1. Why does Rifka kiss the hand of the milkman? Give text evidence.
2. After the storm at sea, what does Rifka mean when she says, "Tovah, suddenly I feel how defenseless we are-not just Jews, all of us."
3. From pages 81-88 (the storm scene) Karen Hesse uses many author craft techniques. Find and indentify three author craft techniques and QUOTE THEM WITH PAGE NUMBER!
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1. Rifka kisses the milkman because Rifka never had a chance to say goodbye to Uncle Zeb, and she thinks this is like doing it once and for all because the milkman has horse like Lokteh and he reminded her of Uncle Zeb. Therefore, Rifka kissed the milkman's hand becaue she felt like she'd finally be saying goodbye to Uncle Zeb. (pg.65).
2. Rifka means that everyone is subject to badness and horrible things and no one can stop somethings from happening, like someone dying or a storm. Rifka may have thought everyone got what they wanted except for Jews. But now she knows no one is immaculate enough to stop anything or always get what they want.
3. Simile-'sailors ran like spiders,' pg.82. Personifacation-' the engine is dead.' pg.87. Strong verbs-'smothering', pg.86.
JGM21
1. Rifka kissed the milkman's hand because to her it was like finaly being able saying goodbye to her Uncle Zeb. On page 65 it says "Kissing the hand of the milkman, I felt as if I could say good-bye to Uncle Zeb."
2.Rifka says this because in Berdichev the Jews were helpless and defenceless against the poor treatment and the pogroms and everyone on the ship was so helpless and defenceless against the storm.
3. one authour craft techneque is on page 82 a meteror it says "the sky was a sickly yellow, like an old bruise. Another author craft is hyrbole on page 85 it says "My heart jumped into my throught." A third author craft is deliberate use of punctuation on page 83 it says "Befor I could finish, water, a wall of water, rose over us."
1. Rifka kisses the milk man's hand because he reminds her very much of her Uncle Zeb. I know this because on page 65 Rifka says "I never had a chance to say goodbye to Uncle Zeb...kissing the hand of the milkman, I felt at last I could say goodbye to Uncle Zeb too." Right in that sentence it gives the reason. I also think Rifka kissed the milkman's hand is to show the readers she is no longer afraid of Antwerp or its people.
2. Rifka has never been in such a life threatening situation like the storm before. She suddenly realized she and others could be killed by anything. She also realizes that it's not just Jews that have it bad. Mostly everyone does, like Pieter; he was the only sailor who died in the storm. That is much worse than just being robbed by guards.
3. One example of author craft technique is on page 82 "Though it was still night, the sky was a sickly yellow, like an old bruise". That is a smile to show that a storm was coming. Another example is also on page 82 where Karen Hesse uses Personification. "The seas, which had seemed so gentle yesterday, rose like hungry beats, mouth's open, hovering and crashing over the sides of the ship." Technically the sea cannot have a mouth. My last example is a metaphor and it is on p.87."I see Mama and Papa swallowed up by a strange company called America" A country cannot swallow people. So it is comparing two unlike things.
KGL#17
1. Rifka kisses the milk man's hand because he reminds her very much of her Uncle Zeb. I know this because on page 65 Rifka says "I never had a chance to say goodbye to Uncle Zeb...kissing the hand of the milkman, I felt at last I could say goodbye to Uncle Zeb too." Right in that sentence it gives the reason. I also think Rifka kissed the milkman's hand is to show the readers she is no longer afraid of Antwerp or its people.
2. Rifka has never been in such a life threatening situation like the storm before. She suddenly realized she and others could be killed by anything. She also realizes that it's not just Jews that have it bad. Mostly everyone does, like Pieter; he was the only sailor who died in the storm. That is much worse than just being robbed by guards.
3. One example of author craft technique is on page 82 "Though it was still night, the sky was a sickly yellow, like an old bruise". That is a smile to show that a storm was coming. Another example is also on page 82 where Karen Hesse uses Personification. "The seas, which had seemed so gentle yesterday, rose like hungry beats, mouth's open, hovering and crashing over the sides of the ship." Technically the sea cannot have a mouth. My last example is a metaphor and it is on p.87."I see Mama and Papa swallowed up by a strange company called America" A country cannot swallow people. So it is comparing two unlike things.
CC3
1 Rifka kisses the hand of the milkman because on page 64 and 65 she says "Tovah, he did not look like Uncle Zeb, except for the kindness in his eyes,but still while I was with him, I felt Uncle Zeb near me" I think she says this because the milkman reminds Rifka of Uncle Zeb. Another reason is I think Rifka kissed his hand because the milkman was showing kindness to her and I think she wanted to show her apprecietaion.
2 I think Rifka means that after the storm her life just washed away right in front of her eyes. Also she cannot do anything about what happend so she feels she has no power. This also relates to her life as a Jew having no control or power. This is found on pages 87 and the rest of that chapter.
3 Some author craft techniques that Karen Hesse uses is on page 84 it says "It stank worse than a flood of soured milk down their." That technique is a metephor. Another one is on page 87 it says "The drum of the engines had been like a heartbeat" That is a smilie. Lastly on page 83 there is sensory imagery "I could taste blood in my mouth and smell it in my nose."There are many more that she uses but these are just some of them.
JRC2 1. Rifka Kissed the hand of the milkman Because her uncle zeb was a milkman also he was nevery nice and she never got to say goodbye to him so rifca feels like she is saying goodbye to uncle zeb.text evidentxe is 64 and 65.
2.it means every one can not do anything the jews are defesless at sea and bertacheve. 3. 1. 2 person naritive 81-88 2. simile 82 3. personifacations.
CE#7
1. Rifka kisses the hand of the milkman because he reminds her of her kind, dead, uncle who was also a milkman. When he showed her the way home after she was lost, she felt like her uncle was there with her. Rifka showed her gratitude to him by kissing his hand.
2. After the storm at sea, Rifka said "Tovah, suddenly I feel how defenseless we are-not Just Jews," because she realized that everyone was in danger, not just the Jews for once. Rifka grew up in Berdichev where Jews were treated unfairly and in constant danger. But, during the storm, everyone was in danger, and, in a way, equal.
3. Couldn't do this one, I forgot my book at school. Sorry!
OB#1 (knob)
1.)I think Rifka kisses the milkman's hand because the milkman very much reminded her of her Uncle Zeb and she feels like she never got a chance to say a true 'goodbye' to her Uncle Zeb because some text evidence says "I never had a chance to say goodbye to Uncle Zeb. The soldiers shot him as he came out of his house." and it said " Kissing the hand of the milkman, I felt I could say goodbye to Uncle Zeb too". Therefore she kissed the milkman's hand
2) What Rifka means when she says "Tovah, suddenly I feel how defenseless we are,-not just Jews, all of us." is that even though Jews were treated badly and were defenseless against Russians during that ship ride, all the people down their Jews or not were in danger. The couldn't stop the storm anymore the a Jew could have. To sum it up... during that storm the were all equal with each other and non of them were safer of in more peril than the next person, Russian or Polish. Jew or Catholic. All were equal on that ship
3)
a simile on page 82- Sailors ran like spiders.
some sensory imagery on page 82- The seas, which had seemed so hungry beasts mouths open, hovering and crashing over the sides of the ship.
More sensory imagery but on page 83- It had a cold metallic taste...
AMD #6
1. the milk man took Rifka back to king street and to her front door.
(64)
2. In a dangerous situation, everyone is equally at risk of getting hurt or dying.
3.
1. The drum of the engines had been like a heart beat.( Simile pg. 87)
2. Pieter, ''I called,''are you putting me in steerage?'' '' brave and clever!''
''be carful pieter''I cried.
''I will Rifka'' he answered.(internal dialgue) (pg 84)
3. the ship shiverd in hateful ocean. (characterization) (pg 82)
ab#2
1.Rifka kisses the milkman's hand because she wanted to show him how grateful she was that she showed her the way back to King Street. Once Rifka had kissed his hand she felt like it represented her saying goodbye to her Uncle Zeb who used to drive a cart like the milkman. Rifka and her family fled Russia so quickly that she didn't have a chance to say goodbye to her Uncle Zeb. I think Rifka was pleased to meet someone so kind and glad to help her because she has have to overcome so many challenges and met the con man with the oranges, so it was comforting to meet someone so sweet.
2. I believe that Rifka meant that even people who are not Jews can be defenseless to mother nature and how how some things sometimes play out on there own. For example, while Rifka was down in the hatch she couldn't control Pieter's death.
3.In pages 81-88 there are near countless numbers of author craft but here are just a few. There are many examples of varied sentence length, one is found on page 84- "We were equal. We were equally miserable..." Another author craft is the Hyperbole one is found on page 84 as well "the wind screamed by him...". The third author craft is a simile it is found on page 82 "...yesterday, rose like hungry beasts"
JH 15
1. Rifka kissed the hand of the milkman because she might just be very thankfull that he's so kind like Uncle Zeb. Also, on page 64 and 65 the author might have perposly wrote about how he walks her to her door and gued her to King Street st the reader could relize how nice the people are in Antwerp.
2. After the storm, Rifka says, "Tovah, suddenly I feel how defenseless we are-not just Jews, all of us." What Rifka means when she says that is that usually people blaim the Jews for everything and that makes people who aren't Jews think that only Jews have bad days like the day of the sea storm and Rifkas trying to say that even the people who aren't Jews are missrible right now just like us Jews.
3. Three author craft techniques are on page 82 when Rifka says "....the sky was a sickly yellow.." where Karen Hesse use sensory imagery. Another author craft technique is on page 82 when Rifka says "...the sky terned a sickly yellow, like an old bruise," which is a similie. The last author craft technique is Personification on page 82 when Rifka says, "The ship shivered..."
MBI #16
1. Rifka kissed the milk man’s hand because she felt like it was a way for her to say good bye to Uncle Zeb because he was just like the milk man. On page 64 and65 it says, “Tovah, he did not look like Uncle Zeb, except for the kindness in his eyes, but still, while I was with him, I felt Uncle Zeb near me.” Therefore this supports my answer because if she felt close to Uncle Zeb and since she never got to say good bye to him she might kiss him so she can at least feel like she did say good by to him.
2. When Rifka said, “Tovah, suddenly I feel how defenseless we are-not just the Jews, every body.” after the storm she means that some things no one can stop. For example on page 86 Rifka finds out that Pieter died. No one could stop that.
3. My first author technique I found was a simile. It was on page 82. On page 82 it says, “Though it was night, the sky was a sickly yellow, like an old bruise.” My second is personification. On page 82 it says, “The ship shivered in the hateful ocean". My last is one is sensory imagery. On page 83 it says, “I could taste blood in my mouth and smell it in my nose."
BS24
1. On page 65 Rifka kisses the hand of the milkman because she sees the milkman in resemblence to her Uncle Zeb. So kissing the hand of the milkman was as if to her saying her last goodbye to her uncle.
2. She says this as a metaphor meaning that they could do nothing for when a natural death or disaster happens or how they could predict it and stop it.
3. One author craft technique is on pg. 82 and is a simile " Though it was still night, the sky was a sickly yellow, like an old bruise." Another author craft technique is on pg. 84 and is personifacation " It stank worse than a flood of sour milk." The last author craft technique is on pg. 85 and is a metaphor " My heart jumped into my throat."
SL 18 1 Rifka kisses the milk mans hand because the milk man was kind to her and escorts her to the house she was staying at. 2 Rifka means there is nothing they can do about their situation, also they can not control the things that are happening to them. 3. Page 81 - First person narrative - "I have lost so much already....
Page 83 - Wise saying - when Pieter tells Rifka to come away from the side. Page 84 - Dialogue - "Pieter," I called, Are you putting me in steerage?' Pieter laughed. "Brave and clever"! he called
JCG#9
1 Rifka kissed the milkmans hand because he reminded her of Uncle Zeb and she had never gotten to say goodbye to her Uncle Zeb therefore she felt as if she was saying goobye to him at that moment.
2 After the storm at sea when Rifka says "Tovah, suddenly I feel how defenseless we are not just Jews all of us" she means that all of them are deffenseless because they're stuck in the middle of the ocean and the engine is dead.
3 The first author craft use that Karen Hesse uses is on page 87 "The drum of the evngines had been like a heartbeat." is personification. Another author craft use is on page 82 "Sailors ran like spiders, back and forth in the yellow light." is a simile. Lastly on page 87 she uses internal dialogue and varied sentance leghth when she says "What will happen when Mama and Papa come to get me and I'm not there? How will they know when to come back? Will I ever see them again?"
MJG10
1. Rifka kisses the hand of the milkman because the milkman reminded her of uncle Zed and she felt that if she kissed the milkman she could finally say goodbye to uncle Zed because she did not ever get to say goodbye to uncle Zed before the soldiers shot him. p. 64 + 65
2. After the storm at sea, Rifka means that all humans are defensless, not just Jews. She feels this way because the deck is bare and all of the chairs are ripped away. She feels that compared to the power of the earth and the storm, people can do nothing. The steady rythym of the motor stopped leaving them stranded in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. p. 86-87
3. Karen Hesse uses many author craft techniques such as on page 87. She says "What will happen to me when mama and papa come to get me and I am not there? How will they know to come back? Will I ever see them again?" She uses varied sentence length here to emphasize the short sentence after the two long questions. On page 82 Hesse uses personification when she says "The seas which had seemed so gentle yesterday rose like hungry beasts, mouths open, hovering, crashing over the sides of the ship." The author uses this technique to express the force of the waves. On page 82 Karen Hesse she says "sailors ran like spiders back and forth in the yellow light." She does this to show how the spiders moved quickly and dilagently.
bag12
1. Rifka kisses the hand of the milkman because he reminds her of her Uncle Zeb. For example, on pg.64 it says,"...but still, while I was with him, I felt Uncle Zeb near me." and also, on pg. 65 it says, “Kissing the hand of the mailman, I felt at last I could say good-bye to Uncle Zeb too."
2. After the storm at sea, Rifka means that everyone is defenseless
because they are all trapped in the Atlantic Ocean. If there were another storm, all of them would die. In Berdichev, they would only put the Jews in danger, but on the boat, everyone is in danger.
3. From pgs. 81-88 Karen Hesse uses many author craft techniques. For example, on pg.82 she writes," ...like an old bruise." is a simile because the sky is being compared to an old bruise. Also, on pg. 83 she writes,"...that made my stomach twist inside out" is a hyperbole because your stomach doesn't twist inside out from throwing up. Finally, on pgs.82-86 it is a climax because you didn't know what was going to happen to everyone especially Pieter.
PG#13
Question #1)Rifka kisses the milkmans hand because she comes to trust the man while he is taking back to her foster home and how he is really listening to what Rifka had to say, also that Rifka can trust some people but not all like the man with the oranges.
Question #2)What Rifka means when she says and I quote "Tovah, suddenly I feel how defenseless we are-not just Jews, all of us," is that it would be hard to survive another fight with the sea before she gets to america.
Question #3)On page 77 there is a metaphor and it is " The ocean is so big; everywhere you look in every direction swells this dark, billowing water." "It rises and falls as if it were breathing, and the ship skates over the surface." 2. On page 86 when the officer answers to Rifka and says that Pieter did fall over board during the storm was a cliffhanger. 3.On page 86 there is internal dialogue when Rifka is crying for Pieter and letting out all of her emotions.
1. Rifka kissed the milkman because she felt that he treated her wrong not like how russian treated her in Birdechev. Proved on pg 64 "The milkman glanced down at me.HHus mustach tickled his bottom lip. His eyes were two warm coals in his long face. I felt good to be talking to him,holding his hand like i would to uncle Avrum's or Uncle Zeb's. The milk man treated her right.
2.i think rifka means by that ids all of the people on the boat treated her right not wrong and evryone was equal and they all were treated the same.
3. 3 author craft teqnieqs"alliteration are on pg 63 " Peiter took my face and his long fingers and looked down at me. Another on pg 67 is a simile "a banana colored yellow like june sun". Another is personifercation " i have a little room with a bed bottled to the floor and a table that folds out. A small roung window looks out over the sea.
BR 22# 1.Rifka kisses the hand of the Milkman because she thought he was alot like her late Uncle Zeb. "It is very nice of you to help me," qouted by Rifka. She also said, "my uncle was nice too. I think your maybe alot like him.p 64
2. Rifka means by saying that is that during the storm on the ship it was only the Jews who were threatened by it because everyone on the ship was defenseless not only the Jews.
3. On page 82 Rifka says that the sky was sickly yellow, like an old bruise (simile). On page 84 "it stank worse than a flood of soured milk" (metaphor). On page 86 Rifka says, "All the tears that collected in this year, in this enormous year, shoved their way out of my heart" (personification)
rhs23
1 Rika kissed the milk mans hand because she felt that since she never got to say goodbye to Uncle Zeb and Ucle Zeb was like the milk man with his horse Rifka felt that she got to say godbye to Uncle Zeb after kissing the milk mans hand. On page 65 Rifka shows this by saying "Kissing the hand of the milk man, i felt at last i could say dgoodbye to Uncle Zeb too."
2 Rifka means that since another ship has to coe before they can go any were they are all traped and it's not only the Jews that are in a bad situation like most of the time but evryone is and that is kind of differant t Rika.
3 page 82 "the sea a sick yellow like an old bruise." metaphore page 82 " sailors ran like spiders." metaphore page 84 "Then he lifted me to my feet so another monstorus wave could claim me." pesonifiation
CL 19
1. Rifka kisses the hand of the milkman because she did not get a chance to say goodbye to Uncle Zeb before he died. For example, on page 65 it says " I never had a chance to say goodbye to Uncle Zeb. The soldiers shot him as he came out of his house. That was that. Kissing the hand of the milkman, I felt at last i could say goodbye to Uncle Zeb too."
2. Rifka means that everybody is vulnerable to death not just the jews. When it's your time to die there is nothing you can do.
3.One example can be found on page 87 where it says " The drum of the engines had been like a heart beat."~simile
Another example can be found on page 83 where it says "Pieter held on to me as the water sucked at my body, trying to pull me overboard"~personification
The last example can be found on page 84 where it says " I could hear the fear under the calm in his voice"~foreshadowing
mkm20
1) Rifka kissed the milkman's hand because she never got to say good by to Uncle Zeb and kissing his hand made her feel complete, like she had said her final good-bye to her beloved family member.I know this because on page 64 & 65 it said "Tovah, he did not look like uncle zeb, except for the kindness in his eyes"..........." I don't know why Tovah but i took that long hand of the milkman , and pressed it to my lips".........I never got the chance to say good-bye to Uncle Zeb. The soldiers shot him as he came out of his house. That was that. Kissing the hand of the milkman, I felt at last I could say good-bye to Uncle Zeb too.
2) I think what Rifka is trying to say is that where she grew up Jews did not get to have a choice of what people do to them but in this natural disaster none not even people who weren't Jews could deside what would happen during the storm.
3)On page 82 " sailors ran like spiders" is a simile. On page
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