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October 9, 2013 Reading Response Journal #7 Southland By: Nina Revoyr Chapter 18-20 Summary Chapter 18 opens o& cultures' (ut hen she ith !ac"ie a#miring $os Angles an# the %ariations as in $ittle )o"yo she &elt some hat out o&

place to the people aroun# her' She thought about her o n &amilies #i%erse bac"groun#s an# especially thought about ho her &ather+s &ortune ,-shi#a &amily.' )he ne/t a&ternoon she met &inally tol# her about the case she+s been 0ebecca ma#e cru#e comments about or"ing on *ran" might ha%e &elt &rom ith

0ebecca &or #rin"s an# they tal"e# about a lot o& ran#om topics' !ac"ie ith $anier an# hether or not she shoul# sleep hich )hai omen merchan#ise' -1S #i#n+t

ith him' ,!ac"ie. )hen they tal"e# about a case in ere capture# an# &orce# at gun point to se ant to grant these

omen asylum because they #i#n+t meet some o& the ere trying to resol%e this

2uali&ications, but the mayor an# city council

problem' !ac"ie an# 0ebecca both ga%e some o& their opinions an# they both seeme# to agree' )hen 0ebecca grabbe# !ac"ie+s &ace an# !ac"ie later &eels guilty about li"ing the touch o& her han# Chapter 19 ta"es place in 1973 hen !ac"ie is about se%en years

ol#' She is in &ront o& a grocery store selling 4irl Scout Coo"ies other little girls' *ran" arri%es

ith some

ith $ois because 0ose ha# a hectic

sche#ule at the hospital an# coul#n+t ma"e her shi&t' !ac"ie an# *ran" spen# this time

spent a lot o& time together because o& this an# *ran" lo%e# getting to o n chil#ren' A ith !ac"ie because he misse# out on this time &orm his oman in a suit comes out o& the store an# !ac"ie oman says

approaches her as"ing i& she+# li"e to by some coo"ies' )he no to her, but she says it in such a ru#e 5hen the same same coo"ie, the

ay an# this startles !ac"ie'

oman is approache# by a #i&&erent little girl to buy the oman buys t o bo/es' !ac"ie sees this an# so #oes oman is al"ing into her car an#

*ran", they are both %ery upset' As the

getting rea#y to re%erse, *ran" is stan#ing there re2uesting &or the la#y to his "ey an# scratches her car' A&ter much resistance to his re2uest, she &inally gi%es in an# gi%es !ac"ie money &or some coo"ies' *ran" &elt he #i# as 6usti&ie#'

go an# buy coo"ies &rom his gran##aughter' 5hen she re&uses he gets out hat

ne s that is #isco%ere#' $ois gi%es her the bo/ that *ran" le&t behin#' -t contains pictures an# letters &orm Curtis an# his other &rien#s' )his ma"es !ac"ie e%en more impatient to get to the bottom o& e%erything' 7y 0esponse to the 0ea#ing )his author "no ee"+s rea#ing asn+t too e%ent&ul' As o& right no ith the - #on+t &eel hat the

-n Chapter 20 !ac"ie %isits $ois an# they catch up on all the ne

li"e chapter 18

as trying to &oresha#o

as e%en rele%ant to the story' - am not sure

hole !ac"ie an# 0ebecca

connection, an# i& it is e%en rele%ant to the rest o& the plot' 8ou ne%er though, my assumptions as o& right no

is that $aura an# !ac"ie are

going to brea" up an# 0ebecca is going to settle in' 9o e%er chapter 19 really #oes gi%e me an insight on *ran"s lo%e &or his gran# #aughter' -

coul#n+t belie%e that "no

that people can be so cruel' (ut that is the sa# truth about us as hat the ea" race is an# are on#er

oman treate# !ac"ie the

ay she #i# an# it hurts to

human beings' 5e all ha%e an i#ea o& that #istinction an# ho

totally stubborn to changing their min#set' 7a"es me

hat gi%es us

on earth #i# this hatre# start:

) o ;iscussion <uestions 1' -& you 2' 9o ere *ran", oul# you ha%e #one the same thing &or your ere !ac"ie seeing the oman buy

gran# #aughter: 5hy or 5hy not: coo"ies &rom the other little girl: might you &eel i& you

(rie& =/planation o& my 0ea#ing >rocess 1' - &elt con&use# as to ho any rele%ance to the plot' 0ebecca an# !ac"ie+s relationship has

2' -n chapter 20 - lost trac" o& e%erything e/cept the #etails about *ran" "no ing Curtis as a young boy an# seeing him gro 4oo# 5or#s up'

1' incre#ulously- s"eptical? #isbelie%ing )he reason the #isbelie%ing loo" a&ter him they ha# seen the 2' (aton 0ouge shooting- -s a city in $ouisiana treate# her niece' hy - chose this or# as because $ois ga%e *ran" ay the oman

)he reason about #rin"s

hat 0ebecca an# !ac"ie

hy - chose this is because -

ere tal"ing about #uring their

asn+t really sure

3' baisha"unin- match ma"er - chose this

use conte/t clues to #istinguish

or# because it is in !apanese an# - coul#n+t really hat it meant'