Girl in Translation Characters and Symbols
The protagonist of Girl in Translation.
Who is Kimberly (or Kim, or Ah-Kim)?
Kambili's brother.
Who is Jaja?
Odysseus's son
Who is Telemachus?
Summarizes what you will be discussing in the rest of the paragraph.
What is a topic sentence?
The woman Orsino loves.
Who is Olivia?
Kimberly's best friend.
Who is Annette?
Kambili's Aunt.
Who is Aunty Ifeoma?
Odysseus's wife.
Who is Penelope?
An analytical observation that involves appealing to the five senses.
What is imagery?
The man who appears to Olivia in yellow, cross-gartered stockings.
Who is Malvolio?
Kimberly's Aunt.
Who is Aunt Paula?
Kambili's grandfather.
Who is Papa Nnukwu?
The goddess who helps Odysseus.
Who is Athena?
An analytical observation that involves discussing the narrator's attitude towards a character or subject.
What is tone?
Olivia's uncle.
Who is Sir Toby?
The father of Kimberly's child (Jason).
They sit on the etagere and break at the beginning of the novel when Papa's missal hits them.
What are Mama's figurines?
The Greek term for hospitality.
What is xenia?
If you use a colon to introduce a quotation, this must come before the colon.
What is an independent clause?
He says, "Come hither, boy. If ever thou shalt love, / In the sweet pangs of it remember me; / For such as I am all true lovers are, / Unstaid and skittish in all motions else / Save in the constant image of the creature / That is beloved" (2.4.15-20)
Who is Duke Orsino?
Matt's girlfriend and, ultimately, wife (not Kimberly).
Who is Vivian?
Who is Father Amadi?
Name the women who lure men to death with their beautiful singing voices.
What are sirens?
The step of WPAE in which you connect your evidence and analysis back to your thesis statement OR describe a larger theme.
What is evaluation?
He says, " 'M. O. A. I. doth sway my life.' " Nay, but first, let me see, let me see, let me see."
Who is Malvolio?