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There were many people living with them.
Her dad gave Christophine to her mother as a gift.
Later her mother remarried.
The daughter was a brides maid.
But she was not happy soon after.
Questions:
Why does Christophine choose to stay with them?
Why did everyone hate them?
Are they going to leave Jamaica?
Was she afraid of changes?
Vocabulary:
Vexed - irritated or annoyed
Plaits - a braid, especially of hair
Shingle - a thin piece of wood, slate, metal, asbestos, or the like, usually oblong, laid in overlapping rows to cover the roofs and walls of buildings
Literary Terms:
Simile - "They shone like gold in the sun and Tia Stared"
Personification - "All this was long ago, when I was still babyish and sure that everything was alive, not only the river or the rain, but chairs, looking glasses, cups, saucers, everything"
Overview Sentence:
Her mother was getting remarried again and she seemed happy at first.
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