Comprehension

Who was the main character in the story?
- The main character in the story is Bigger Thomas.

Knowledge

Describe the scene with the rat in the book?
- When the family wakes up after the alarm clock went off, Bigger saw a rat scurry acroosss the floor which caussed his mother and his sister to jump onto the bed in a panic.
Bigger and his brother Gus tried to kill the rat but it bit Biggers leg. When he finally cornered the rat he threw the frying pan, killingbthe rat. After

Applications

What questions would you ask Mary?
- The question i would ask Mary is why didnt she take the opportunity to go to college,?
Her making the decision not to go her seem ungrateful to me because I know anyone in the black community would jump at the chance to go to college and ahe blew it off.

Service Learning

 These are some of the ideas i had for service learning

- Zoo volunteering

- Morris animal shelter

- elderly help (senior home)

- afterschool program volunteering

-community help

- homeless shelter volunteer

   

chapter 1 summary

Chapter 1: "THAT DAMN RAT"

     - The chapter started off with the alarm clock going off in Bigger small one bedroom apartment in Chicago. Bigger shares the apartment with hi mother, his sister Vera, and his brother Buddy. A big rat scurries across the floor and Vera and Mrs.Thomas jumped onto the bed with fear. Bigger and Buddy then try to kill the rat. The rat bite bigger, ripping  hole in his pants. Then Bigger and Buddy corner the rat, then Bigger throws a skillet killing the rat. Before throwing the rat out Bigger then goes to Vera and puts the rat in her face until she passes out. His mother then starts to curse at Bigger asking him why he would frighten his sister like that. She blamed bigger for them being in poverty and he only thinks of himself.

HOW TO MAKE WHITE GIRL STEW

based on Native Son by. Richard Wright

INGREDIENTS:

1 white girl

1 pillow

1 trunk

1 furnace

1 newspaper

1 hatchet

1 pocket knife

DIRECTIONS:

-preheat furnace 550 degrees.

-Place pillow over white girls face until she stops breathing.

-stuff her body into a trunk.

-carry the trunk to the furnace.

-try to stuff her body into the furnace.

(if body does not fit do the following)

-take your pocket knife and try to cut off her head.

-if that doesn’t work, put down newspapers so the blood doesn’t go everywhere

-then use the hatchet to chop her head off.

-throw her head into the furnace and make sure it burns really good.