As a reader, which character(s) had the most effect on you? Explain why.
What lesson(s) could you learn from their experiences?
Suggest how someone could apply any of these lessons to their own life?
Novel Study: Seedfolks
Quote
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Who said it?
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What idea or lesson can be learned from
this character?
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He would see my patience and my hard
work. I would show him that I could
raise plants, as he had. I would show
him that I was his daughter.
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Kim
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-respecting,
honoring, keeping spirit alive in hearts, continuing traditions
-hard
work & patience will always pay off in life and allow you to achieve very
much
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I felt like I’d read through her secret
diary and had ripped out a page without meaning to.
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Ana
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-the
importance of not prejudging/stereotyping others, jumping to wrong conclusions,
making assumptions about others before getting to know them
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Can’t bring the dead back to life on this
earth…But a patch of ground in this trashy lot-I can change that. Can change it big.
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Wendell
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-that
you can’t hold onto or dwell on the past, especially if it’s negative, you
need to move on, accept reality and make a positive difference and change in
your life and in the lives of others
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I stared at his busy fingers, then his eyes. They were focused, not far-away or
confused. He changed from a baby into
a man.
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Gonzalo
speaking of Tio Juan
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-in
order to feel whole, dignified as an individual you need a purpose in life
and to feel connected to something that could become your passion, knowing
you have a sense of direction in life
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You ever watch a sax player close? They
push down a key and way at the other end of the instrument something moves.
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Leona
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-something
small can start something big
-perseverance,
determination, self-motivation, setting goals for yourself
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If I’m lucky, I get ‘em talking to each
other. Sewing up the rips in the
neighborhood…From Paradise, the garden was turning back into Cleveland.
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Sam
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-we
need to become peacemakers, drop our cultural barriers, racial divisions, prejudices,
come together as a family and community built on respect and tolerance for
one another, celebrate diversity
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I was used to seeing kids lying and
making mistakes, but not grown-ups. I was mad at my father. Then I sort of felt sorry for him.
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Virgil
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-don’t
let greed get the best of you
-good
comes also from giving and sharing with others
-having
a balance in life, having other goals/priorities
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But just be near people, nice people,
feel good, like next to fire in winter.
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Sae
Young
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-establishing
positive relationships with others, we can’t isolate ourselves, interact in a
friendly manner with others because it will enrich and fulfill your life; overcoming
your personal fears, confronting them;
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I was showing Lateesha that just cause I
got muscles don’t mean I’m some jungle beast.
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Curtis
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-goodness,
kind-heartedness, love for others will always outweigh/surpass self-centredness,
arrogance, being vain, narcissism
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He was a salmon traveling upstream
through his past…His eyes gained back some of their life…We, like our seeds,
were now planted in the garden.
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Nora
speaking of Mr. Myles
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-life
is always full of opportunities and second chances and you need to take them to
continue enriching yourself
-don’t
give up on life, embrace it
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How nature ran on sunlight and rain and
the seasons, and how I was part of that system…My body was part of nature.
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Marciela
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-life
is precious, life is to be valued, nature is to be respected and appreciated
in all its forms whether good or bad, life is a gift from God
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I realized how useless was all that I’d
heard about Poles…I still do not know, or care, whether she cooks cabbage.
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Amir
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-we
shouldn’t categorize, label, misjudge people based on their culture,
language, possessions etc.
-getting
to know someone and where they come from and what they experienced before
judging them
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