She was engaged, but when she began to become blind, the man quit the engagement. She was sad and I think that that is part of why she was so mad and sharp to everyone else. Mary was also sad because she wanted to apologize to Mattie for what she had done. After a little while, Mary left the infirmary and a few weeks later told Hannah and Blanche about what really happened that night that she and Mattie were in the rain. Then Hannah and Blanch told their stories about how they had become blind. Hannah's parents didn't tell her that she was going blind, and she had to figure it our all by herself. Blanche had gone to the doctor and the doctor told her that she was in the first stage of blindness. For her, she had relatives that were either blind, or partially sighted. Over Christmas break, Mary volunteered to tutor two younger girls who were staying at the college over the holidays. Mary knew how they felt. Right at the end of the book, on Christmas Eve, Miss Mattice came in her room with a package and two letters from home. One letter was from Ma, and the other one was from Laura. Mary decided to wait to open them until Christmas morning or day. She then went downstairs to meet the girls that she was going to tutor.
I next hope to read either Cheaper By The Dozen, or Storm Warning. Stay tuned to next weeks post to find out what one I picked.
Question: I wonder how old the two girls are that Mary is tutoring? It never says how old they are, it just says that they are young. Their names are Tessie and Lucia. Both are pretty names.
Prediction: I predict that Mary will have a fun time tutoring the two younger girls and that she will have a good time at the college over Christmas break. She will have fun in the activities that they have planned the the students who are staying at the college over Christmas because their houses are two far away, or their families can't afford to have them home for Christmas.
Connection: I am going to connect to the part of the book where Mary is not home for Christmas. I am going to connect that with another family that I know. Their name is the VanderBeeks. They were in Costa Rica over Christmas (they still are in Costa Rica.) She posted on their blog that it was hard knowing that everybody was gathering together on that day and they weren't going to be there with everybody. They knew what their family members were doing on that day. The is kind of like Mary because she thought about what her family would be doing at that time, and she missed them and wished that she could be back home with them.
Key Question: For our Key Question this week, we had a choice whether we wanted to write a paragraph comparing two of our characters from our book, a paragraph on a problem that occurred and they had many different solutions for it, or if there was something that happened to the characters that had a lot of effects on them. This week, we are also allowed to do persuasion. We just have to do a different one than we did last week. I am going to do the one on Persuasion.
Miss Mattice sort of persuaded Mary that Christmas at the college is not that bad. She said that they had a few treats in store for the next few days for the students that are staying over at the college. Plus, Mary is tutoring two students, and that will make the time fly by. Miss Mattice understood that it is not like home, but I think that she persuaded Mary that it won't be so bad. I also think that Mary figured some of that out on her own.
Friday, February 22, 2013
Temper Lost
Mary Ingalls On Her Own~Elizabeth Kimmel Willard
I read from page 114 to page 152
A teacher's assistant came into the study room with a letter from home. Laura had written to Mary the same day that she had left for Iowa. His name was Ben. He offered to read the letter to her and she said yes. If she had not been blind, she would have read it over and over again. In a new chapter, Mary had free time and she wanted to go on a walk really bad because the weather hadn't been very nice for a while. Her roommates were doing other things and that meant that Mary couldn't go for a walk. You needed to have a walking partner to go with. Mary decided to go to a room to study her braille. It happened that Ben was in that same room that Mary decided to go to. Somehow in the conversation that followed, Mary's want for a walk came up. He offered to take her to a bench where people who didn't have a walking partner but wanted to go on a walk went and sat until somebody else without a walking partner came along and then they went on a walk together. She said yes and it just so happened that the person who was sitting on the bench at that time was Mattie. They ended up going on a walk, but neither of them were very pleased with this. On the walk Mary and Mattie had an argument and Mattie left Mary to find her own way home. This was a problem because Mary didn't know which way the building was. She founded a wooden structure because of the way that the wind was blowing the rain. She went in there and woke up to find Ben right by her trying to get her to wake up. She told him what had happened and he said that he knew how difficult Mattie could be because she was his sister. Mary ended up in the infirmary for a little while.
Question: I wonder what the wooden "house" that Mary went into was used for. I also wonder how Ben found her in the "house" thing because the book said that Mary closed the door.
Prediction: I predict that others at the college will find out about this because Mattie was involved.
Connection: I am connecting Mary being lost to my own life. My mom was at Art in the Park one year and I was littler. I asked her if I could go on the gazebo. She told me that I could go. I went farther up the hill than my mom thought that I would go. I decided that it was time for me to go find my mom again, but she wasn't where she was before. I had lost her, and she had lost me. She ended up finding me again and I remember that a police officer was there and the lady who makes a mystery word in the kids bulletin and if you get it right, you get it right, you get a piece of candy. For some reason, she had her candy bucket along, and she gave me a piece of candy. So, I got lost just like Mary got lost just in different situations. :)
Key Question: For our Key Question this week, we had a choice whether we wanted to write a paragraph comparing two of our characters from our book, a paragraph on a problem that occurred and they had many different solutions for it, or if there was something that happened to the characters that had a lot of effects on them. We just have to do a different one than we did last week. I am going to do the one about a problem that occurred that had many effects on the characters.
Mattie leaving Mary outside alone, was a big problem for both of the characters. It effected Mary. Mary got left outside in the rain and she was sent to the infirmary for a little while. I looked ahead and read ahead and found out an effect that it had on Mattie. Mattie had had some problems before at the college and they told her that one more problem and she wouldn't be able to stay at the college. Well, this was one more problem, and so she was asked to leave the college. That was one problem that occurred and effects on two different characters.
I read from page 114 to page 152
A teacher's assistant came into the study room with a letter from home. Laura had written to Mary the same day that she had left for Iowa. His name was Ben. He offered to read the letter to her and she said yes. If she had not been blind, she would have read it over and over again. In a new chapter, Mary had free time and she wanted to go on a walk really bad because the weather hadn't been very nice for a while. Her roommates were doing other things and that meant that Mary couldn't go for a walk. You needed to have a walking partner to go with. Mary decided to go to a room to study her braille. It happened that Ben was in that same room that Mary decided to go to. Somehow in the conversation that followed, Mary's want for a walk came up. He offered to take her to a bench where people who didn't have a walking partner but wanted to go on a walk went and sat until somebody else without a walking partner came along and then they went on a walk together. She said yes and it just so happened that the person who was sitting on the bench at that time was Mattie. They ended up going on a walk, but neither of them were very pleased with this. On the walk Mary and Mattie had an argument and Mattie left Mary to find her own way home. This was a problem because Mary didn't know which way the building was. She founded a wooden structure because of the way that the wind was blowing the rain. She went in there and woke up to find Ben right by her trying to get her to wake up. She told him what had happened and he said that he knew how difficult Mattie could be because she was his sister. Mary ended up in the infirmary for a little while.
Question: I wonder what the wooden "house" that Mary went into was used for. I also wonder how Ben found her in the "house" thing because the book said that Mary closed the door.
Prediction: I predict that others at the college will find out about this because Mattie was involved.
Connection: I am connecting Mary being lost to my own life. My mom was at Art in the Park one year and I was littler. I asked her if I could go on the gazebo. She told me that I could go. I went farther up the hill than my mom thought that I would go. I decided that it was time for me to go find my mom again, but she wasn't where she was before. I had lost her, and she had lost me. She ended up finding me again and I remember that a police officer was there and the lady who makes a mystery word in the kids bulletin and if you get it right, you get it right, you get a piece of candy. For some reason, she had her candy bucket along, and she gave me a piece of candy. So, I got lost just like Mary got lost just in different situations. :)
Key Question: For our Key Question this week, we had a choice whether we wanted to write a paragraph comparing two of our characters from our book, a paragraph on a problem that occurred and they had many different solutions for it, or if there was something that happened to the characters that had a lot of effects on them. We just have to do a different one than we did last week. I am going to do the one about a problem that occurred that had many effects on the characters.
Mattie leaving Mary outside alone, was a big problem for both of the characters. It effected Mary. Mary got left outside in the rain and she was sent to the infirmary for a little while. I looked ahead and read ahead and found out an effect that it had on Mattie. Mattie had had some problems before at the college and they told her that one more problem and she wouldn't be able to stay at the college. Well, this was one more problem, and so she was asked to leave the college. That was one problem that occurred and effects on two different characters.
Friday, February 15, 2013
Dreadful Start
Mary Ingalls On Her Own~Elizabeth Kimmel Willard
I read from page 86 to page 114
Mary decided to enroll in beadwork, organ, knitting, sewing, English Literature, Higher Mathematics, and Political Economy. Mary's first class was to be beadwork. Someone was going to bring her down to the room because neither Hannah or Blanche were taking beadwork. After lunch the door opened without a knock. The girl said come on and Mary realized that it was Mattie the rude and mean girl that was to take her to her first class ever at the college. This was a dreadful start that Mary had not be wanting. She got her down there after telling her that she had to walk and not just move slowly. She was walking slowly because of her fall earlier that day (or week.) Mattie left her at the door and Mary didn't know if this was the right one or not. Thankfully, Charlotte who is a friend of Hannah's, Blanche's and I think Mary's came and asked if she was going in. Mary asked if it was the beadwork room and she said yes. They went in and found a nice warm seat. Their teacher started and welcomed Mary. Mary wondered if their teacher, Miss Hennick was blind or if she could see because some teachers at the college are blind, partially blind, or they can see clear as day. She handed out everybody else's pieces and then came and explained things to Mary. She had her just string some because for a little while and then taught her the Daisy Chain stitch. She said that it takes a bunch of tries to get it just right so don't be depressed when it doesn't come out the first time. But, much to Miss Hennick and Mary's surprise, Mary did it just right the first time. She was pleased with herself until Mattie said a mean comment back to Mary. Mary started to learn the Braille and started to write a letter to Laura but then threw it into the fire. She did feel like she had had a real conversation with Laura. Mary also had a very nice organ lesson teacher. His name was Mr. Locke and he said that Mary was a very promising musician.
Question: I wonder how hard it would have been for Mary to write a letter back home even though she had a guide to help her. I would find it hard because I think that my hand writing wouldn't stay in a straight line and my words might overlap.
Prediction: I predict that Mary will have a very good Christmas at the college even though she can't go home for Christmas.
Connection: My connection this week what I did last week. I am going to put myself in Mary's position. If I were Mary this week, I might have taken Hannah's offer to go to her house for Christmas. I might have sent the letter to Laura. I might have burst out crying because of what Mattie did to "me."
Key Question: For our Key Question this week, we had a choice whether we wanted to write a paragraph comparing two of our characters, a paragraph on a problem that occurred and they had many different solutions for it, or if there was something that happened to the character that had a lot of effects on them. I am going to compare and contrast Mary and Mattie.
Mary and Mattie are mostly different, but I can find some similarities with them. Mary is a kind sweet, nice, compassionate, considerate "little" girl. Mattie on the other hand is very rude, not considerate, bold with what she says, mean, short tempered, not patient. Mary is nice, Mattie is rude. That describes the differences in one sentence, but what about their similarities? Well, for one thing they are both at the college for the blind. Now Mary is actually blind, but Mattie can still see, but not very well. So, they are both "blind." I can imagine that deep down inside of Mattie there is love and compassion. I think that someone said in the book that Mattie is angry and mean because she doesn't want to be where she is or she doesn't want to go blind. Someone even said that she might be jealous of how Mary and others look because her eyes are "cloudy." Those are some differences and similarities about Mary and Mattie.
I read from page 86 to page 114
Mary decided to enroll in beadwork, organ, knitting, sewing, English Literature, Higher Mathematics, and Political Economy. Mary's first class was to be beadwork. Someone was going to bring her down to the room because neither Hannah or Blanche were taking beadwork. After lunch the door opened without a knock. The girl said come on and Mary realized that it was Mattie the rude and mean girl that was to take her to her first class ever at the college. This was a dreadful start that Mary had not be wanting. She got her down there after telling her that she had to walk and not just move slowly. She was walking slowly because of her fall earlier that day (or week.) Mattie left her at the door and Mary didn't know if this was the right one or not. Thankfully, Charlotte who is a friend of Hannah's, Blanche's and I think Mary's came and asked if she was going in. Mary asked if it was the beadwork room and she said yes. They went in and found a nice warm seat. Their teacher started and welcomed Mary. Mary wondered if their teacher, Miss Hennick was blind or if she could see because some teachers at the college are blind, partially blind, or they can see clear as day. She handed out everybody else's pieces and then came and explained things to Mary. She had her just string some because for a little while and then taught her the Daisy Chain stitch. She said that it takes a bunch of tries to get it just right so don't be depressed when it doesn't come out the first time. But, much to Miss Hennick and Mary's surprise, Mary did it just right the first time. She was pleased with herself until Mattie said a mean comment back to Mary. Mary started to learn the Braille and started to write a letter to Laura but then threw it into the fire. She did feel like she had had a real conversation with Laura. Mary also had a very nice organ lesson teacher. His name was Mr. Locke and he said that Mary was a very promising musician.
Question: I wonder how hard it would have been for Mary to write a letter back home even though she had a guide to help her. I would find it hard because I think that my hand writing wouldn't stay in a straight line and my words might overlap.
Prediction: I predict that Mary will have a very good Christmas at the college even though she can't go home for Christmas.
Connection: My connection this week what I did last week. I am going to put myself in Mary's position. If I were Mary this week, I might have taken Hannah's offer to go to her house for Christmas. I might have sent the letter to Laura. I might have burst out crying because of what Mattie did to "me."
Key Question: For our Key Question this week, we had a choice whether we wanted to write a paragraph comparing two of our characters, a paragraph on a problem that occurred and they had many different solutions for it, or if there was something that happened to the character that had a lot of effects on them. I am going to compare and contrast Mary and Mattie.
Mary and Mattie are mostly different, but I can find some similarities with them. Mary is a kind sweet, nice, compassionate, considerate "little" girl. Mattie on the other hand is very rude, not considerate, bold with what she says, mean, short tempered, not patient. Mary is nice, Mattie is rude. That describes the differences in one sentence, but what about their similarities? Well, for one thing they are both at the college for the blind. Now Mary is actually blind, but Mattie can still see, but not very well. So, they are both "blind." I can imagine that deep down inside of Mattie there is love and compassion. I think that someone said in the book that Mattie is angry and mean because she doesn't want to be where she is or she doesn't want to go blind. Someone even said that she might be jealous of how Mary and others look because her eyes are "cloudy." Those are some differences and similarities about Mary and Mattie.
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