Character Inquiry
The coming of age protagonist in Salvage the Bones.
Who is Esch Batiste?
The setting of Salvage the Bones.
What is Bois Sauvage, Mississipi?
The rural place in which the family was raised.
What is the pit?
The reason that Mama is deceased.
What is giving birth?
The relationship of Rico to Manny.
The brothers of Esch.
Who is Randall, Skeetah, and/or Junior?
The point of view of Salvage the Bones.
What is first-person narration from the perspective of Esch?
The way the family survives.
What is relying on nature?
The sign post that means, when a theme or name or events occurs over and over again throughout a book
What is Again and Again?
The total amount of days across all chapters.
What is 12 days?
The family's dog.
Who is China?
The jumps back in time through Esch's memory of Mama.
What is flashback?
The significance of the foreshadowing of Hurricane Katrina.
What is being at the mercy of the elements?
What is Esch's pregnancy?
The chore that causes Daddy to lose his fingers.
What is tearing down the chicken coop?
The distant crush and baby daddy of Esche.
Who is Manny?
What is the tone and mood of Salvage the Bones
What is Ominous, Foreboding, Gritty, Bare?
The symbolism of China and Mama.
What is motherhood/womanhood/femininity?
The signpost that means, when a character act differently (opposite/out of the ordinary) than their typical characteristics
What is, conflicts & contradictions
The favorite food of Junior.
What is top ramen?
The real name of Skeetah.
Who is Jason Baptiste?
The Greek Tragedy used to allude to China and Skeetah.
What is Euripides' Medea?
The significance of the comparison between Esch's grandparent's rotting home and their affluent neighbor's house.
What is the comparison between wealth and your relationship with nature?
The reason Daddy is preparing the house.
What is the incoming hurricane Katrina?
The amount of puppies alive when China gives birth.
What is four?