Choices
In the novel, Hero is given an ultimatum to go to war and gain his freedom after fighting in the war or stay at the masters plantation and still be a slave. Which does Hero decide? Why do you think Hero made this decision (referring to past promises).
What is go to war? (pg. 52)
Anything that refers to how Boss Master has promised Hero his freedom and failed to keep his word. Then elaborate on how Hero allowed Boss Master to continue to dictate him.
How does the Setting of the novel taking place in the 1860's affect characters? what is the setting and what does the setting make most characters want.
What is the setting of slavery makes most characters want freedom
Which character is never motivated enough to escape the shackles of slavery ?
Hero
who is penny
On page 49, Hero is placed in another predicament where he has to choose between saving a friend or gaining his freedom, which does Hero choose? What happens as a result of this Hero choice?
What is freedom and Homer loses his foot?
When a character addresses the audience directly
what is an aside?
At the beginning of the novel Penny begs her husband Hero to stay with her instead of going to war, she even waits for him to come home after the war. When Hero comes back from what does he state to penny that drives her to make a important decison?
What is that hero has cheated on penny and he will be having a child with someone else. This drives penny to run off with Homer to freedom
On page 153, "... Faithful is in a dog's bones.... But for a man or a women person, faithfulness comes extra"
who is Odyssey Dog
On page 123, Penny and Homer discuss the aspects of their relationships, does Penny decide to have a romantic relationship with Homer? Why or Why not?
What is no because of Hero?
What does freedom symbolize in the text?
What is a place slaves can reach to be released from the shackles of enslavement.
State an moment where Hero had an opportunity to gain his freedom
ex; Pg 102 where Hero has the opportunity to escape freely with Smith to freedom
This is because Hero told the slave master where to locate another slave who was trying to escape to his freedom
At the end of part 2, Hero is given the opportunity to free himself and an imprisoned man (Smith) from Boss Master, what does Hero do? Why do you think he does it?
What is stay a slave to Boss Master
Manipulation and brainwashing plays an important role in slavery where as Masters have brainwashed slaves into thinking that they are worthless without then. The one can also go into how Homer foot was a consequence of him trying to escape to freedom
When parks writes like this it is called;
Homer
Hero
Homer
Hero
In the end of the Novel what does Hero state he will do with Boss Master after he has died in the war?
What is he will bury him
In the text Hero asked Smith is he a colored man, what particular things led Hero to figure this out?
Smith wore 2 coats one was a captain.
At the end of the novel, what does Hero have on paper?
What is the emancipation proclamation
What is the irony "Liberating" and "freeing" when Hero is describing going to war?
what is one situational irony. With Hero being promised his freedom before and not getting it contradicts the saying. Also, the war and slavery places him in a "rock and a hard place" because both settings are liable to gain Hero some harm.
State an example of how characters are loyal to those who are not loyal to them.
Ex; In part 1 Boss Master has promised Hero his freedom twice where in part 2 when asked by Smith if he will really allow Hero to his freedom he begins sobbing and ignoring the question.
On page 63, who states "
I would be sorry to see you go I would be. And Missus. She would stand on the porch erying and I would put a brave face on it while wow went off down the road, heading who knows where to do who knows what, she'd be crying and I'd be standing there wearing m brave face."
Boss Master/ Colonel