Primary Characters
Learned how to speak English quickly after moving from Guatemala.
Who is Gonzalo?
"He'd changed from a baby back into a man."
Who is Gonzalo?
The central idea or message in a piece of text.
What is theme?
A special table or area that is used for a religious ritual.
What is an altar?
"That Monday I brought a shovel home from work."
Who is Wendell?
What is first person?
Something that is unoccupied.
What is vacant?
helps protect and watch over the garden in exchange for a place to stay
Who is Royce?
"Then I whispered, 'Save our lettuce,' to the girl."
Who is Virgil?
Name one of the primary themes in Seedfolks
What is the healing power of nature, the power of the individual over a community, or the power of a community over an individual?
An ideal place or setting
What is paradise?
The person who demonstrated prejudice towards Amir.
Who was an Italian woman who admired Amir's eggplants and had previously been a customer in his store?
"From Paradise, the garden was turning back into Cleverland."
Who is Sam?
The literary term shown here: We are like pea pods growing in a garden.
What is a simile?
a remarkable concurrence of events or circumstances without apparent causal connection
What is a coincidence?
"We waved and waved to each other."
Who is Florence?
The literary term shown here: She was an angry pile of twisted branches.
What is a metaphor?
lacking any obvious principle of organization
What is haphazard?