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- P. 263: Valentino meets Ajulo who cares for him and offers to be his mother. Why does he refuse? How does he respond to such an act of kindness?
- P. 273: After listening to Moses’ version of events the day Valentino’s village burned, he said to himself, “I stayed quiet and replaced my memory with his.” What does this mean?
- P. 298: Describe Valentino’s introduction to girls. How is this like most adolescent boys?
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Week of October 11
ReplyDelete1. Valentino meets Ajulo who cares for him and offers to be his mother. Why does he refuse? How does he respond to such an act of kindness?
a. Valentino refuses because he says that, “To stay would be to abandon the hope of returning home. To accept this woman as my mother would be to deny my own, who might yet be living, who might wait for me the rest of her years.” To thank her for her kindness he helps around the house in any way he can. He brings her water and does basic chores that show his respect for this woman who has been helping him.
2. After listening to Moses’ version of events the day Valentino’s village burned, he said to himself, “I stayed quiet and replaced my memory with his.” What does this mean?
a. What Valentino means by this is that he doesn’t have the exact same recollection of the day’s events as Moses does. But he feels there is more hope in Moses’ story whereas in his, all roads lead to destruction. He stays quiet and replaces his memory with Moses’ because it helps to bring a tiny more glimpse of hope.
3. Describe Valentino’s introduction to girls. How is this like most adolescent boys?
a. His teacher introduces Valentino to the Akech girls. The teacher reminds the boys to treat the girls with respect and courtesy. Valentino continues through the day by saying that the contours’ of the girls neck and everything about them was more interesting to study then what the teacher was talking about. He reacts like most adolescent boys by becoming infatuated and trying to do everything he can to impress the girls. He tries to be the smartest in the class and get their attention by sucking up to the teacher, who is the girls uncle, and always looking for a chance to draw attention to himself by answering questions.
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Week of October 11
ReplyDelete1. "Valentino meets Ajulo who cares for him and offers to be his mother. Why does he refuse? How does he respond to such an act of kindness?"
Valentino refuses because he feels it would be disrespectful to his mother, and would mean he was giving up the hope that she may still be alive. He explains,that accepting this mother would be like denying his own. To demonstrate how much he appreciates the woman's offer Valentino assists the woman with her house chores.
2."After listening to Moses’ version of events the day Valentino’s village burned, he said to himself, “I stayed quiet and replaced my memory with his.” What does this mean?"
This means that Moses' memory of what happened that day was slightly better than Valentino's memory. Valentino decides to stay quiet and replace his memory with Moses' because it provides him with hope and less pain than he remembers.
3. "Describe Valentino’s introduction to girls. How is this like most adolescent boys?"
Valentino and the other boys are introduced to the girls and told to treat them with respect. Valentino acts like most adolescent boys because he works hard to get the girl's attention and impress the girls. Valentino does this by participating in class; he explains, "I had to get myself noticed by the girls, and if classtime was the only time I could see them- and it was, since they lived on the far side of the camp, where the more essential people- lived- then that was when I would have to shine".
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1. Valentino meets Ajulo who cares for him and offers to be his mother. Why does he refuse? How does he respond to such an act of kindness?
ReplyDeleteHe refuses this because he says it would be like denying his own mother, who might still be alive and waiting for him. He would visit her once a week, helping out in whatever way he could with work around the house.
2. After listening to Moses’ version of events the day Valentino’s village burned, he said to himself, “I stayed quiet and replaced my memory with his.” What does this mean?
This means that Valentino would much rather remember the day the village was burned through Moses' eyes than his own. Moses' version is a little bit more comforting than his own as it provides Valentino with hope.
3. Describe Valentino’s introduction to girls. How is this like most adolescent boys?
Valentino, along with the other boys, is introduced to the girls by his teacher telling the boys to be much more careful about their behavior around them. His reaction is like most adolescent boys because that day in school nothing academic was learned as all the, "focus of our lives and all earthly pursuits had changed." All he wanted to do was get the attention of these girls.
1. Valentino meets Ajulo who cares for him and offers to be his mother. Why does he refuse? How does he respond to such an act of kindness?
ReplyDeleteHe refuses this because he says it would be like denying his own mother, who might still be alive and waiting for him. He would visit her once a week, helping out in whatever way he could with work around the house.
2. After listening to Moses’ version of events the day Valentino’s village burned, he said to himself, “I stayed quiet and replaced my memory with his.” What does this mean?
This means that Valentino would much rather remember the day the village was burned through Moses' eyes than his own. Moses' version is a little bit more comforting than his own as it provides Valentino with hope.
3. Describe Valentino’s introduction to girls. How is this like most adolescent boys?
Valentino, along with the other boys, is introduced to the girls by his teacher telling the boys to be much more careful about their behavior around them. His reaction is like most adolescent boys because that day in school nothing academic was learned as all the, "focus of our lives and all earthly pursuits had changed." All he wanted to do was get the attention of these girls.
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Week of October 25
ReplyDelete“Valentino meets Ajulo who cares for him and offers to be his mother. Why does he refuse? How does he respond to such an act of kindness?”
-Valentino refuses to be Ajulo’s son because it would abandon the hope of returning home. Also because he is worried that he will betray his biological mother, who might be alive and waiting for his return. In return of such an act of kindness, Valentino helped Ajulo out around the house.
“After listening to Moses’ version of events the day Valentino’s village burned, he said to himself, “I stayed quiet and replaced my memory with his.” What does this mean?”
- The quote above means that Valentino replaced his memory of the day the village burned with Moses memory. The reason why Valentino replaces his memory with Moses is because Moses has a much more specific and vivid memory of what happened that day. For example, Valentino may have seen Moses yelling at his mother, but Moses actually remembers the emotions he felt towards his mother as he was running out of the hut.
“Describe Valentino’s introduction to girls. How is this like most adolescent boys?”
- Just like any other adolescent boys, Valentino felt a bit timid, confused, and interested by the presence of the four girls. Because he is mostly around boys all the time he is interested in how physically different boys are from girls as he studies their neck and hair. Valentino also because really excited when he became the first and only boy to look at the girls directly as he took attendance. Lastly as most adolescent boys, he tries to show off in front of the girls by answering all the questions, but gets upset when the girls pay no attention to his effort.
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Valentino refuses her offer because he believes allowing someone else to be his mother means losing hope that his biological mother is alive. When Ajulo embraces Valentino he cries, overwhelmed by unfamiliar kindness and care. Valentino states that it was in a long time that someone touched him like so.
ReplyDeleteValentino admits that he did not see Moses get shot because he had turned away assuming the worst for Moses when the murahaleen approached. But even so, Valentino remembers seeing Moses standing above his mother and then being cornered by the murahaleen. However, according to Moses’ version of the story he was across the house running away for safety when the murahaleen captured him. Although Valentino is aware of the difference between what he had witnessed and Moses’ story, Valentino remained silent and replaced his memory with Moses’ because by recalling the scene, Valentino did not want to be charged as a coward for not coming to the aid of his troubled friend.
Valentino was amused and interested of the girls. But because of his shyness he could not approach the girls. This shyness is like most adolescent boys because many boys consider themselves unable to attract girls. Therefore planning a wise tactic, Valentino decides to become noticeable by doing well in class. Thus, hoping the girls will notice him and instead take the initiative of approaching him.
Valentino refuses to be her son and Ajulo accepts his response and feeds him anyways. Valentino was afraid that by accepting this woman as his mother that his real mother would become distant in his memory and that he might forget about her. He felt that by accepting this offer he would be losing all hope that his mother might still be alive and that he was abandoning her.
ReplyDeleteThis means that Valentino keeps realizing throughout Moses' story that this is not how he remembered the events of the that day taking place but he didn't want to interrupt Moses so he put his memories aside and tried to imagine what Moses was telling him, mainly because Moses recollection of the day provided more hope than his did.
Valentino and most boys are excited when they see the new girls, who are dressed up and look way smarter than they think they could ever be. Valentino in his friends stayed up talking all night about the sisters that were new in his class, analyzing them from their personalities to looks. He also panics when Agar finally talks to him, which I think most boys would do.
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Week of October 11
ReplyDeletep. 263- Valentino meets Ajulo who cares for him and offers to be his mother. Why does he refuse? How does he respond to such an act of kindness?
Valentino refuses to have a mother-son relationship with Ajulo because she would in turn take the place of his real mother, who may still be alive. Despite, Valentino is willing to help Ajulo do housework in response to her acts of kindness.
p. 273- After listening to Moses’ version of events the day Valentino’s village burned, he said to himself, “I stayed quiet and replaced my memory with his.” What does this mean?
Valentino replaced the memories of the day his village was burned with that of Moses'. This is because Moses remembered all of what happened that day and was able to give clear detail. Moses’ version also provides hope for Valentino in that his story was a bit more alleviating towards his feelings.
p. 298- Describe Valentino’s introduction to girls. How is this like most adolescent boys?
Valentino and the other boys were introduced to the girls and were made sure they understood to treat them with respect and to watch their behavior around them. “I was three rows behind the girls and spent all of that day’s hours looking nowhere but at the backs of their heads” (298). Valentino has a typical way of getting a girl’s attention in that he tries to show off by answering as many questions as possible. Many adolescent boys find ways to draw attention to themselves by not actually approaching the girl, but by showing off or making a statement in front of them.
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1. Valentino rejects Ajulo's offer because if he accepted this woman as his mother, he would give the last bit of hope that his real mother was alive. Still, he repays her kindness by coming over to her house once a week to help her out.
ReplyDelete2. Valentino wishes to replace his memories with Moses' because he doesn't know what truly happened to Moses. He does know that his story was truly terrible so he might have hoped that Moses might have had a glimmer of happiness in this situation.
3. Mr. Kondit introduces four girls, his nieces, and told the boys they should be respectful and careful of their behavior. As time goes on, all Valentino can do is stare at the back of their necks and then all he can think to do is impress them with his knowledge. This is like most adolescent boys because most can only think of pretty girls and what will impress them.
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ReplyDelete1) P. 263: Valentino meets Ajulo who cares for him and offers to be his mother. Why does he refuse? How does he respond to such an act of kindness?
He refuses because he believes it would be disrespectful to his mother, and would be giving up the hope that she could be alive. He feels a sense of betrayal, that if he does accept this offer, he is not loyal as a son. Accepting this mother, would be replacing his mother, which is not what Valentino wants. He responds to this act of kindness by assisting the woman with her chores and helping her out with whatever she needs.
2) P. 273: After listening to Moses’ version of events the day Valentino’s village burned, he said to himself, “I stayed quiet and replaced my memory with his.” What does this mean?
Valentino rather remember the day through someone elses eyes, prefereably Moses’s, less painful to him and more comforting. The remembrance of the day in Moses’ eyes was more hopeful then what Valentino had remembered. This statement concludes that Valentino wishes to replace his memories with Moses memories to console.
3) P. 298: Describe Valentino’s introduction to girls. How is this like most adolescent boys?
Valentino is similar to most adolescent boys because many feel shy, confused and show interest in girls. He feels insecure because he is not used to the presence of having girls around. Out of insecurity, he shows off in front of the girls by answering all the questions in order to receive the attention and satisfaction that he thinks will make him happy. He tries to use his intelligence to attract the girls. This is extremely common, as many adolescent boys find ways to make themselves the center of attention, without approaching them first hand or directly.
P. 263: Valentino meets Ajulo who cares for him and offers to be his mother. Why does he refuse? How does he respond to such an act of kindness?
ReplyDeleteHe has to refuse because he knows if he accepts he is completely abandoning the thought that his real mother is still out there, and he just cant do that to her. He responds to her kindness by helping the women out around the house with chores and other things like that.
P. 273: After listening to Moses’ version of events the day Valentino’s village burned, he said to himself, “I stayed quiet and replaced my memory with his.” What does this mean?
When he says “replaced my memory with his” he is talking about how his memory of that day is different from moses’ memory, but he will do away with his own because moses’ is a britghter one, one that will add a more positive spin to what happened. So he stays quiet and doesn’t mention his own recollection and just emulates the same thoughts.
P. 298: Describe Valentino’s introduction to girls. How is this like most adolescent boys?
Valentinos intro to the girls was by the teacher when she told him and the other boys to be respectful of the girls. He acted much like other adolescent boys in that they became all he could think about and he became obsessed with getting the girls attention.
P. 263: Valentino meets Ajulo who cares for him and offers to be his mother. Why does he refuse? How does he respond to such an act of kindness?
ReplyDeleteValentino meets Ajulo who comforts him just as any mother would. These kind acts are touching to him and brings back memories of his mother. Although Valentino is fond of Ajulo, he refuses to let her be his mother because it would disrespect the chance that his own is still alive. Instead, he offers to bring her water and do other chores in return for her hospitality.
P. 273: After listening to Moses’ version of events the day Valentino’s village burned, he said to himself, “I stayed quiet and replaced my memory with his.” What does this mean?
After learning of Moses' version of the events the day Valentino's village burned he "replaced my memory with his". This is due to him not entirely remembering all of the details from this event on his own. Also, by living through Moses' memory, it provides greater console and a greater explanation to justify the event for his own purposes.
P. 298: Describe Valentino’s introduction to girls. How is this like most adolescent boys?
Similar to his peers, Valentino's introduction to girls is similar to to that of other adolescent boys. Valentino first notices the girls physical features above all when he first meets them in addition to analyzing their personalities. He also is concerned with getting their attention by impressing them by showing off.
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- Valentino refuses to accept Ajulo's help because he does not want to find someone to replace his mother if she is by chance still alive. Valentino feels that this would be disrespecting her. Instead of accepting her mother like instincts, he offers to help bring her water and do chores.
ReplyDelete- "I replaced my own memories with his" means that he could not remember every detail on his own and what he did not, he forced Moses' details in. It helps Valentino understand the exact events of what happened.
- Valentino tries to get the attention of the girls by showing off his intelligence. He is nervous around them and does not want to approach them so he goes to the one thing he feels comfortable with,his intelligence, and tries to prove himself this way. This is like most adolescent boys because they get nervous around girls.
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ReplyDelete1. Valentino does not accept this offer because by accepting a new mother, he would be giving up on finding his family. In order to not insult her her, he comforts her and helps her around the house.
2. This means that he was not unable to completely remember what went on so he used others who were with him to understand the true events that happened.
3. He is very immature in that he gets nervous and somewhat uncomfortable around girls. In order to feel comfortable he uses his intelligence to impress them.
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1. "Valentino meets Ajulo who cares for him and offers to be his mother. Why does he refuse? How does he respond to such an act of kindness?" Valentino refuses because he feels it would be disrespectful to his mother, and would mean he was giving up the hope that she may still be alive. He explains, that accepting her will be denying his real mother.
ReplyDelete2."After listening to Moses’ version of events the day Valentino’s village burned, he said to himself, “I stayed quiet and replaced my memory with his.” What does this mean?" It means that Moses' memory of what happened that day was slightly better than Valentino's memory. Valentino doesn’t want to let people know what happened.
3. "Describe Valentino’s introduction to girls. How is this like most adolescent boys?" Valentino and the other boys are introduced to the girls and told to treat them with respect. Valentino acts like most adolescent boys because he works hard to get attention.
Valentino refuses because he doesn’t want to disrespect his mother or give up hope that she could still be alive. He responds to such an act of kindness by helping the woman with her chores.
ReplyDelete“I stayed quiet and replaced my memory with his” means that his remembrance of the events that occurred are different than what Moses remembered. Valentino replaced his memory with Moses’s because it brings him hope.
Valentino is introduced to the girls through his teacher. The teacher teaches him to treat the girls with respect. This is like most adolescent boys because he tries hard to impress the girls and catch their attention.
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Week of October 11
ReplyDelete1. Valentino meets Ajulo who cares for him and offers to be his mother. Why does he refuse? How does he respond to such an act of kindness?
- While Valentino is very appreciative of Ajulo's hostility and care but he is more worried about disrespecting his mother if she happened to be alive by replacing her. Ajulo acted very motherly-like towards Valentino and when she offers to be his mother he felt that it would be wrong and hurtful to accept if by some chance his mother was alive. In return, he helps out around the house as well as offering to bring her water.
P. 273: After listening to Moses’ version of events the day Valentino’s village burned, he said to himself, “I stayed quiet and replaced my memory with his.” What does this mean?
- Although the memory of Valentino's village burning is painful no matter what, Valentino doesn't have the same recollection of what happened as Moses' did. He felt that Moses' memory provided more hope into the situation and it wasn't such a harsh memory as the one that he had. So the quote means that he replaced the tragic parts he remembered with Moses' more hopeful, optimistic memory.
3. P. 298: Describe Valentino’s introduction to girls. How is this like most adolescent boys?
- Valentino is first introduced to girls in his class by his teacher. Valentino is very intrigued by the girls just as any normal adolescent boy would be because they are something completely new to explore. Valentino becomes very focused on the Akech girls looks and physical appearance. He is nervous and uncertain around the girls so he tries to impress them with something that he is certain of, his intelligence. He then shows off by trying to be the smartest kid in the class and appealing to the teacher.
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1.Valentino refuses to allow Ajulo to be his mother because he fears that if he does he will be giving up his dream of returning home, finding his family, and being with his own mother. He could not live with himself knowing that his mother was waiting for him. Valentino responds to Ajulo's kindness by bringing her rations and water.
ReplyDelete2. This quote means that Valentino would rather accept Moses' memory on what happened on the day that the village was burned. Moses' version of the story provided more hope, and that is why Valentino accepts Moses' memory as his own. Moses has a memory of the day that is more complete with a slightly more positive outlook.
3. Valentino is introduced to the four girls by his teacher. He first studies the girls features. He becomes very interested in them. Instead of talking to them in class directly, he acts like most adolescent boys do and he tries to impress them. Valentino tries to impress them by answering questions and making sure he participates a lot in class.
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P. 263: Valentino meets Ajulo who cares for him and offers to be his mother. Why does he refuse? How does he respond to such an act of kindness?
ReplyDeleteWhen Valentino meets Ajulo, she touches him on the cheek just like a mother would. He hadn’t felt this warmth inside in months and this brought back memories of his loving mother. He refuses Ajulo to be her mother because by accepting this he would abandon the hope of returning back home. To accept her as a new mother would be to erase and abandon his old one in which he could never do. He tells Ajulo that he could not be her son and he did come once a week and helped by bringing water, portions of his rations and things that she could not otherwise procure.
P. 273: After listening to Moses’ version of events the day Valentino’s village burned, he said to himself, “I stayed quiet and replaced my memory with his.” What does this mean?
Valentino had not remembered exactly what had happened in the events when his village was burned down and did not know what to expect. He had replaced his memory with Moses, because Moses had survived when the Arab soldiers invaded. This gives Valentino a sense of hope that he could have that chance of surviving and how he could be that one person to tell the tail.
P. 298: Describe Valentino’s introduction to girls. How is this like most adolescent boys?
Valentino’s introduction to girls is like most adolescent boys because he notices the physical features of each of the girls. For example, when the oldest one walks in he notices her hair was in braids and her dress was very pink with white flowers. He becomes interested in them and wonders if they will be there the next day or when he will see them again. He also tries to catch the attention of the girls and many adolescent boys try doing this, however, the girls do not pay attention.
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ReplyDelete1. Valentino meets Ajulo who cares for him and offers to be his mother. Why does he refuse? How does he respond to such an act of kindness?
a. He refuses to accept her as his mother because in doing that, he would be abandoning on the hopes of returning and finding his mother still alive. He claims that it would be denying his own mother for her, and he cannot do that. He responds to such an act of kindness with helping her with housework, for he is appreciative is the notion.
2. After listening to Moses’ version of events the day Valentino’s village burned, he said to himself, “I stayed quiet and replaced my memory with his.” What does this mean?
a. This means that Moses’ version of the events differs from his own, and Moses’ provides more hope and less destruction. Therefore, he attempts to replace his memory of the story with Moses’, allowing for more ease of mind and optimism.
3. Describe Valentino’s introduction to girls. How is this like most adolescent boys?
a. Valentino’s actions are similar to typical adolescent boys because he does everything he can to attract the girls and get their attention. He answers questions in class to showcase his intelligence. Also, he admits that he learned nothing that day, but instead focused all his attention onto the girls.
1. Valentino meets Ajulo who cares for him and offers to be his mother. Why does he refuse? How does he respond to such an act of kindness?
ReplyDeletea. He doesn't want to live a sedentary life in which he simply concedes to destiny. He wants to go forth and create his own destiny.
2. After listening to Moses’ version of events the day Valentino’s village burned, he said to himself, “I stayed quiet and replaced my memory with his.” What does this mean?
a. Memory is subjective. His memories included Moses' death, so it's clear that they weren't correct. He allows himself to believe Moses' memories instead.
3. Describe Valentino’s introduction to girls. How is this like most adolescent boys?
a. It's more infactuation with aesthetic beauty than any sort of soul congruity. He dotes on them without ever talking to them or knowing what kind of person they are.