Month: April 2022

Isabella is ruminative. According to the text, “Students say, ” Enough of that,’ and trying to figure out what they can do so it doesn’t happen again.” I think that she thinks deeply about news, or just something she hears a lot about. Issabella often thinks deeply about things like her parents being divorced and if the reason why their divorced and especially what her teachers say because she seems to listen closely to her teachers and news that she hears from her classmates and from her family and relatives. I think just part of her personality is to listen closely and to think about thing deeply and closely.

Isabella is dubious. According to the text, ”Your mom is angry at me, Izzy, not you. Weird. Daddy hardly ever called me that. It was Mom’s nickname for me. He liked the sound of Isabella more.” I think that if I were Isabella I would be sceptical about my father calling me something my mother calls me. Isabella’s parents always fight and disagree which would most likely make her dubious about her father calling her a name that her mother likes and the father dislikes. I think it would also be weird that the parents always find a way to fight with each other and that may be an reason why Isabella could be sceptical about her father.

When The Circus Came To Town by Laurence Yep talks about a girl who was resolute about a dream. Her cousins and her joined a circus for dancing and playing music. She later found out she had smallpox that made her embarrassed. Soon after she found out she had smallpox she icleated herself in her house while watching her cousins practice their dances. Her cousins later convince her not to be afraid or embarrassed and to chase after her dreams so she goes to the circus confidently then she plays her harmonica there for the dancers and to all of the audience to hear.

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The reason why I rate it five stars is because I love the confidence of the book and the self dependence in the book. For example, when they ran away they were homeless but they were still assertive and managed to get their needs treated by the money they were earning by selling necklaces.

Muthu

I like Muthu because he is a very calm person and isn’t afraid to try to stop conflict even if he is shy or doesn’t really ever talk.

When Muthu was stopping a fight

I enjoy the part when Muthu was trying to stop a fight because that means he is a upstander and despises conflict.