Passage Master

Name: ___yujin Hong__

Book:_The God of Small Things_______________________
Chapters: ____________________
Locate 3 passages of the story that your group should reread, discuss, and think about.
Passages should be important things for everyone to notice, remember, or think
about.
Choose a variety of passages, not all the same type--here are suggestions:
surprising/startling
confusing (something you wonder if other people understood)
descriptive writing: figurative language, strong verbs, etc. (identify literary devices) important
(maybe a clue foreshadowing) controversial
event (elicits different opinions from group members)
!uring "our #roup $eeting, !o the %ollowing: 1.
$a&e sure everyone opens to the right page and help them find where the passage begins. 2. 'ither
read it aloud yourself, have everyone read it silently, or as& someone to read it 3. (ell your
reasons for selecting each passage) as& for comments. !o they agree with your choices
Page * Paragraph(s) +,+++++ (he first - words of the paragraph are:++++++++ .hen they left
+++++++++++++ (his is interesting (or pu//ling) because:
0mmu1s two twins daughter didn1t as& why their mother is crying. 'ven they are so young, they &new the
atmosphere and worried about her mother. 2n my case this is really impressive. 3owadays people really
miserly to sympathy each other when they getting older. 4ympathy ma&es people more connect, so 2 thin& 2
really need for society a lot.
0n interpretation that can be made from 035(6'7 P0440#', found on Page ++8+++++, Paragraph
++,+++++ is because imply the boo&s purpose. (he 9#od of small things1 means they stuc& in the big
world, they want to &eep their own peace to breath. People tried to do best what they have now. (he
sentence :'thsa occupied her very little space in the world; (0rundhati 7oy, <==>) might want to describe
'tsha finally got her own world to concentrate her own life.
2n today?s reading, a C533'C(253 to my personal e@perience and/or my &nowledge appears on Page
++++=+++++, Paragraph ++++<++ and is :2t is curious how sometimes the memory of death lives on for so
much longer than the memory of the life that it purloined.; (0rundhati 7oy, <==>). $y grandmother died
when 2 was twelve years old. 2t has been passed <A years and 2 through lots of lift things until now. But
sometimes 2 remind the happiness time and the nightmare memories of that time. !uring <A years 2 had a
lots of stories in my life, that memories always clear for me even other memories are faint.
My comment or question about this story is: I think it is quite personal opinion about the stories. But it
is because I might reminding of my stories through the novel. It is really good stories for me in several
ways.